Recycling Convenience Centers
Items recycled at convenience centers:
- Newspaper and inserts
- Magazines
- Junk mail
- Phone books
- Shredded paper
- Home office paper products (fax sheets, typing paper, receipts, envelopes)
- Cardboard
- Tin and aluminum cans
- Plastics #1,2, & 5 (Industry Drive location only)
- Glass – any color; must be food or drink containers (Industry Drive location only)
Items not recycled at convenience centers:
- Glass food and beverage containers (only at Industry Drive location)
- Plastics #3, 4, 6, or 7.
- (#1, 2, and 5 accepted at Industry Drive Location. #1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7 accepted at Food City drop boxes – #3 not accepted)
- Plastic wrap
- Plastic containers containing automotive products or hazardous materials
- Food wrappers or anything that doesn’t tear cannot be accepted
- Plastic bags (can take to Walmart, Food City, or Kroger)
- Styrofoam
- Batteries (can take to Batteries Plus or Lowe’s)
- Light bulbs (can take to Lowe’s)
- Electronics (can take to the Sullivan County Transfer Station; does not include televisions)
*Please call retailers to confirm acceptance before taking items.
Prescription and Over-the-Counter Medication: Kingsport Police Department has a drop box in the interior lobby of the Justice Center located at 200 Shelby Street. Sullivan County also has a drop box at their Blountville facility.
Hazardous Household Chemicals & Pesticides: Accepted once a year at the Hazardous Household Waste Collection held by Sullivan County Solid Waste and the State of TN. The event date is set by the state, but residents can call 423-323-6439 to find out more information.
Plastics:
Food City has partnered with Eastman to provide plastic recycling collection containers at Food City locations in Kingsport.
“Shop, Recycle, Repeat” bins are currently located at:
The bins accept plastics #1, 2, 4, 5, 6, and 7. Plastics with #3 on them are not accepted. The collected plastic will be sorted and processed by Eastman’s new mixed plastics processing facility.
Convenience Locations:
- 1921 Brookside Lane (at City Landfill/Sullivan County Transfer Station)
- 1550 Fort Henry Drive (behind the Civic Auditorium)
- 300 Industry Drive (between skatepark and Cemex)
- 101 Lakecrest Drive (in Colonial Heights near Ingles)
- 333 Hill Road (at Indian Springs Elementary School)
- 1717 Bristol Caverns Highway (at Holston Valley Middle School)
- 6681 Bristol Highway (at Food City)
- 3560 Sullivan Gardens Drive
- Northeast State Community College
Industry Drive Convenience Center Information
The facility is located at 300 Industry Drive, between Cemex and the Scott Adams Memorial Skatepark.
This convenience center includes Sullivan County’s recycling containers, accepting cardboard, mixed paper, aluminum and tin.
There is also a debris dumpster for Kingsport City residents only to dump small amounts (no more than a truck load) of yard waste or bulk items – no garbage is allowed. Visitors will need proof of residence to use the debris dumpster.
The convenience center will be manned by a city employee and be open Monday through Friday from 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and on Saturday from 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. Note – No items can be dropped off outside of operating hours.
If you have any questions or concerns, please call 423-229-9451.
