Recycling Center
Residents of many of the Stateline communities are provided with an opportunity to participate in curbside recycling programs. Some communities do not provide a recycling alternative to landfilling. Others who live in apartments, condos, or in outlying areas of the county, etc. do not have curbside recycling programs. What are they supposed to do? One alternative is the Keep Northern Illinois Beautiful Recycling Center located in Roscoe, Illinois. KNIB operates the only all-volunteer staffed and operated recycling center in northern Illinois. Located in the parking lot of One-Source Recycling Corporation, off Highway 251 just north of McCurry Road in Roscoe, this operation collects more than 12 tons of materials for recycling each month.
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Local residents are invited to drop off glass or plastic containers, laser and ink jet printer cartridges, metal cans, aluminum,corrugated cardboard and paper products at no cost. The Recycling Center is provided as a public service to residents without curbside recycling collection. Materials collected are then processed for recycling.
Now in its 19th year of all-volunteer operation, the Recycling Center is open every Saturday from 9 a.m. to noon (unless the wind chill is below zero).
| Material | Accepted | Not Accepted |
| Glass | Food and beverage containers, bottles & juice | Broken glass, light bulbs, drinking glasses, cookware, tableware |
| Aluminum | Cans, clean foil, pie plates | Foil with food on it |
| Tin/Steel | Food cans only, labels removed | Aerosol, paint cans |
| Plastic | Bottles coded #1 & #2. Must have “necks and shoulders”, 6 pack rings | Automotive fluid containers, pails, buckets, Items coded #3, #4, #5, #6, #7 |
| Paper/Chipboard(in paper bags) | Newspapers, magazines, junk mail, computer paper, phone books, paper bags, chipboard (cereal & cracker boxes, shoe boxes), egg cartons | Wax coated, foil coated, hard covered books, gift wrap, paper beverage containers |
| Corrugated Cardboard | Boxes | With food on it (pizza, etc.), wax covered |
| Inkjet & Laser Printer Cartridges | ||
| Cell phones | ||
This is a volunteer intensive project. If you would like to participate in keeping Northern Illinois beautiful and safe, call (815) 637-1343 for information on how you can help.
