Recycling centers in St. Charles

Midwest Recyclers has run as a third-generation, family-owned salvage yard in St. Charles since 1981, on 30 acres at 2940 North River Rd with more than 2,000 foreign and domestic cars and trucks in stock. The yard dismantles the wrecked vehicles it buys, then cleans, catalogs, and lists the parts in an online search. Technicians test and inspect engines and transmissions and pack them to ship worldwide. Motors, transmissions, and rear ends carry a 90-day unlimited-mileage warranty, and starters and alternators carry a lifetime guarantee. A full-service repair shop and used car sales with warranties operate alongside the yard. The staff locates hard-to-find parts nationwide for restored and older vehicles, delivers locally, and gives military discounts with ID.

St. Charles County runs Recycle Works Central as one of two county drop-off sites, on Triad South Drive near Central School Road and Kisker. Appliances, scrap metal, paper and cardboard, plastics, clothing, electronics, rechargeable and car batteries, motor oil, and cooking oil are all accepted, with per-unit fees posted for TVs, monitors, microwaves, and refrigerants removed from appliances. Scrap metal, antifreeze, and fluorescent bulbs are limited to county residents. Household hazardous waste is collected from May through September, Tuesday through Friday, for residential products only. The site takes cash or check payable to the county and refuses tires, mattresses, carpet, Styrofoam, smoke detectors, and alkaline batteries.