Recycling
Waste Products
Paper
Paper Retriever
St. Florian School
In the parking lot located
on Baltimore Avenue, between 131st and 132nd Street
What you can drop off:
- Newspaper
- magazines
- shopping catalogs
- office and school papers
- mail
Papers should not be dropped off in plastic bags! Books cannot
be recycled!
Paper collected through the company's well-known Paper Retriever®
program is directed to processing centers where it is sorted into
various grades and prepared for shipment. It is then routed to
Paper Retriever's® de-inking facilities and mills where it
is used to manufacture 100% recycled content newsprint. Paper
Retriever® is a community-based program, with more than 11,200
collection points, including schools, churches and non-profit
organizations. Abitibi Recycling pays these organizations for
their paper recycling efforts.
Plastic
Aluminum
Motor Oil
AutoZone
701 Torrence Avenue
CALUMET CITY, IL 60409
Phone: (708) 862-0730
Days/Hours: Monday to Saturday 8am to 9pm and Sunday 9am to 6pm
Distance: 2.7 mile(s)
Autozone will accept up to five gallons of oil at a time but it
must be in non-dripping sealed containers, preferably the original
container the oil came out of. It should be brought in during
the day and not during the evening.
Hazardous Waste
City of Chicago HHW Program Information
This service is available to residents of the City of CHICAGO.
CHICAGO, IL 60660
Phone: (217) 744-1614
Days/Hours: Please call for current HHW collection and event information.
Distance: 24.21 mile(s)
Web Link:
http://www.cityofchicago.org/Environment/SolidWaste/HazardousWaste.html
Location Notes: Chicagoans can dispose of common household hazardous
products at two seasonal HHW collections in Chicago every year.
This program accepts lawn chemicals and most household chemicals.
Materials Collected / Services Offered:
Auto: Antifreeze, Used Motor Oil
Batteries: NiCd Batteries, Rechargeable Batteries (non-NiCd),
Single-use Batteries
Household Hazardous Waste: Adhesives, Degreasers, Fertilizers,
Fluorescent Light Bulb Disposal, Fungicides, Gasoline and Unwanted
Fuels, Herbicides, Household Cleaners, Insecticides, Mercury Containing
Items, Paint Disposal, Paint Thinners, Pesticides, Photographic
Chemicals, Pool Chemicals, Solvents
Metal: Aerosol Cans
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