Houston, Texas
Commercial Recycling in Houston, TX
Houston is the country's busiest port. Port Houston and the Houston Ship Channel move more waterborne tonnage than any other US port, with millions of containers a year crossing Bayport and Barbours Cut. Every container lands packed in corrugated and stacked on pallets, and the Ship Channel's petrochemical complex feeds the country's plastics. CRI services Houston accounts with the same single-point-of-contact relationship our direct-fleet customers get.
Built for Port Houston and the Ship Channel
Houston moves more waterborne tonnage than any other US port. The Houston Ship Channel runs more than 200 public and private terminals, Port Houston handled over four million containers in a recent record year across its Bayport and Barbours Cut terminals, and the channel anchors the nation's largest petrochemical complex. Interstates 10, 45, and 69, plus Beltway 8 and the Grand Parkway, tie the metro together.
The volume runs from the port outward. Import and distribution DCs across northwest Houston, Cypress, Katy, Baytown, and the southeast belts near the port run high-volume OCC, stretch film, and pallets. The Ship Channel's petrochemical and plastics-resin plants and the port's steel and general cargo add film, drums, and scrap metal. Clean cardboard graded right is rebate revenue, not a disposal cost.
CRI services Houston through our vetted partner network. The customer relationship runs end to end with CRI: one team, one invoice, one point of contact.
Houston Service Details
Services Available in Houston, TX
Cardboard Recycling
OCC off imports at volume, spotted trailers
Pallet Recycling
Buy, repair, return; built for transload
Plastic Recycling
Stretch wrap, LDPE film, rigid plastics
Paper Recycling
Multiple grades, mill-direct shipping
Metal Recycling
Ferrous and non-ferrous from industry
Paper Shredding
Certified destruction with chain of custody
How CRI Services Houston
CRI operates a direct fleet across Chicagoland from our Addison facility and services 45 states and 4 Canadian provinces through our vetted partner network. Houston customers get the same CRI account team, the same invoicing, and the same accountability standards as our direct-fleet routes. We dispatch the trucks. We grade the loads. You deal with one company.
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Houston Recycling, Common Questions
We run a Houston distribution or industrial site. Can CRI handle high-volume OCC, film, and pallets?
Yes. We size spotted trailers and compactors to your throughput, schedule swaps so the dock never backs up, and weigh every load on state-certified scales. Clean OCC ships mill-direct so it earns rebate value instead of becoming a disposal line item.
How do we get started with CRI in Houston?
Start with a free assessment. We walk the facility, map every stream, size the right equipment, and put a dollar figure on what your material is worth. No cost, no obligation.
We use separate vendors for recycling and waste. Can CRI run it all?
Yes. CRI handles every stream your Houston site produces, OCC and paper, film, pallets, and metal, on one agreement with one invoice and one point of contact. No more chasing a different vendor for each material.
Want to know what your waste is worth?
Call us or request a free assessment. No contracts. No obligation.