Salem-Keizer Recycling and Transfer Station

A working recycling center in southeast Salem that locals use when they have a load too big for curbside. It’s the kind of place neighbors swing by with boxes, scrap metal, and yard debris rather than dragging everything to the curb. Expect a straightforward, industrial lot with traffic flow for drop-offs.

Drive in past an entrance booth and there’s a scale area where vehicles stop on the way in and again when they leave. The recycling bays and big collection containers sit out in the open; larger items get driven up to specific drop points while smaller stuff goes into clearly marked bins. The site looks like a busy yard-concrete pads, forklifts or loaders moving things, and piles of sorted material visible from the lanes. Weekends and spring cleanup times are noticeably busier, so lines can form at the booth and at the unloading areas.