Construction Closes SOCRRA Recycling Facility

TROY, MI — The Southeastern Oakland County Resource Recovery Authority’s Materials Recycling Facility in Troy will be closed starting Monday. The final phase of construction, which will allow for enhanced recycling services, began last spring.

The facility’s paper shredder and styrofoam recycling are also included in the closure. Household hazardous waste and electronics waste collections will also be limited, according to officials.

Many of the materials accepted at the Drop-off Center can be recycled at the curb. Officials are encouraging residents to recycle as much of their paper, plastic, metal, and glass recyclables at curbside.

(For more local news, click here to sign up for real-time news alerts and newsletters from Troy Patch, click here to find your local Michigan Patch. Also, follow us on Facebook, and if you have an iPhone, click here to get the free Patch iPhone app.)

For materials not accepted curbside, such as scrap metal, styrofoam, plastic bags, hardcover books, clothing, plastic bottle caps, CDs, DVDs, VHS tapes, cassettes, and floppy disks, residents are encouraged to hold on to materials until the site reopens. For household hazardous waste and electronics, special collection events will be conducted during this time.

The MFR center is located at 995 Coolidge Highway, between 14 Mile and Maple roads. For more information, visit SOCRRA’s website.

SOCRRA serves about 283,000 customers and covers an area of 75 square miles. Member cities include Berkley, Beverly Hills, Birmingham, Clawson, Ferndale, Hazel Park, Huntington Woods, Lathrup Village, Oak Park, Pleasant Ridge, Royal Oak and Troy.

Photo by Justin Sullivan / Staff / Getty Images News / Getty Images