Illinois Recycling Association

Setting Up a School and Workplace Recycling Program

This video details the steps needed to establish a recycling program in the workplace or in schools. It also gives tips on how to make the recycling program as successful and efficient as possible.
 

Backyard Food Scrap Composting

This informational video explains the benefits and different ways to compost you food scraps. Several at-home composters speak about how they utilize their compost in their gardens.

Kevin Barne, the Green Magician, Vanishes the Trash

Magician Kevin Barnes makes a garbage truck filled with eight tons of trash disappear before spectators' eyes.

Electronics and Metal Recycling by Sims Recycling

Amanda from Sims Recycling Solutions explains how their company takes recycled electronics and breaks them down into safe, reusable scraps.

Land and Lakes Commercial Composting

Land and Lakes explains how they take yard waste from commercial places and make compost, which in turn creates new usable landscaping material.

Groot Industries Recycling Processing Center

Groot Industries of the Chicagoland area shows how they sort through their single stream of collected recyclables and divert tons of material out of landfills.

Engineered Plastic Systems Plastic Recycling

This company shows us how they take recycled plastic and form it into their wood alternative known as plastic lumber.

Eagle Enterprises Recycling Process Center

Paul from Eagle Enterprises describes the process of sorting through their single stream recycling collection.

BLH Electronic Recycling

BLH Computers is a company that takes in old computers and either recycles them or reuses their parts to create refurbished computers.

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