AVA E-Recycling Pick Up and Data Shredding
Palos Heights, IL
Facility details
- Address
- 12222 S Harlem Ave
Palos Heights, IL 60463 - Phone
- (312) 268-1036
- 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
- Keywell Metals LLC Metals 0.8 mi · Palos Heights, IL
- ClearStream Recycling, Inc. Recycling 1.1 mi · Palos Heights, IL
- Great Lakes Recycling Recycling 1.1 mi · Worth, IL
- WM - Alsip Transfer Station Transfer Station 1.7 mi · Aslip, IL
- Waste Management South Suburbs Transfer Station 1.7 mi · Alsip, IL
- Resource Plastics Inc. PlasticsRecycling 2.0 mi · Alsip, IL
- ACI Enterprises Inc Recycling 2.4 mi · Alsip, IL
- Mhbc Recycling 2.7 mi · Alsip, IL
- Resource Management Company International Recycling 2.9 mi · Chicago Ridge, IL
- Waste Management South Suburbs Transfer Station 3.0 mi · Chicago Ridge, IL
Nearest landfill: Atkinson Landfill Co, Bedford Park — 7.1 mi
Area served
Serves Palos Heights, Worth, Chicago Ridge, Palos Hills, Alsip, Crestwood, Orland Park, Palos Park, Oak Lawn, Hickory Hills, Midlothian, Oak Forest.
County context
One of 213 recycling centers in Cook County, IL.
ZIP 60463 population 13,359.
Illinois solid-waste agency: Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (IEPA)