Facility details
- Address
- 2449 Sands Rd
Salem, IL 62881 - Phone
- (618) 383-1133
- Facility type
- Recycling
- County
- Marion 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
- Foster Salvage Recycling 1.4 mi · Salem, IL
- Salem Municipal Landfill 2 Compost Facility Landfill 3.7 mi · Salem, IL
- Dix Lumber and Recycling Recycling 8.7 mi · Dix, IL
- Centralia Landscape & Waste Recycling Recycling 9.7 mi · Centralia, IL
- G & G Services Recycling 10.8 mi · Centralia, IL
- Centralia Recycling Center Recycling 11.7 mi · Centralia, IL
- Eagle Recycling Services Recycling 14.8 mi · Carlyle, IL
- H&H Hauling & Removal Services Recycling 15.4 mi · Mt Vernon, IL
- Milano Metals & Recycling IL Metals 17.7 mi · Mount Vernon, IL
- L & L Metal Recycling Recycling 18.0 mi · Woodlawn, IL
Nearest landfill: Salem Municipal Landfill 2 Compost Facility, Salem — 3.7 mi
Area served
Serves Kell, Salem, Odin, Walnut Hill, Dix, Sandoval, Texico, Iuka, Centralia, Alma, Irvington.
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)