Facility details
- Address
- 980 Bluff City Blvd
Elgin, IL 60120 - Phone
- (847) 742-4600
- Google reviews
- See visitor reviews on Google
- Website
- bluffcityrecycling.com
- Facility type
- Recycling
- County
- Cook County
- EPA Region
- 5
- Data sources
- Overture Maps 2026-05-20
- Last verified
- 2026-10-15
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
- Bens Global Recycling Inc. Recycling 0.1 mi · Elgin, IL
- Falcon Green Resources, Inc. Recycling 0.8 mi · Bartlett, IL
- Waste Management Bluff City Transfer Station Transfer Station 0.8 mi · Elgin, IL
- Redline Metals Recycling 0.8 mi · Elgin, IL
- Waste Management - Elgin Transfer Station Transfer Station 0.9 mi · Elgin, IL
- Ben's Global Recycling Recycling 0.9 mi · Elgin, IL
- Cloverleaf Farms Transfer Station Transfer Station 1.3 mi · Elgin, IL
- Elgin Recycling Recycling 3.0 mi · Elgin, IL
- Woodland Landfill Landfill 3.0 mi · Elgin, IL
- American Wood Recycling Recycling 3.7 mi · Hoffman Estates, IL
Nearest landfill: Woodland Landfill, Elgin — 3.0 mi
Waste haulers nearby
- Summit Salvage LLC1.2 mi · Elgin, IL · 2 drivers
- Ez Dumpster Rental3.3 mi · Elgin, IL · 2 drivers
- Impact Environmental Group Inc3.3 mi · Elgin, IL · 44 drivers
- S&B Dumpsters LLC5.7 mi · Hoffman Estates, IL · 2 drivers
- Duty Free Sanitation Inc6.7 mi · Sleepy Hollow, IL · 1 driver
Area served
Serves Elgin, South Elgin, Bartlett, Streamwood, Wayne, Hoffman Estates, Hanover Park, Dundee, Saint Charles, Carpentersville, Schaumburg, Gilberts.
County context
One of 213 recycling centers in Cook County, IL.
139 waste haulers in Cook County, IL.
ZIP 60120 at a glance
- Population
- 51,225 (1,135 per sq mi)
- Median age
- 35
- Households
- Median income $82,449 · 38% earn six figures
- Housing
- 66% owner-occupied · median home value $241,604 · median rent $1,371
- Workforce
- 71% labor-force participation · 6.8% unemployment
ZIP figures are US Census estimates for the ZIP area, not the company.
Illinois solid-waste agency: Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (IEPA)