Dauphin County Recycling Center

A neighborhood recycling center in Harrisburg where residents and small haulers drop off recyclables. Locals use it to keep paper, cardboard, glass and common metals out of the landfill, and many centers in the area also handle some plastics and electronics on certain days. The site is the kind of place people swing by with a trunk or pickup rather than a full commercial load.

The driveway leads past a small entrance booth and usually a scale, so expect to pull up and stop twice if the site charges by weight. Recycling bins and roll-off containers sit out in the open; glass and mixed containers tend to be grouped together while cardboard gets stacked separately. Traffic backs up on weekend mornings and during seasonal cleanups, and there’s concrete paving with painted lanes and signs pointing to different drop-off points. Staff won't be closely hovering, but there’s typically someone near the booth to direct traffic or point out where to leave specific materials.