Mid-States Recycling & Refining
Des Plaines, IL
Facility details
- Address
- 1841 Busse Hwy
Des Plaines, IL 60016 - Phone
- (847) 298-0010
- Google reviews
- See visitor reviews on Google
- Website
- midstatesrecycling.com
- Facility type
- Recycling
- County
- Cook County
- EPA Region
- 5
- Data sources
- Overture Maps 2026-05-20
- Last verified
- 2026-10-15
- Also listed as
- Cremation Recycling
EPA record
Listed in the EPA Facility Registry: 110001226655, 110001357905
Programs on file: ACES 170000019600 · AIR IL000031063AIF · Air program 1703103366 · Emissions inventory 1834511 · RCRA hazardous-waste handler ILR000074179 · ACES 170000018335 · AIR IL000031063AAG · Air program 1703104467 · RCRA hazardous-waste handler ILD984906560
Interest types: AIR MINOR, VSQG, OTHER HAZARDOUS WASTE ACTIVITIES
EPA record updated 2017-06-01
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
- Des Plaines Transfer Station Transfer Station 0.4 mi · Des Plaines, IL
- Maine Scrap Metal LLC Metals 1.1 mi · Des Plaines, IL
- Glenview Wheeling Township Transfer Station Transfer Station 2.2 mi · Des Plaines, IL
- Des Plaines Landfill Landfill 2.3 mi · Des Plaines, IL
- SWANCC Glenview Transfer Station Transfer Station 2.4 mi · Des Plaines, IL
- Elgin Recycling Recycling 3.6 mi · Arlington Heights, IL
- Groot Industries Inc Transfer Station 3.6 mi · Chicago, IL
- Groot Industries Inc Transfer Station 3.7 mi · Elk Grove, IL
- Fast X-ray Recycling Recycling 3.8 mi · Niles, IL
- Delux Dumpster Inc Transfer Station 4.0 mi · Chicago, IL
Nearest landfill: Des Plaines Landfill, Des Plaines — 2.3 mi
Waste haulers nearby
- Route Express Haul LLC1.1 mi · Des Plaines, IL · 1 driver
- Medpro Waste Disposal LLC2.5 mi · Park Ridge, IL · 6 drivers
- LRS3.0 mi · Rosemont, IL · 35 drivers
- McDonagh Demolition4.5 mi · Chicago, IL · 35 drivers
- LRS4.6 mi · Morton Grove, IL · 1 driver
Area served
Serves Des Plaines, Park Ridge, Mount Prospect, Niles, Glenview, Chicago, Morton Grove, Golf, Prospect Heights, Schiller Park, Arlington Heights, Harwood Heights.
County context
One of 213 recycling centers in Cook County, IL.
139 waste haulers in Cook County, IL.
ZIP 60016 at a glance
- Population
- 60,898 (1,940 per sq mi)
- Median age
- 41
- Households
- Median income $86,571 · 44% earn six figures
- Housing
- 68% owner-occupied · median home value $320,522 · median rent $1,558
- Workforce
- 65% labor-force participation · 5.7% unemployment
ZIP figures are US Census estimates for the ZIP area, not the company.
Illinois solid-waste agency: Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (IEPA)