The Chicago Recycling Coalition (CRC) champions environmentally and fiscally sound management of solid waste through research, education, and advocacy. Click any of the icons below to learn more about this material stream or process and how we can promote waste reduction, reuse, recycling, composting, and buying recycling in Chicago!
Recycling: It’s The Law
Chicago Municipal Code (11-5-010)
“This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the ‘Chicago Recycling Ordinance’. Effective January 1, 2017, source-separated recycling shall be deemed to be the method of recycling used in the City of Chicago. Source-separated recycling requires all persons citywide to place recyclable material in designated recycling containers and to keep recyclable material separate from waste until such time that the recyclable material is collected for delivery to a properly permitted facility.”