Facility details
- Address
- 231 S Wheeling Rd
Wheeling, IL 60090 - Phone
- (847) 537-7900
- 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: 110001288785
Programs on file: ACES 170000065694 · ACES 170001526695 · AIR IL000031823AAA · Air program 1703102445 · Emissions inventory 2751711 · NPDES permit ILR004268
Interest types: AIR MINOR, AIR SYNTHETIC MINOR, ICIS-NPDES NON-MAJOR, STORM WATER INDUSTRIAL
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
- Waste Management Of Illinois, Inc. Transfer Station 1.7 mi · Wheeling, IL
- WM Northwest Transfer Station 1.7 mi · Wheeling, IL
- Genesis Electronics Recycling Recycling 1.7 mi · Buffalo Grove, IL
- Land & Lakes Wheeling Transfer Station 2.9 mi · Wheeling, IL
- Land and Lakes Wheeling Landfill Landfill 3.1 mi · Buffalo Grove, IL
- Azcon Metals Metals 3.3 mi · Arlington Heights, IL
- D & M Roll off Service Transfer Station 3.3 mi · Northbrook, IL
- Belmont Trading Company Inc. Recycling 3.4 mi · Northbrook, IL
- Lake County Scrap Metal Recycling 4.6 mi · Prairie-View, IL
- SWANCC Glenview Transfer Station Transfer Station 4.6 mi · Des Plaines, IL
Nearest landfill: Land and Lakes Wheeling Landfill, Buffalo Grove — 3.1 mi
Area served
Serves Wheeling, Prospect Heights, Buffalo Grove, Arlington Heights, Deerfield, Lincolnshire, Northbrook, Mount Prospect, Palatine, Glenview, Des Plaines, Rolling Meadows.
County context
One of 213 recycling centers in Cook County, IL.
ZIP 60090 population 38,340.
Illinois solid-waste agency: Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (IEPA)