Electronics Recycling in Illinois

AVA Recycling

1555 N. Swift Rd

(847) 397-2900

AVA Recycling on N. Swift Rd in Addison takes computer hardware, TVs, cell phones, and appliances in store, and offers pickup for a charge. Charges apply for televisions and monitors.

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Elk Grove Township Recycling Center

145 S. Weiler Road

(847) 741-4100

The Elk Grove Township Recycling Center on S. Weiler Road, operated with Elgin Recycling, takes computer hardware, TVs and monitors, cell phones, and microwaves. Charges apply for TVs and microwaves.

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J&C E-Recycling

621 Atlanta Drive

618-233-5009

Monday-Friday 8:00 AM-4:00 PM; weekend hours by appointment

J&C E-Recycling is a family owned recycling business in Belleville, Illinois that buys steel, copper, brass, and aluminum along with some electronics, computers, and appliances. The company offers pickup service for large items or bulk loads and provides hard drive destruction certificates for computer recycling.

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Reyes Recycling

2240 141st St

708-770-1005

Mon-Fri 7:30am-6:30pm, Sat 7:30am-3:00pm, Sun 8:00am-4:00pm

The yard at 2240 141st St in Blue Island trades as Lopez Metal Recycling and buys scrap from individuals and companies alike. Its buying list covers copper, brass, aluminum, steel, and stainless steel, plus pipe and tube, electric wire, car parts, batteries, appliances, and electronics including computers, laptops, tablets, and phones. The yard refuses asbestos, refrigerants, magnesium, radioactive materials, oil-filled items, PCBs, mercury-containing items, glass, and pressurized tanks. It serves Cook County in Illinois, Lake County in Indiana, and neighborhoods across Chicago, opens seven days a week, and runs its website in English and Spanish.

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Belson Steel Center Scrap Inc.

1685 N. State Route 50

(815) 932-7416

Monday to Friday 8:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., Saturday 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m., closed Sunday

Belson Steel Center Scrap began in 1960 as one truck and a lean-to and now processes more than 100,000 tons a year on a 16-acre Bourbonnais site. The family-owned yard buys ferrous, non-ferrous, and electronic scrap with no appointment, any load size, and cash payment, and it is open six days a week with Spanish spoken. Kankakee County residents in participating municipalities drop off e-scrap free through the county program. Industrial customers get containers and trailers placed on site, from roll-offs in 20 to 65 yard sizes to 48-foot flatbeds and high-side gondolas, with scheduled pickups. Belson also runs building and industrial demolition, torch cutting at customer sites, and wind farm decommissioning, and sells new and reusable steel from a 35,000-square-foot warehouse and a one-acre yard. A Chicago Heights subsidiary handles railcar dismantling.

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EZ Electronics Recycling with Blue Star Recyclers

1387 Barclay Boulevard

(847) 349-4020

EZ Electronics Recycling, working with Blue Star Recyclers, takes computers, TVs, monitors, and cell phones in store on Barclay Boulevard. A pickup request form is available on its website, and charges apply.

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Com2 Computers

500 Kehoe Blvd.

(630) 345-0272

Com2 Computers on Kehoe Blvd in Carol Stream recycles computer hardware, TVs and monitors (charges apply), cell phones, and microwaves.

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Central Metal Recycling

5618 W. Fillmore Street

773-345-8610

Central Metal Recycling is a family-owned scrap yard on Chicago's West Side, on Fillmore Street at Central Avenue between I-290 and Roosevelt Road, buying from residents, contractors, and professional scrappers since 2010. A certified 60-foot truck scale handles every truck size, a material handler grapple unloads oversized loads, and indoor non-ferrous buy stations shorten waits. Each load gets an itemized receipt with grading, weights, and prices, and payment is cash on the spot with no appointment. The yard buys all ferrous grades, aluminum (cast, extrusion, sheet, cans, rims), bare bright, #1, and #2 copper, insulated copper wire, brass, 304 and 316 stainless steel, auto batteries, and e-scrap such as computers, circuit boards, and wire harnesses.

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Chicago Household Chemicals and Computer Recycling Facility (Goose Island)

1150 North Branch

312-744-3060

Tuesdays 7:00 AM to Noon, Thursdays 2:00 PM to 7:00 PM, first Saturday of every month 8:00 AM to 3:00 PM

The Goose Island facility on North Branch is Cook County's long-term household chemical and computer recycling site. It keeps Tuesday morning, Thursday afternoon, and first-Saturday hours.

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Sims Metal Midwest (S Paulina St)

2500 S Paulina St

773-254-1200

Mon-Fri 8:00 AM-4:00 PM; Sat-Sun Closed

Sims Metal Midwest runs a processing yard at 2500 S Paulina St in the 60608 ZIP, specializing in bus, railcar and aluminum trailer recycling plus stainless steel operations. It buys ferrous and non-ferrous scrap and electronic waste, and the public can drop off scrap without an appointment. A government photo ID is required to get paid.

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Power Recycling

9200 Collinsville Rd.

618-344-7232

Mon-Fri: 8:00 AM - 4:00 PM, Sat: 8:00 AM - 12:00 PM, Sun: Closed

Power Recycling is a locally owned, full service scrap metal and electronics recycling facility located across from the Fairmount race track in Collinsville, Illinois. The facility accepts ferrous and non-ferrous materials including whole cars, steel, aluminum, copper, lead, brass and insulated wire, and pays cash for scrap metal. Power Recycling also holds monthly recycling drives in Uptown Collinsville and the surrounding Metro East area.

