Clear Lake

This drop-off site is located in the Ellington Field area. The center is open 7 days per week from 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. This site was previously a weekend drop-off site only.

Funded in part by the City of Houston, Houston-Galveston Area Council and the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, this site accepts a variety of items. The items accepted are newspapers, magazines, telephone books, catalogs, ad inserts, cardboard, glass bottles and jars, aluminum cans, tin cans, aerosol cans, steel cans and #1 and #2 plastic bottles.

Directions to the Clear Lake Recycling Drop-off Center
(below this map)

Ellington Field Far . Ellington Field Near

Coming from Downtown Estimated Time: 25 minutes

Option 1:

  • Take Highway 45 South, toward Galveston
  • Pass the Sam Houston Toll way running East / West
  • Exit LEFT onto FM 1959 (Dixie Farm Road)
  • Turn RIGHT onto Hwy 3 (Old Galveston Rd)
  • Two blocks down is your intersection
  • Turn LEFT onto Brantley
  • This takes you into Ellington Field.
  • You will pass a dock with signs on your right.
  • Turn LEFT onto Loop Rd. / Broussard
  • The Recycling Center will be on your left.

Option 2:

  • Take Highway 45 South Take Sam Houston Toll way East
  • Exit comes up fast
  • Exit RIGHT toward Highway 3
  • Merge into feeder
  • Carefully get into your far right lane
  • Make a RIGHT onto Conklin Lane
  • Turn RIGHT onto Hwy 3 (Old Galveston Rd)
  • Pass FM 1959 (Dixie Farm Rd) intersection.
  • Start looking for your exit
  • Turn LEFT onto Brantley
  • This takes you into Ellington Field. You will pass a dock with signs on your right.
  • Turn LEFT onto Loop Rd. / Broussard
  • The Recycling Center sign will be on your left, as will the facility.

Coming from NASA

Estimated Time 14 minutes. Estimated Distance: 8 miles

  • Head West on NASA One / NASA Rd. 1 / FM 528 S.
  • Turn RIGHT onto Old Galveston Rd. (Hwy 3)
  • Pass Clear Lake City Blvd.
  • Turn RIGHT onto Brantley
  • This takes you into Ellington Field. You will pass a dock with signs on your right.
  • Turn LEFT onto Loop Rd. / Broussard
  • The Recycling Center will be on your left.