Facility details
- Address
- 12841 S Pulaski Rd
Alsip, IL 60803 - Phone
- (708) 489-2992
- Website
- universalscrapmetals.com
- Facility type
- Recycling
- County
- Cook County
- EPA Region
- 5
- Data sources
- Overture Maps 2026-05-20
- Last verified
- 2026-10-09
- Also listed as
- Luckman Recycling
EPA record
Listed in the EPA Facility Registry: 110072195365
Programs on file: Air program 1703102452 · Emissions inventory 2619411
Interest types: AIR MINOR
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
- American Scrap Metal Services Recycling 0.2 mi · Alsip, IL
- Shred Authority Recycling 0.5 mi · Alsip, IL
- Quincy Recycle Recycling 0.7 mi · Alsip, IL
- Groen Waste Service Transfer Station 1.0 mi · Blue Island, IL
- DAR PRO Solutions Blue Island Recycling 1.1 mi · Blue Island, IL
- Robbins Recycling & Transfer Transfer Station 1.2 mi · Robbins, IL
- AWS Groen Waste & TS Transfer Station 1.2 mi · Crestwood, IL
- USA Waste Services Transfer Station 1.2 mi · Crestwood, IL
- Mhbc Recycling 1.5 mi · Alsip, IL
- Acwm Refining Metals 1.6 mi · Blue Island, IL
Nearest landfill: River Bend Prairie Landfill, Dolton — 6.3 mi
Area served
Serves Robbins, Alsip, Crestwood, Blue Island, Midlothian, Chicago, Posen, Palos Heights, Oak Forest, Oak Lawn, Worth, Markham.
County context
One of 213 recycling centers in Cook County, IL.
ZIP 60803 population 22,089.
Illinois solid-waste agency: Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (IEPA)