Facility details
- Address
- 4600 W Armitage Ave
Chicago, IL 60639 - Phone
- (773) 889-2266
- Website
- lakestreet.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: 110070305107
Programs on file: OSHA-OIS 343042834
Interest types: OSHA ESTABLISHMENT
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
- Serlin Iron & Metal Co. Recycling 0.3 mi · Chicago, IL
- North Grand Auto Metals 0.4 mi · Chicago, IL
- Gus & Sals Recycling Center Recycling 0.8 mi · Chicago, IL
- Allied Metal Co Metals 0.9 mi · Chicago, IL
- Windy City Iron and Metal Recycling 1.0 mi · Chicago, IL
- Freddy's Auto Recycling Recycling 1.2 mi · Chicago, IL
- Greenway Metal Recycling, Inc. Recycling 1.4 mi · Chicago, IL
- Carter's Recycling Recycling 1.4 mi · Chicago, IL
- J and S Metals Recycling 1.5 mi · Chicago, IL
- Midwest Recycling Co. Recycling 1.6 mi · Chicago, IL
Nearest landfill: Congress Development Company LF, Hillside — 8.2 mi
Area served
Serves Chicago, Oak Park, Elmwood Park, River Forest, River Grove, Harwood Heights, Forest Park, Cicero, Maywood, Lincolnwood, Melrose Park, Berwyn.
County context
One of 213 recycling centers in Cook County, IL.
ZIP 60639 population 84,505.
Illinois solid-waste agency: Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (IEPA)