Facility details
- Address
- 3N780 Powis Rd
West Chicago, IL 60185 - Phone
- (630) 377-0008
- Website
- stcharlesscrap.com
- Facility type
- Recycling
- County
- DuPage County
- EPA Region
- 5
- Data sources
- Overture Maps 2026-05-20
- Last verified
- 2026-10-09
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
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- LRS West Chicago Transfer Station, Material Recovery Facility, Portables, & Clean Sweep Recycling 1.2 mi · West Chicago, IL
- We Pickup Clothes Recycling 1.3 mi · West Chicago, IL
- Sims Recycling Solutions Recycling 1.8 mi · West Chicago, IL
- Interplastics Recycling 1.8 mi · Saint Charles, IL
- Smurfit Westrock St. Charles Recycling Plant Recycling 1.9 mi · Saint Charles, IL
- Sims Lifecycle Services ElectronicsRecycling 1.9 mi · West Chicago, IL
- USAgain RecyclingTextiles 2.0 mi · West Chicago, IL
- Midwest Compost Transfer StationRecycling 3.3 mi · West Chicago, IL
Nearest landfill: Woodland Landfill, Elgin — 3.9 mi
Area served
Serves Wayne, West Chicago, Saint Charles, Bartlett, South Elgin, Winfield, Carol Stream, Hanover Park, Geneva, Batavia, Streamwood, Elgin.
County context
One of 44 recycling centers in DuPage County, IL.
ZIP 60185 population 33,711.
Illinois solid-waste agency: Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (IEPA)