Facility details
- Address
- 7972 Crest Hills Dr
Loves Park, IL 61111 - Phone
- (815) 636-2329
- Website
- paperrecovery.com
- Facility type
- Recycling
- County
- Winnebago 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
- Screw City Recycling Recycling same site · Loves Park, IL
- Kasper Trucking Inc Transfer Station 0.3 mi · Loves Park, IL
- Cimco Resources Recycling 1.4 mi · Loves Park, IL
- Erickson Metal - WE BUY SCRAP Recycling 3.6 mi · Roscoe, IL
- EARTH Zero Waste Recycling 6.1 mi · Rockford, IL
- Alter Metal Recycling MetalsRecycling 7.0 mi · Rockford, IL
- Waste Management Rockford Transfer Station Transfer Station 7.6 mi · Roscoe, IL
- Keep Northern Illinois Beautiful Recycling 7.7 mi · Rockford, IL
- WM - Roscoe Transfer Station Transfer Station 7.8 mi · Roscoe, IL
- North American Demolition Services Recycling 8.6 mi · Rockford, IL
Nearest landfill: Winnebago Landfill, Rockford — 12.6 mi
Area served
Serves Loves Park, Machesney Park, Rockford, Roscoe, Caledonia, Rockton, South Beloit, Cherry Valley, Poplar Grove, Belvidere, Shirland, Winnebago.
County context
One of 12 recycling centers in Winnebago County, IL.
ZIP 61111 population 22,838.
Illinois solid-waste agency: Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (IEPA)