We Recycle TVs

Do you have an old TV or monitor cluttering your garage or basement. We can recycle that for you. Bring in your old TV or monitor today, click here to download a coupon for $5 off your recycling fees.

Batteries, Ballasts, Bulbs and More!

RecyclePak® mail-back program is the perfect solution for fluorescent lamps, ballast, batteries and mercury containing items. Check out all of the available RecyclePaks® now!

Gilberts Location Open Saturday

Starting November 2nd and continuing through the winter, the Elgin Recycling - Elgin location (660 Schiller St., Elgin) will be redirecting all Saturday business to our Gilberts facility. Please call us at (847)- 741-4100 with any questions.

Pick-Up Services

Elgin Recycling has a fleet of flatbeds, roll-offs, and trailers to meet your every recycling need. We provide roll-off boxes, box trucks with lift gates, van trailers, gondolas, and flatbeds so no job is too big. Click Here for More Information

Service & Convenience

Elgin Recycling provides customers with the convenience of five full service facilities including an iron yard and two truck scales. With a full time crew and machinery to handle the largest loads, just pull right in and let us take care of the rest.

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Certified Electronics Recycling Division

Elgin Recycling is dedicated to the proper handling of end-of-life electronics through our R2 Certified electronics facility (West Dundee, IL). Ensuring information security, environmentally friendly material processing and employee health and safety.

Responsibility & Commitment

Here at Elgin Recycling, we are committed to the environment and are dedicated to educating the communities we serve about the importance of recycling. We believe recycling is everyone's responsibility and employ you to make the commitment as well.

Family & Community

Elgin Recycling was founded on family, the community and an effort to stay green. We sponsor and participate in numerous events throughout the Chicagoland area and partner with many local organizations to help with recycling fundraisers.

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We offer competitive prices for all scrap metal, electronics & more.

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"All of the employees are very prompt and respectful. I am very happy with the overall experience. The employees are helpful with any... Thomas M. Customer Since 2011 Carpentersville ,IL

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Stay Green by Bringing Your Waste to an Elgin Recycling Center Today

Whether you're a homeowner, a business owner, or a contractor, you may have to deal with having an excess of scrap metals and paper and plastic waste. Instead of simply discarding these, why not make sure they're properly disposed while also saving cash by bringing them to a recycling center?

At Elgin Recycling & Scrap Metal, we provide recycling services that not only help you do your part for the environment through proper waste disposal, but also allow you to profit from it. Our recycling centers accept:

Scrap metal (Aluminum, brass, copper, stainless steel, steel, and more)
Paper (Newspapers, magazines, cardboard, books, and more)
Plastic (Polyethylene, bubble wrap, PVC, super sac, and more)

As a full service recycling center committed to providing homes and businesses in the Chicagoland area with a greener alternative to regular waste disposal, we also offer electronics recycling. Whether you've got End of Life computers, old batteries, or unwanted, out of order cellphones to recycle, our center can help you get rid of these otherwise difficult-to-dispose items – not all recycling companies are equipped to handle them.

Elgin Recycling & Scrap Metal is an R2 certified recycling company. This means that we are equipped and trained to ensure the proper handling and disposal of End of Life electronics in our facilities. This covers environmentally-friendly material processing that prevents contaminations due to chemical leaks; keeps employees healthy and safe; and ensures information security when handling digital storage devices.

To make recycling more convenient for you, we've also made sure that you won’t have to travel far to reach one of our many recycling centers. You can find an Elgin Recycling center at the following locations:

Gilberts
Elgin
Palatine
Crystal Lake
Elk Grove Township

With many locations to choose from, recycling with us is easy no matter where you live in the Chicagoland area.

Have no way of bringing your recyclables to us? No problem. We offer full-service pickup and trucking for eligible loads. This service is especially useful for industrial accounts with multiple or heavy loads that need transporting. We can provide roll-off boxes, box trucks with lift gates, van trailers, gondolas, flatbeds, gaylords, and dump hoppers to suit your needs. Call us for more details on our pickup services.

Better yet, request a quote and schedule a pickup online so we can set a pickup date for your recyclables today!

Recycling and taking care of our environment is everyone's responsibility. Do your part by making sure anything recyclable in your home, business, or construction site is processed properly through our recycling services here at Elgin Recycling & Scrap Metal.

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