Smells Like Green Spirit

I am lucky enough to live in South Ukranian Village in Chicago, where I get to throw all my recyclables in a fancy blue bin in my alley, where the city picks up all my stuff for me. Yay!

But what about you, poor soul, do you not have a fancy blue bin to call your own? Fear not, for the City of Chicago has so kindly opened up 15 new recycling drop off facilities just for you.

Where are these awesome drop off sites?

Open 7 days a week during daylight hours, the locations are (drumroll, please!)

1. City Facility Campus - 1424 W. 39th St
2. Near South - 1758 S. Clark
3. Calumet Park Beach - 9801 S. Avenue G
4. Auburn Gresham - 7811 S. Racine
5. Household Products and Electronics Collection - 1150 N. North Branch
6. Chicago Center for Green Technology - 445 N. Sacramento
7. North Lawndale - 1817 S. Pulaski
8. West Pullman - 11615 S. Indiana
9. Pasteur Park - 5825 S. Kostner
10. Marquette Park - 6734 S. Kedzie
11. Riis Park - 6110 W. Fullerton
12. Portage Park - 4243 N. Neenah
13. Kosciuszko Park - 2732 N. Avers
14. Rainbow Park - 3111 E. 77th St.
15. Far North Side - 6441 N. Ravenswood

What do they accept??

• Glass jars and bottles
• Aluminum cans, foil and pie tins
• Tin or steel cans
• Cereal boxes, paper towel rolls, other cardboard including corrugated cardboard
• Plastic bottles and containers (#s 1-5 and 7)
• Junk Mail
• Magazines and catalogs
• Telephone books
• Paper bags
• Office paper and file folders
• Newspaper and inserts

Throwing all my recyclables together sounds suspicious…

So, apparently there was a big stink about the “blue bag” program, where recyclables in blue bags were just thrown together with regular trash, as in maybe the blue bags were just all for show.

The difference now is that regular trash is separate from recyclables, and I guess there are people that separate all the recyclables…

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