Circle Recycling Center

Circle Recycling Center is the small-town recycling drop-off out on Columbia Highway that folks from Saluda and the surrounding area use to keep recyclables out of the landfill. Most of the traffic is household cars and small trailers bringing bottles, cans, cardboard and mixed paper. Expect a practical, workmanlike place rather than anything fancy.

Pull in from Columbia Hwy and slow down for an entrance booth and scale-vehicles usually stop there first and often again on the way out if the scale is used. The recycling bins sit to the right just past the booth, with larger containers and roll-offs visible behind them; trucks and trailers tend to line up to the left when it's busy. The site is open-air with a gravel/packed-dirt surface and big signs over the different containers, so sorting before arrival saves time. Weekends and spring cleanup days get busy and there can be a short line to dump.