Recycling Centers in Kentucky
262 recycling locations in 109 cities. Choose a city to see hours, what each center accepts, and who pays cash.
Kentucky at a glance: 193 recycling centers, 46 scrap yards, 14 electronics recyclers, 5 transfer stations, 4 household hazardous waste facilities. Kentucky has no statewide bottle deposit, so scrap yards are the main way to get paid for cans and metal.
Top cities for recycling in Kentucky
- Louisville47 locations
- Bowling Green14 locations
- Lexington10 locations
- Elizabethtown9 locations
- Florence8 locations
- Richmond5 locations
- Frankfort5 locations
- Winchester5 locations
- Salyersville5 locations
- Hopkinsville4 locations
- Paducah4 locations
- Shelbyville4 locations
- Somerset4 locations
- Elkton4 locations
- Owensboro3 locations
- Georgetown3 locations
- Ashland3 locations
- Berea3 locations
- London3 locations
- Benton3 locations
- Lancaster3 locations
- Morgantown3 locations
- Hardinsburg3 locations
- Sacramento3 locations
All Kentucky cities
- Adolphus 1
- Albany 1
- Allen 1
- Ashland 3
- Barbourville 1
- Bardstown 2
- Benton 3
- Berea 3
- Bimble 1
- Bowling Green 14
- Brandenburg 1
- Burlington 2
- Butler 2
- Cadiz 1
- Campbellsville 1
- Campton 2
- Carrollton 1
- Clay City 2
- Columbia 1
- Covington 1
- Coxs Creek 1
- Crab Orchard 1
- Cynthiana 1
- Danville 2
- Drakesboro 1
- Dry Ridge 2
- Edmonton 1
- Elizabethtown 9
- Elkton 4
- Ferguson 1
- Florence 8
- Fort Mitchell 1
- Frankfort 5
- Franklin 1
- Georgetown 3
- Glasgow 1
- Grayson 1
- Greenup 1
- Greenville 1
- Guthrie 1
- Hardinsburg 3
- Harlan 1
- Hartford 1
- Hazard 2
- Hebron 2
- Hickory 1
- Hindman 1
- Hopkinsville 4
- Horse Cave 1
- Hyden 1
- Inez 1
- Irvine 1
- Isom 1
- Jeffersonville 1
- Kevil 1
- La Grange 1
- Lancaster 3
- Lawrenceburg 1
- Leitchfield 2
- Lexington 10
- Liberty 1
- Livermore 1
- London 3
- Louisville 47
- Maceo 1
- Madisonville 1
- Magnolia 2
- Manchester 1
- Maysville 2
- Millwood 1
- Monticello 2
- Morehead 2
- Morgantown 3
- Mount Sterling 1
- Mouthcard 1
- Mt Sterling 1
- Murray 1
- Newport 2
- Nicholasville 2
- Old Brownsboro Place 1
- Owensboro 3
- Paducah 4
- Pembroke 1
- Pineville 1
- Pleasureville 1
- Powderly 1
- Prestonsburg 1
- Princeton 1
- Providence 1
- Radcliff 2
- Richmond 5
- Russellville 2
- Sacramento 3
- Salt Lick 1
- Salyersville 5
- Scottsville 1
- Shelbyville 4
- Shepherdsville 1
- Somerset 4
- Stanford 1
- Taylorsville 1
- Versailles 2
- Walton 1
- Wellington 1
- West Liberty 1
- Westview 1
- Whitesburg 1
- Wickliffe 1
- Winchester 5
Kentucky recycling questions
How many recycling centers are there in Kentucky?
We list 262 recycling locations across 109 cities in Kentucky, including drop-off centers, scrap yards and specialty recyclers. Louisville has the most, with 47.
Does Kentucky pay for cans and bottles?
Kentucky does not have a statewide bottle deposit law, so there is no standard deposit refund. Scrap yards often pay by the pound for loose aluminum cans, and the price changes with the metals market. Call ahead to confirm the current rate.