Recycling Services
Adams Brown Recycling provides a variety of recycling services for Adams & Brown Counties, including community drop-offs, curbside, buy-backs, commercial recycling, school recycling, educational programs & tours, and more.
Buy Back and Drop off Centers
Adams Brown Recycling, Georgetown
- Materials we pay for – aluminum cans, scrap aluminum, copper brass, batteries, radiators, lead, alternators, starters, and more.
- Materials we take on donation – paper & flattened cardboard, plastic bottles, glass bottles, steel and complete computer/monitor sets
- Other … there is a yard waste drop-off site
Adams County Waste & Recycling, West Union
- Materials we pay for – aluminum cans, scrap aluminum, copper brass, batteries, radiators, lead, alternators, starters, and more.
- Materials we take on donation – paper & flattened cardboard, plastic bottles, glass bottles, steel and complete computer/monitor sets
- Other … Garbage is accepted for a fee of .08 per pound
Community Drop off Boxes – Community recycling boxes accept the following materials, and are available 24/7. Please wash all containers and throw away lids.
- Paper & flattened cardboard (newspapers,magazines, catalogs,office paper, junk mail, books,flattened cardboard boxes, cereal boxes, cracker boxes)
- Glass bottles
- Steel food cans
- Plastic bottles, jars & jugs
- Aluminum cans
Adams County Drop offs
Adams County Engineers Garage ...11390 St. Rt. 41, West Union
Adams County Waste & Recycling ...... 95 Trefz Rd., West Union
Blue Creek ................Jefferson Twp. Fire Dept. in Blue Creek
Courthouse Square........... behind 116 W. Mulberry, West Union
Manchester...........................27 East 4th St., behind the library
Manchester High School ...........130 Wayne Fry Dr., Manchester
North Adams Elementary..................2295 Moores Rd., Seaman
Peebles Community Center .........34 South Nixon Ave., Peebles
Peebles Elementary School...... 700 Peebles Indian Dr., Peebles
Wayne Twp. Fire Department.......14815 St. Rt. 136, Cherry Fork
West Union Elementary School..........555 Lloyd Rd., West Union
Winchester ...... just past S&S Dairy Bar at 2033 Tri County Hwy
Brown County Drop offs
Aberdeen - River Crossing Marathon
Ash Ridge - Township Hall
Decatur - old school
Fayetteville - 3854 St. Rt. 50 East
Georgetown - Shopko
Georgetown - 9262Mt. Orab Pike, at Adams Brown Recycling
Greenbush - at ballpark on State Route 68
Hamersville - Town Park
Higginsport - Fire Department
Mt. Orab - 409 N. High St.
Ripley - 3rd & Cherry near the park
Russellville - Elem. School
Sardinia - Veteran’s Park
Curbside – Free curbside recycling available to residents of all Brown County villages. Call for more information.
Commercial Recycling – Fee-for-service for small or large businesses. Call to learn how we can help you with your recycling and waste minimization goals.
The Glass reFactory – Glass bottles that come into Adams Brown Recycling are melted down in our glass “hot shop” to create colorful glass suncatchers that are impressed with dozens of nature designs. Tours available, and suncatchers may be purchased on site. Wholesale accounts accepted. www.glassrefactory.com
Educational Programs & Tours - A Recycling Education Specialist is available, at no charge, to come to your classroom, school assembly, or youth/adult meeting, with an interactive presentation on recycling, solid waste and/or litter prevention. Group tours are given at the Georgetown recycling plant. Call for more information.

Buy Back &
Drop-off Centers
Adams Brown Recycling, Georgetown
937-378-3431
888-291-5690
9262 Mt. Orab Pike
Mon-Fri 9am- 4pm,
Sat 9am-2pm
Adams County Waste & Recycling, West Union
937-544-2650
86 Trefz Rd.
M T Th F 9am-4pm
Sat 9am-2pm
Closed Wednesday
Community Drop-off Boxes
937-378-3431
888-291-5690
Curbside,
Commercial Recycling,
The Glass reFactory,
Educational Programs
& Tours
937-378-3431
888-291-5690
Adams-Clermont Solid Waste District
Brown County Solid Waste Authority