Facility details
- Address
- 1104 Industrial Park Rd
Rock Falls, IL 61071 - Phone
- (815) 626-0985
- Facility type
- Recycling
- County
- Whiteside County
- EPA Region
- 5
- Data sources
- EPA
- 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
- Azcon Metals Metals 2.3 mi · Sterling, IL
- Cimco Recycling Sterling Recycling 4.8 mi · Sterling, IL
- Whiteside County Transfer Transfer Station 10.9 mi · Morrison, IL
- Waste Management Of Illinois, Inc. Transfer Station 11.0 mi · Morrison, IL
- Prairie Hill Recycling and Disposal Facility Recycling 11.0 mi · Morrison, IL
- Whiteside County Landfill Landfill 11.0 mi · Morrison, IL
- Lee County Landfill Landfill 14.7 mi · Dixon, IL
- Lee County Landfill Transfer Facility Landfill 19.7 mi · Dixon, IL
- Rare Earth Diversified Services Recycling 20.0 mi · Walnut, IL
- MDI Environmental Systems Recycling 22.9 mi · Lanark, IL
Nearest landfill: Whiteside County Landfill, Morrison — 11.0 mi
Area served
Serves Rock Falls, Galt, Sterling, Harmon, Deer Grove, Dixon, Woosung, Lyndon, Eldena, Tampico.
County context
One of 4 recycling centers in Whiteside County, IL.
ZIP 61071 population 13,482.
Illinois solid-waste agency: Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (IEPA)