Facility details
- Address
- 5732 N Milwaukee Ave
Chicago, IL 60646 - Phone
- (773) 304-4973
- Website
- avarecycling.com
- Facility type
- Recycling
- County
- Cook County
- EPA Region
- 5
- Data sources
- Overture Maps 2026-05-20
- 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
- Chicago Asset Recovery & Recycling Recycling 0.1 mi · Chicago, IL
- American Metals Co Recycling 0.9 mi · Chicago, IL
- Asset Recovery Contracting Recycling 2.2 mi · Skokie, IL
- Kormet Metals LLC Metals 2.4 mi · Skokie, IL
- Delux Dumpster Inc Transfer Station 2.6 mi · Chicago, IL
- Fast X-ray Recycling Recycling 3.0 mi · Niles, IL
- J and S Metals Recycling 3.6 mi · Chicago, IL
- AAA Environmental Inc Recycling 3.9 mi · Morton Grove, IL
- Orange Crush Recycling Recycling 4.5 mi · Skokie, IL
- Atlas Toyota Material Handling Recycling 4.5 mi · Schiller Park, IL
Nearest landfill: Des Plaines Landfill, Des Plaines — 7.3 mi
Area served
Serves Chicago, Harwood Heights, Lincolnwood, Niles, Skokie, Park Ridge, Morton Grove, Elmwood Park, Golf, Schiller Park, River Grove, Evanston.
County context
One of 213 recycling centers in Cook County, IL.
ZIP 60646 population 28,499.
Illinois solid-waste agency: Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (IEPA)