Increasing Access to Single Stream Recycling in Urbana
Providing best-in-class residential single-stream recycling for multi-family homes in Urbana and the City of Champaign.
Show Accepted MaterialsOur Urbana Materials Recovery Facility
Established in 2017, our Urbana commercial recycling facility processes approximately 1,500 tons of material per month. We collect and process residential single-stream material for multi-family homes in the City of Champaign and handle commercial material, including hard-to-recycle items such as industrial plastics. This facility is dedicated to enhancing recycling capabilities and supporting sustainability in the region.
How to Recycle
The decisions we make when placing items in the recycling bin have a big impact. Recycling right helps processors recover more resources from the waste stream, and depositing the wrong items has the opposite effect. We have compiled resources, from how-tos to useful links, to help navigate all the information about recycling right. rnrn
Recovering the material. Giving it a new life. Putting it back into circulation. Starting again.
Recycled materials play an important role in the circular economy, enabling manufacturers to use recycled plastic, glass and metal in lieu of virgin materials. Separated recyclables available for sale include:
- Cardboard (OCC)
- Paper (various grades including MXP, SOP, CBS and SWL)
- Polyethylene Terephthalate (PET #1)
- High Density Polyethylene-Natural (HDPE #2)
- High Density Polyethylene-Color (HDPE #2)
- Polypropylene (PP #5)
- Aluminum (UBC, including Class III)
- Glass
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