Recycling Plastic

Description: According to the City of Champaign website, the city strongly supports recycling and encourages all citizens to take part in waste reduction. Citizens may take part by participating in the City‘s curbside recycling service or by bringing materials to the public drop-off site operated by the City of Champaign.

City ordinances provide for curbside recycling to all citizens who live in a single to four-plex residence. This service is provided by the waste hauler who is required to provide recycling as part of basic service and must accept the following materials: newspaper, glass jars or bottles, tin cans, aluminum cans and HDPE plastic containers. Haulers must provide curbside collection of recyclables at least once a week and can not count materials toward the “per container cost” of service. Citizens interested in participating in the curbside recycling program should call their local waste hauler.

The City also provides a 24-hour, 7 days a week, free recycling drop-off site. The drop-off site is open to the public and is located at 1701 Hagan Drive, Champaign, Illinois. The facility is just east of the Home Depot shopping center on Bloomington Road. The drop-off site operates a two-sort program in which materials should be separated into two types, containers and fibers. Materials recycled at the drop off site include most plastic, glass and metal food & beverage containers. Plastic food & beverage containers with the #1 through #8, but not styrofoam, are accepted. All glass & metal food & beverage containers can also be recycled at this site. Large plastic objects such as lawn furniture and toys are not accepted at the drop off site. Only those items listed above are accepted at the drop off site. Please do not leave other materials at this location.

For more information contact:
The Operations Division Public Works Department at 217–403-4770.

Recycling information for Urbana residents can be found at the city website.

Source:
City of Urbana
City of Champaign
Date Last Revisited: 1/27/07