Facility details
- Address
- 1705 Cottage Grove Ave
Ford Heights, IL 60411 - Phone
- (708) 753-0770
- Website
- aarecycles.com
- Facility type
- Recycling
- County
- Cook County
- EPA Region
- 5
- Data sources
- Overture Maps 2026-05-20
- Last verified
- 2026-10-09
EPA record
Listed in the EPA Facility Registry: 110063748949
Programs on file: ACES 170002081798 · AIR 0500017031R5067 · AIR IL000031072AAV
Interest types: AIR MINOR
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.
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- Big Daddy Scrap Recycling 1.0 mi · Chicago Heights, IL
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- Brookfield Resource Management Recycling 1.9 mi · Chicago Heights, IL
- Greener Future LLC Recycling 2.1 mi · Chicago Heights, IL
- Gaby Iron and Metal MetalsRecycling 2.1 mi · Chicago Heights, IL
- C & L LSW TS Skyline Disposal Transfer Station 2.1 mi · Chicago Heights, IL
- Lynwood Recycling Center Recycling 3.3 mi · Lynwood, IL
Nearest landfill: Munster Landfill, Munster — 5.2 mi
Area served
Serves Chicago Heights, Steger, Glenwood, Park Forest, Crete, Thornton, Dyer, IN, Olympia Fields, Lansing, Homewood, Flossmoor, Munster, IN.
County context
One of 213 recycling centers in Cook County, IL.
ZIP 60411 population 52,395.
Illinois solid-waste agency: Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (IEPA)