Elgin Recycling - Arlington Heights, Illinois

BY I.

Great place for recycling anything from old electronics to scrap metal! The workers are quick and efficient!

Rich L.

This place is great! I bring my aluminum cans there about 2X a year. Today I pull in and three guys immediately appear and take my three bags. Super efficient and super nice employees. So glad I found Elgin Recycling since my previous facility is no longer operational.

Pup D.

I brought in 36 lbs of aluminum cans as well as a lot of other scrqp metal items. This place is great. As a long time scrapper, I had been going to another scrap yard (in Melrose Park) whose alum can per pound payout was a lousy 15 cents per pound. Elgin Recycling gave me 35 cents per pound!

Michael S.

Place was easy to deal with. Employees were nice and helpful. Felt like I could have gotten more for my scrap elsewhere but this was a painless experience. I will probably come back next time I have enough metal to justify the trip.

Jacqueline M. *.

I like the guys that work there, they are cordial, fast and make the transaction as smooth as possible. They offer fair prices as well, but I'd suggest to call first and speak directly to a sales person so they can give you a better quote and put you on file. Doing this you will get a much better price than if you were to walk-in off the street.
They do have an outside scale that you can drive onto and they'll figure out the weigh depending on what you bring in. Otherwise, you can walk into the garage and they will load n weigh your individual items or piles of scrap.
Elgin Recycling also pays you cash on the spot.. anything over $100 requires an I.D. They're open 7a-5p M thru F and 7a-1p on Saturday, closed on Sunday.

David A.

Staff were friendly, helpful, knowledgeable about what they accepted, and they processed everything quickly. The website was useful for looking up what they take in advance and had a lot of helpful information on their locations and how to get recycling processed once you get there.

Note on getting there: location was tucked away back behind some other businesses, so was a little hard to find if you miss the right street to turn on (but easy to find once you are in the right area - their local signage is very helpful).

Radoslaw B.

I have used their location since they appeared there. Not because they pay well, they not, but because I could sort the material on the side and get rid of cartoonboards. Till this day, they not allowed me to clean my van there and I couldn't use their container. Rudeness, tightness and lack of respect for the client especially by one of the employees (from what I know the one who works there the shortest time). Absolutely not recommend

Slava U.

Very well run recycling collection site. They have fairly small parking lot and the yard area. Every step from parking my vehicle to getting the items weighed and categorized only took minutes and I was back on the road with a few dollars in my hand and with that feeling that I have done something good for the Earth by taking a few extra steps to recycle more.