Facility details
- Address
- 2781 State Route 37
Salem, IL 62881 - Phone
- (618) 548-1694
- Website
- fostersalvage37.org
- Facility type
- Recycling
- County
- Marion County
- EPA Region
- 5
- Data sources
- Overture Maps 2026-05-20
- Last verified
- 2026-10-09
EPA record
Listed in the EPA Facility Registry: 110037357400
Programs on file: ACES 170001788037 · AIR IL000121813AAM · Air program 1712100126 · Emissions inventory 10881711
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
- Foster & Sons Recycling Recycling 1.4 mi · Salem, IL
- Salem Municipal Landfill 2 Compost Facility Landfill 2.8 mi · Salem, IL
- Dix Lumber and Recycling Recycling 9.4 mi · Dix, IL
- Centralia Landscape & Waste Recycling Recycling 11.0 mi · Centralia, IL
- G & G Services Recycling 12.2 mi · Centralia, IL
- Centralia Recycling Center Recycling 13.0 mi · Centralia, IL
- H&H Hauling & Removal Services Recycling 15.5 mi · Mt Vernon, IL
- Eagle Recycling Services Recycling 15.6 mi · Carlyle, IL
- Milano Metals & Recycling IL Metals 18.3 mi · Mount Vernon, IL
- Mt Vernon Transfer Station Transfer Station 18.8 mi · Mt Vernon, IL
Nearest landfill: Salem Municipal Landfill 2 Compost Facility, Salem — 2.8 mi
Area served
Serves Salem, Kell, Odin, Walnut Hill, Dix, Iuka, Texico, Sandoval, Centralia, Alma, Kinmundy.
County context
One of 4 recycling centers in Marion County, IL.
ZIP 62881 population 11,218.
Illinois solid-waste agency: Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (IEPA)