Lorain County Collection Center — Local services in Elyria

This place currently has different hours due to COVID-19. This place is not open on Mondays! It is open on Wednesdays and Saturdays, though the lines are way longer than usual due to the center being closed for several months and only opening back up in the later half of July. It's still well worth the effort to drop your stuff off here. Masks are required though they'd prefer it if you stay in your car at all times. I went on a Saturday. The line looked scary long but moved along fast enough to be tolerable. I was home a little over an hour after I left and that's including the time it took to drive from...

There is no excuse not to recycle. The Lorain County Collection Center makes recycling easy and efficient. I had some very old paint to recycle today. What an easy process. Enter off of Abbey road at the driveway past Firestone. Drive under the overhang and pick one of the 2 lines. The team takes the items out of your vehicle and you drive out. Simple. Neat. Efficient. Be sure to have your picture ID with you to prove residency in Lorain County. I hadn't used this facility before but I will use it more...

I have used this service in the past and it was simple and easy however this time it was chaotic. The line for tire disposal began half a city block away from the entrance of the tire disposal facility. This was only made obvious when I was abruptly turned away from the empty facility. Apparently they are only capable of processing 4 customers every 30 minutes. I wonder why they don't expand their hours of service if they have as much interest in appropriate tire disposal? I waited over an hour to...