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Tv/Eco Waste Hub

141 Catherine St

309-408-2282

Mon-Fri 9:00am-3:00pm

Tv/Eco Waste Hub is an electronic waste drop-off facility in East Peoria, Illinois. It accepts all televisions with no size limit for a per-unit fee, takes many small appliances and electronics for free, and offers scheduled pickup for e-waste.

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Elgin Recycling

660 Shiller St.

(847) 741-4100

Mon-Fri 8am-5pm

Elgin Recycling runs five full service facilities, including an iron yard and two truck scales, and the Schiller Street yard in Elgin is its home location. Drop-off covers aluminum, brass, copper, stainless steel, and steel, plus electronics such as computers, TVs and monitors, batteries, and cell phones. TVs and monitors carry a recycling fee. A fleet of flatbeds, roll-offs, box trucks with lift gates, van trailers, and gondolas handles scrap pickups, and the company brokers scrap and recycles refrigerators, freezers, paper, and plastic. RecyclePak programs cover lamps and bulbs, ballasts, mercury, sharps, aerosol cans, and pharmaceutical waste.

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Protech Environmental Inc

1550 Howard St

224.266.2855

Protech Environmental on Howard St accepts computers, TVs and monitors of any size for $20, cell phones, and appliances. Device wiping for phones is free, and phones can also be mailed in.

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Village of Franklin Park E-Recycling Drop-Off

9364 Franklin Avenue

Monday through Friday, 7:30 am to 3:00 pm; closed on Village Holidays

The Village of Franklin Park operates a free electronics drop-off site at 9364 Franklin Avenue, directly north of the Franklin and Martens intersection. It is free to all Franklin Park residents, schools and businesses, and exists because electronic devices are banned from Illinois landfills.

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Midwest Computer Recycling

3864 Swanson Ct

(847) 582-1730

Mon-Fri 9:00am-4:00pm

Midwest Computer Recycling is an electronics recycling company in Gurnee, Illinois that has served homes, businesses and municipalities since 2006. It accepts computers and other electronic equipment for recycling and offers both free pickup and drop-off service.

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Lynwood Recycling Center

21540 E Lincoln Hwy

(708) 757-7300

Mon-Fri 8:00am-5:00pm, Sat 8:00am-1:00pm, Sun Closed

Family-owned scrap metal recycler in Lynwood, IL paying cash for ferrous and non-ferrous metals, white goods, electronics, and junk vehicles. Serves homeowners, businesses, and contractors with same-day cash payment and a price match guarantee. Free vehicle pickup and towing available.

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Machesney Park Recycle Center

8409 N. Second Street

(815) 637-1343

Wednesdays 2:00pm-5:00pm, Saturdays 9:00am-Noon

Machesney Park Recycle Center is a nonprofit drop-off recycling location operated by Keep Northern Illinois Beautiful (KNIB) at 8409 N. Second Street in Machesney Park, Illinois. The center accepts sorted recyclables such as cardboard, paper, books, clothing, plastic, glass, metal cans and electronics during scheduled donation hours. Recycling drop off is closed on most holidays and whenever the weather predicts a heat index over 95 degrees or a wind chill below zero.

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Mynex Systems Electronics Recycling

1415 Bond St Suite 147

630-416-8700

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Naperville Environmental Collection Campus

156 Fort Hill Drive

(217) 364-7543

Monday - Friday: 7:00 AM - 3:00 PM

The City of Naperville's Environmental Collection Campus at 156 Fort Hill Drive accepts electronics for recycling on weekdays from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. Collection is sponsored by eWorks ESI through a partnership with DuPage County. Fees apply for TVs, CRTs, flat screens and monitors, and residents must remain in their vehicle while staff unload items.

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C&M Recycling

1600 Morrow Ave.

847-578-1066

C&M Recycling has served the greater Chicagoland area and southern Wisconsin for over 40 years, providing recycling solutions for businesses, individual tradesmen and the general public. The company recycles paper, plastic, metals and electronic scrap, and also sells and services balers, compactors and other related equipment. C&M Recycling is veteran owned and operated and also buys Gaylord boxes.

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Rockford Recycle Center

4665 Hydraulic Road

(815) 637-1343

Tuesdays 2:00pm-5:00pm, Saturdays 9:00am-Noon

Rockford Recycle Center is the main office of Keep Northern Illinois Beautiful (KNIB), a nonprofit drop-off recycling center located at 4665 Hydraulic Road in Rockford, Illinois. The center accepts sorted recyclables such as cardboard, paper, books, clothing, plastic, glass, metal cans and electronics during scheduled donation hours. Recycling drop off is closed on most holidays and whenever the weather predicts a heat index over 95 degrees or a wind chill below zero.

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EZ Recycling Corp

7307 Duvan Dr

(708) 532-8130

Mon, Wed, Fri: 9:30 am - 4:30 pm. Saturday: 9:30 am - 2:30 pm. Sunday, Tuesday, Thursday: Closed. Large loads on Tuesday or Thursday require calling ahead to schedule an appointment.

EZ Recycling Corp is a locally owned and operated scrap metal yard in Tinley Park, Illinois. The business buys non-ferrous metals for cash and recycles electronics such as desktops, laptops, and cellphones at no charge. Customers can drop off items during business hours or call ahead to schedule a large load.

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ITECH Recycling

840 Dillon Dr, Unit 100

708-323-2424

ITECH Recycling operates an electronics drop-off facility on Dillon Drive in Wood Dale, serving Chicago, Bensenville, and Arlington Heights residents and businesses. It takes computers, monitors, servers, and mobile devices, and offers hard drive shredding and scheduled pickup.

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