Facility details
- Address
- 1817 S Elmhurst Rd
Chicago, IL 60666 - Phone
- (773) 569-3400
- Website
- thebuildersco.com
- Facility type
- Recycling
- County
- Cook County
- EPA Region
- 5
- Data sources
- EPA
- Last verified
- 2026-10-09
EPA record
Listed in the EPA Facility Registry: 110014339894
Programs on file: ACES 170000019325 · AIR IL000031063AHD · Air program 1703102465 · Emissions inventory 1833511
Interest types: AIR MINOR
EPA record updated 2017-06-01
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
- Groot Recycling & Waste Services Recycling 0.2 mi · Elk Grove Village, IL
- Groot Industries Inc Transfer Station 0.8 mi · Chicago, IL
- National Material Trading Div-Div of National Material LP Metals 0.8 mi · Elk Grove Village, IL
- Groot Industries Inc Transfer Station 0.9 mi · Elk Grove, IL
- G & M Metal, Inc Recycling 0.9 mi · Elk Grove Village, IL
- forest packaging Recycling 0.9 mi · Elk Grove Village, IL
- Secure Asset & Hard Drive Recycling Recycling 1.4 mi · Elk Grove Village, IL
- Elgin Recycling Recycling 1.5 mi · Arlington Heights, IL
- Belmont Technology Remarketing Recycling 1.6 mi · Elk Grove Village, IL
- eWorks ESI Midwest Recycling 1.6 mi · Elk Grove Village, IL
Nearest landfill: Des Plaines Landfill, Des Plaines — 6.1 mi
Area served
Serves Des Plaines, Bensenville, Elk Grove Village, Wood Dale, Schiller Park, Mount Prospect, Itasca, Park Ridge, Franklin Park, Arlington Heights, Chicago, Melrose Park.
County context
One of 213 recycling centers in Cook County, IL.
Illinois solid-waste agency: Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (IEPA)