Jackson River Enterprises offers the area's only extended employment center for adults who are disables working in recycling. We process all types of recycled material, including:
Newspaper
Cardboard
Office Paper
Office Shreds
Brown Glass
Clear Glass
Plastic
Tin Cans
Aluminum Cans
Recycling means less waste in your dumpster! Which could possibly mean they need emptying less often...
You may be able to cut your trash collection in half!
Recycling means collecting, separating, processing, marketing and ultimately using a material that would have been thrown away.
Recycling reduces pollution, energy consumption and water usage from the manufacturing of new products.
We pay for aluminum cans that your bring in.
We DO NOT take aluminum siding, windows, doors or gutters etc...
JRE is proud to be able to offer recycling services, but it is important to remember how recycling helps both you and the environment.
The aluminum is placed in our crushing machine for compacting...
We accept all types of cardboard for recycling by our workers...
Remember... It needs to be free of food and grease.
Recycling is vital to our environment...
For additional information about our services please call 540 962-3441
In 2007 Jackson River Enterprises recycled over 2,000,000 pounds of recyclable material. Recycling is very important. It decreases the amount of trash going into the landfills and increases commerce in our area. JRE offers 8 community trailers located throughout the Alleghany Highlands.
We can recycle office paper, shredded paper, schoolwork papers (homework, test papers, etc.), notebook paper, hardcover books, paperback books, catalogues, magazines, sales papers and other inserts along with the newspaper.
Please note: WE ARE INSURED / BONDED
You do not have to remove the labels. We recycle plastics with the numbers 1 through 7. These numbers are found inside the recycling sign on the container and is most commonly located on the bottom of the container. We do not recycle plastic grocery bags, so please return them to the store from which you received them so they may be recycled.
Here are a few examples of different types of plastics we recycle and what number they are identified by:
Number 1 Plastics - Soft drink, water and beer bottles; mouthwash bottles; peanut butter containers; salad dressing and vegetable oil containers; frozen food trays.
Number 2 Plastics - Milk jugs, juice bottles, bleach, detergent and household cleaner bottles; shampoo bottles, butter and yogurt tubs.
Number 3 Plastics - Window cleaner and detergent bottles, shampoo bottles and cooking oil bottles.
Number 4 Plastics - Squeezable bottles and frozen food trays.
Number 5 Plastics - Yogurt containers, syrup bottles, ketchup bottles and medicine bottles.
Number 6 Plastics - Disposable plastic plates and cups, egg cartons, aspirin bottles and CD cases.
Number 7 Plastics - Three and five gallon water bottles and certain food containers.
Douthat State Park.
Boy's Home.
Clifton Middle School.
S.J Neathawk Lumber on Monroe.
Sharon Fire House.
Iron Gate Town Hall.
Falling Spring School.
Boiling Spring School.
Krogers in Clifton Forge.
and at our JRE location on Edgemont Drive.
We offer pick up services for businesses free of charge. For more information, please contact JRE at:
(540) 962-3441
We thank you for your recycling efforts. By following these easy steps, we can have a quick and effective recycling program in the Highlands and make our world a better place.
There is only so much land so the more we recycle the longer our landfills last.
We recycle plastics, aluminum, glass, cardboard and paper...
Our glass machine...
Plastics & Tin... You do not have to remove the labels. Please rinse them out.
We do not recycle plastic grocery bags, so please return them to the store from which you received them so they may be recycled.
Glass recycling... You do not have to remove the labels. Please rinse them out and remove the lids, they cannot be recycled.
We accept brown and clear glass only...