Facility details
- Address
- 5441 Fargo Ave
Skokie, IL 60077 - Phone
- (847) 674-3366
- Facility type
- Recycling
- County
- Cook County
- EPA Region
- 5
- Data sources
- EPA
- Last verified
- 2026-10-09
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
- Kormet Metals LLC Metals 0.2 mi · Skokie, IL
- AAA Environmental Inc Recycling 1.8 mi · Morton Grove, IL
- AVA E-Recycling Pick Up and Data Shredding Recycling 2.2 mi · Chicago, IL
- Delux Dumpster Inc Transfer Station 2.3 mi · Chicago, IL
- Fast X-ray Recycling Recycling 2.3 mi · Niles, IL
- American Metals Co Recycling 2.3 mi · Chicago, IL
- Chicago Asset Recovery & Recycling Recycling 2.3 mi · Chicago, IL
- Orange Crush Recycling Recycling 2.9 mi · Skokie, IL
- North Shore Recycling Inc Recycling 2.9 mi · Evanston, IL
- James Park Compost LSW Transfer Station Transfer Station 3.1 mi · Evanston, IL
Nearest landfill: Winnetka Municipal Landfill Compost Facility, Winnetka — 5.9 mi
Area served
Serves Skokie, Chicago, Lincolnwood, Morton Grove, Niles, Golf, Evanston, Park Ridge, Harwood Heights, Wilmette, Glenview, Kenilworth.
County context
One of 213 recycling centers in Cook County, IL.
ZIP 60077 population 28,651.
Illinois solid-waste agency: Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (IEPA)