The Village of Oak Park’s recycling program has long been a leader among municipalities in reducing the amount of waste sent to the landfill.
In addition to a robust recycling program the Village of Oak Park also offers a food scrap composting program to residents throughout the community. Participants receive a special mobile cart for organics comparable in volume to three bags or containers of yard waste. Items eligible to be composted include yard waste, food scraps and unsoiled or food soiled paper products. Nearly 1,600 households participate in the composting program, which last year diverted 1,572 tons of organics from the landfill. More information about Oak Park’s recycling and composting programs is available at
Members of the Illinois Recycling Association enjoy the benefit of spotlighting their Business, Government, Educational Institution or Not For Profit entity in a future Newsletter. Please send an email to info@illinoisrecycles.org.
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A tour of Dart Container's facility in North Aurora is scheduled for
Thursday February 21, 2019.
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2019 MEMBERSHIP DRIVE
The 2019 Membership Drive is off to a great start! But we have very ambitious goals this year so please join so that the good work can continue to educate and inspire all of Illinois to Reduce, ReUse and Recycle.
