Diversified Recycling is one of the largest recycling facilities in the Midwest.

Diversified Recycling is home to one of the largest recycling facilities in the Midwest.

We sort hundreds of tons of mixed recyclables each day. Our final result is large bales of a single recyclable material, ready to be made into new products.

What happens at Diversified Recycling?

Located in East Hazel Crest, Illinois, our facility sorts through hundreds of tons of mixed recyclables each day. We use many methods to sort the recyclables; magnets, conveyor belts, screens, spinning wheels, computers, bursts of air, eddy currents, optical sorting sensors, and sorting by hand.

Who uses Diversified Recycling?

Diversified Recycling serves municipalities, garbage companies and industrial recycling companies. These groups collect large loads of mixed recyclables from homes, businesses, and manufacturers, and then deliver their loads to us to be sorted and baled.

What happens to recyclables after they are sorted?

After recyclable materials are sorted by type, they are loaded onto waiting semi trucks. From there they are transported to companies to be reused and made into new products.

The Materials We Sort and Recycle

recycle bottles illustration

Plastic Jugs and Containers

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Cardboard Boxes

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Paperboard Boxes

metal cans illustration

Metal Cans

Cartons

Cartons

junk mail recycling

Junk Mail, Glossy Paper, Envelopes

bottles and tubs recycling illustration

Plastic Bottles and Jugs

newspaper recycling illustration

Newspapers, Catalogs, Phone Books, Paper Bags

Office Paper Recycling Illustration

File Folders and Office Paper

glass bottles recycling illustration

Glass Bottles and Jars (Residential)

The Materials We Sort and Recycle

recycle bottles illustration

Plastic Jugs and Containers

recycle cardboard illustration

Cardboard Boxes

recycle boxes illustration

Paperboard Boxes

metal cans illustration

Metal Cans

Cartons

Cartons

junk mail recycling

Junk Mail, Glossy Paper, Envelopes

bottles and tubs recycling illustration

Plastic Bottles and Jugs

newspaper recycling illustration

Newspapers, Catalogs, Phone Books, Paper Bags

Office Paper Recycling Illustration

File Folders and Office Paper

glass bottles recycling illustration

Glass Bottles and Jars (Residential)

How Does it Work?

How Does it Work?

What Do Recyclables Turn Into?

What Do Recyclables Turn Into?

Here are some samples of what the materials we sort can be transformed into.