Facility details
- Address
- 16501 Crawford Ave
Markham, IL 60428 - Phone
- (708) 331-9161
- 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: 110001356238
Programs on file: ACES 170000014776 · AIR IL000031024ADV · Air program 1703102747 · Emissions inventory 2446311
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
- Green Spring Recycling Recycling 1.1 mi · Markham, IL
- Brackenbox Inc Transfer Station 2.1 mi · Markham, IL
- Oak Forest Public Works Transfer Station 2.2 mi · Oak Forest, IL
- Homewood Disposal Service Inc Transfer Station 3.2 mi · East Hazel Crest, IL
- Psv Trucking Corp. Transfer Station 3.2 mi · Tinley Park, IL
- Homewood Nu Way Star Disposal Transfer Station 3.3 mi · Hazel Crest, IL
- Center Ave Transfer Station Transfer Station 3.5 mi · Harvey, IL
- Recovered Asset Management Recycling 3.7 mi · Harvey, IL
- Reyes Recycling Recycling 3.8 mi · Blue Island, IL
- Truck Parts Recycling 3.8 mi · Harvey, IL
Nearest landfill: River Bend Prairie Landfill, Dolton — 7.1 mi
Area served
Serves Markham, Hazel Crest, Oak Forest, Country Club Hills, Midlothian, Posen, Homewood, Harvey, Robbins, Flossmoor, Tinley Park, Crestwood.
County context
One of 213 recycling centers in Cook County, IL.
ZIP 60428 population 10,980.
Illinois solid-waste agency: Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (IEPA)