The Randolph County Recycling Center will be temporarily closed.
Learn where you can recycle glass, metal, plastic, cardboard, and other recyclable materials in Elkins and throughout Randolph County, WV. Discover local waste cleanup and recycling groups operating throughout our area. If we missed your business or group, please let us know.
For more information on the recycling centers listed below, click on the +
Glass & Yard Waste Drop-off
Monday, Tuesday, Thursday & Friday: 6:00 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.
Wednesday: 6:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Saturday: 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
drop-off location for glass and yard-waste recycling
38.92242° N, 79.85340° W
Clear, Brown & Green Container Glass Only
Please rinse bottles and remove caps. It is helpful but not necessary to remove all labels.
Acceptable Yard Waste Materials
**Branches & Brush Limits:
Unacceptable items include (but are not limited to):
Unfortunately, online mapping tools do not show Jones Drive. Please follow the driving directions below:
Please Note: Jones Drive is accessible off Robert E. Lee Avenue Extension. Robert E. Lee Avenue starts at Harrison Avenue.
Travel west on Robert E. Lee Avenue away from Harrison.
Pass Elkins Middle School, on your right.
Continue onto Robert E. Lee Avenue Extension.
Pass the Phil Gainer Community Center on your right.
Just past Andrews Street, bear left onto Jones Drive. You may notice the large circular tank structures, part of the former wastewater treatment plant, up ahead to the left.
Continue onto the grounds of the old wastewater treatment plant.
Follow signs to the glass or yard-waste drop-off locations.
Monday – Friday 7 AM – 4 PM
Closed Saturday and Sunday
Annual Adopt-A-Highway Spring Cleanup set for April 25th
The West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection (WVDEP) is now accepting registrations for the Adopt-A-Highway Spring Statewide Cleanup set for Saturday, April 25, 2026.
Individuals, families, churches, businesses, schools, civic organizations, government agencies and communities can register to pick up trash on almost any state-maintained road, back road or main route. Private roads and interstate highways are not eligible for adoption.
The Adopt-A-Highway program provides garbage bags, work gloves and safety vests to volunteers, and takes care of disposing of collected trash. Volunteers must be at least 12 years old to participate.
Groups must register in advance by April 17, 2026, and inform their county DOH garage if they need supplies. To register, call 1-800-322-5530 or email dep.aah@wv.gov . If you reach the REAP voicemail, please leave your name, phone number, group name, date of cleanup, number of participants, and the county where your adopted road is located.
The 2025 Adopt-A-Highway Spring Cleanup had more than 1,900 volunteers from over 250groups who removed nearly 79,000 pounds of litter from almost 600 miles of roadway.
Co-sponsored by the WVDEP and the state Division of Highways, the Adopt-A-Highway program is administered by the WVDEP’s Rehabilitation Environmental Action Plan (REAP).The REAP program empowers citizens to take ownership of their communities by providing technical, financial, and resource assistance in cleanup and recycling efforts.