Centerville to celebrate grand reopening of expanded recycling center at new Elberta Road site

CENTERVILLE — The Centerville Recycling Center, a longtime resource for Houston County, is now up and running and celebrating a new location.

The city-owned center will host a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Thursday at 4 p.m. to mark its grand re-opening. Mayor J. Micheal Evans invites all members of the community to attend and celebrate the new location.

“We are pleased that we are able to provide this type of service to the citizens of Centerville and the surrounding area. The new facility is the result of great effort by a number of dedicated workers. We appreciate their efforts. The official grand opening will be on 19 Feb at 4 pm.  We look forward to seeing everyone there,” Evans said.

The city moved the recycling center after a $324,000 grant in 2024. Councilman Justin Wright said the center outgrew its previous site, but the new location handles more demand.

“Sometimes a line would build up on Saturdays. Saturdays tend to be the day where most people go and drop their stuff off and run errands. Having multiple bins and multiple drop offs for the same products keeps the line flowing,” Wright said.

The previous site was a “make it work” solution, Wright said, but the new location supports a more strategic approach.

“As the center had grown over the years, we kind of packed in everything we could into that location, so it made things kind of cramped,” Wright said. “This one, because we knew it was going to be a dedicated recycle center, we were going to lay it out a little bit more deliberately, and I think it’s going to really make things a lot smoother for folks.”

The new center’s location next to the Public Works Building adds convenience for city staff, Wright added.

“This larger site, that is a little more better located for city employees to go there and take care of the site, was an easy choice,” Wright said. “The land that it was located on was not really big enough to be used for anything else, so this was a good use of this land that was right there on the front edge of the Public Works property,”

Wright said the city is excited to see its unique facility reopen.

“It’s always something that we’ve been able to kind of brag about. This is the only recycling center like this in the county. We’re glad to have this option available for folks who want to save some things from going straight to the landfill,” Wright said.

He encourages anyone who wants to do their part to take advantage of the opportunity.

“Anytime you can take things out of the landfill, repurpose them and put them back in the supply chain, I think is good. We want to make sure that we’re being good stewards of the world that we have and so we’re trying our best to make it easy,” Wright said.

The new center is open at 2513 Elberta Road and is available Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

For more information, visit the city’s website.