Green Pages: Reuse and Recycling Directory
The Solid Waste Agency of Northern Cook County (SWANCC) provides the Green Pages Reuse and Recycling Directory, a useful resource for residents seeking outlets for items they no longer need.
The Reuse and Recycling Directory lists reuse opportunities for books, clothing, office equipment, sporting goods, toys and other materials. This guide also provides information on various aspects of recycling and waste, featuring sections for appliances, batteries, construction debris, electronics, office machine cartridges, metals, motor oil and many other items.
There are also online avenues to divert materials from the waste stream such as freecycle.org, craigslist.org and ebay.com that are used to post items to be purchased or picked up for free. Other helpful online sites include:
- 1800recycling.com – finds recycling locations near your zip code
- earth911.com – provides recycling options for whatever item you specify
- ecyclingcentral.com – electronics recycling locations
- digitaltips.org – supplies information about using electronics responsibly and provides recycling locations
Help us spread the word! If you run across a new reuse or recycling source or learn about a change in the information we have provided, please contact SWANCC staff by email at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or call (847) 724-9205, x9. Thank you for your help!
- Aluminum
- Antifreeze
- Appliances
- Asbestos
- Automobile Donation
- Automotive Products
- Batteries
- Bicycles/Chains/Tires
- Books
- Brass
- Bubble Wrap
- Candy Wrappers
- Car Batteries
- Cardboard
- Carpet/Carpet Padding
- Cartridges/Inkjet Toner
- Cassette Tapes
- CDs
- Cereal Boxes
- Cell Phones/Accessories
- Chip Bags
- Cloth Diaper Service
- Clothing
- Coffee Bags
- Composting
- Computer Software/Media
- Construction/Building Material - Donation
- Construction/Demolition Material Disposal
- Construction/Demolition Material Recycling
- Cookie Wrappers
- Copper
- Corks
- Crafts
- Crayon Recycling
- Dairy Bottles (Returnable)
- Dehumidifier
- Disposable Diaper Packaging
- Drink Pouches
- DVDs
- Electronics Donation
- Electronics Recycling/Contractor
- Energy Bar Wrappers
- Eyeglasses
- Fax Machines
- Film/Canisters/X-rays
- Fire Extinguishers
- Flags
- Fluorescent Bulbs/High Intensity Discharge Lamps
- Furniture
- Gasoline
- Glue Containers
- Granola
- Grease Trap
- Greeting Cards
- Gum Packages
- Health Care/Convalescent Equipment
- Hearing Aids
- Heating Oil/Heating Tank Removal
- Helium Tanks
- Holiday Lights
- Household Batteries
- Ink Jet Cartridges
- Jewelry
- Junk Haulers
- Junk Mail
- Lead-acid Batteries
- Lead-Based Paint
- Legal Issues
- Lithium Ion Batteries
- Lunch Kits
- Makeup Containers
- Margarine Containers
- Media
- Medical Waste
- Mercury
- Metals
- Microwaves
- Milk Bottles, Plastic
- Miscellaneous
- Motor Oil (Bulk)
- Motor Oil (Residential)
- Musical Instruments
- Nickel-Cadmium Batteries (Ni-Cd)
- Office Equipment
- Oil Tank Removal
- Oxygen Tanks
- Packaging Products
- Packing Peanuts
- Paint
- Paper Shredding/Recycling
- Paper Towel Packaging
- Plastic Bags
- Polystyrene
- Prescription Medicine
- Printers
- Propane Tanks
- Rechargeable Batteries
- Recycling Hotline
- Refrigerators
- Resale Shops
- Rubber Tires
- School Equipment
- Scrap Metal
- Service Stations
- Sharps Disposal
- Shoes
- Smoke Detectors
- Software
- Sports Equipment
- Steel
- Storage Bags and Containers
- Stoves
- Styrofoam
- Sump Pump Batteries
- Syringes
- Telephone Books
- Television Sets
- Textbook Reuse
- Thermometers
- Thermostats
- Tires
- Tools
- Toys
- Transparencies
- Transparent Adhesive Tape
- Video Systems/Games
- Washer/Dryer
- Water Filters
- Wood Recycling
- Writing Instruments
- Yard Waste
- Yogurt Containers
