Recycling South New Hope Recycling Center , Lake Wylie Road, drop-off for newspapers, cardboard, tin and aluminum cans, scrap metal, appliances, tires, waste oil, car batteries, plastic bottles, glass, antifreeze, textiles. Crowders Creek Recycling Center , C.P. Groves Road, drop-off for newspapers, cardboard, tin and aluminum cans, scrap metal, appliances, tires, waste oil, car batteries, plastic bottles, glass, antifreeze, textiles. Hardin Recycling Center , Philadelphia Church Road, Dallas, drop-off for newspapers, cardboard, tin and aluminum cans, scrap metal, appliances, tires, waste oil, car batteries, plastic bottles, glass, antifreeze, textiles. Riverbend Recycling Center , Mount Holly, newspapers, cardboard, tin and aluminum cans, scrap metal, appliances, tires, waste oil, car batteries, plastic bottles, glass, antifreeze. The airport, run by the city of Gastonia, is located on Union Road and features a 2,500-foot lighted runway.
Hangars are available.
Charlotte Douglas International Airport is located just 20 minutes from Gaston County and serves as the hub for USAirways. It's one of the southeast's busiest airports. Drainage is from northwest to southeast, and most streams drain into the Catawba River or its major tributary, the South Fork Catawba River. Gaston has 37 types of soils. The Gaston Chamber of Commerce 601 W. Franklin Blvd.