Facility details
- Address
- 11600 S Burley Ave
Chicago, IL 60617 - Phone
- (440) 287-7438
- 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: 110060352292
Programs on file: ICIS 3400099323
Interest types: ENFORCEMENT/COMPLIANCE ACTIVITY
EPA record updated 2015-05-03
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.
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- Reserve Management Group Metals same site · Chicago, IL
- Reserve Marine Terminals Recycling 0.1 mi · Chicago, IL
- Chicago Disposal Inc Transfer Transfer Station 0.6 mi · Chicago, IL
- Calumet TS Transfer Station 0.7 mi · Chicago, IL
- Cronimet Corp Metals 0.9 mi · Chicago, IL
- Liberty Waste (Allied) Transfer Station 1.2 mi · Chicago, IL
- Paxton LF Corporation #2 Landfill 1.4 mi · Chicago, IL
- ELG Metals Inc Metals 1.5 mi · Chicago, IL
- Republic Services Calumet Transfer Station Transfer Station 1.6 mi · Chicago, IL
Nearest landfill: Paxton LF Corporation #2, Chicago — 1.4 mi
Area served
Serves Chicago, Whiting, IN, Hammond, IN, Dolton, Calumet City, Riverdale, East Chicago, IN, South Holland, Blue Island, Harvey, Lansing, Posen.
County context
One of 213 recycling centers in Cook County, IL.
ZIP 60617 population 79,284.
Illinois solid-waste agency: Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (IEPA)