Facility details
- Address
- 1210 E University Ave
Urbana, IL 61802 - Phone
- (217) 384-2393
- Facility type
- Recycling
- County
- Champaign County
- EPA Region
- 5
- Data sources
- EPA
- Last verified
- 2026-10-09
EPA record
Listed in the EPA Facility Registry: 110013939970, 110034161341, 110060448252, 110060448289
Programs on file: ACES 170000427410 · Emissions inventory 1926011 · AIR IL000019827ABH · LMOP 11060 · LMOP 11080
Interest types: AIR MINOR, LANDFILL GAS (LFG) RECOVERY
EPA record updated 2017-06-01
About this facility
A recycling center collects, sorts and prepares recoverable materials so they can be sold to mills and manufacturers instead of being landfilled. Some are public drop-off sites run by a city, county or hauler; others are commercial buy-back yards or processing plants that take material from collection routes and businesses. What a given site handles depends on its equipment and the markets it sells into, so one center may focus on cardboard and containers while another takes only scrap metal. Many sites pay for certain materials and charge for others. Hours, fees and accepted materials vary — call ahead to confirm what is taken, how it must be sorted and whether there is a minimum quantity.
Typically accepted at Recycling Center facilities
- Cardboard and mixed paper
- Plastic bottles and containers
- Aluminum and steel cans
- Glass bottles and jars
- Scrap metal
- Electronics (at some sites)
Hours, fees and accepted materials vary by site — call ahead before hauling a load.
Nearby facilities
- Urbana Municipal #2 Landfill 0.5 mi · Urbana, IL
- Urbana Municipal #1 Landfill 0.5 mi · Urbana, IL
- Landscape Recycling Center Recycling 0.5 mi · Urbana, IL
- Mack's Auto Recycling Inc Recycling 1.0 mi · Urbana, IL
- Mervis Recycling Recycling 2.0 mi · Urbana, IL
- Macks Twin City Recycling Recycling 2.4 mi · Urbana, IL
- Preservation & Conservation Association (PACA) Recycling 2.7 mi · Champaign, IL
- Mid America Recycling Recycling 2.7 mi · Urbana, IL
- Urbana Transfer Station Transfer Station 2.8 mi · Urbana, IL
- Republic Services Urbana Transfer Station Transfer Station 2.9 mi · Urbana, IL
Nearest landfill: Urbana Municipal #1, Urbana — 0.5 mi
Area served
Serves Urbana, Champaign, Savoy, Saint Joseph, Thomasboro, Bondville, Philo, Tolono, Sidney, Seymour, Royal, Ogden.
County context
One of 9 recycling centers in Champaign County, IL.
ZIP 61802 population 19,502.
Illinois solid-waste agency: Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (IEPA)