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Serving Island Lake Il and the surround areas
Residential Recycling
Earn Cash for Your Unwanted Items
Bring in your unwanted non-ferrous, ferrous and white goods to Wauconda Recycling Center and walk out with cash! You can earn money while helping to save our environment.
We have onsite wire processing machinery that separates and removes insulation from the insulated copper and aluminum wire. Because we do this in house, we can recover more metal and offer more competitive prices. Also our knowledge of the copper markets ensures that your material will be recycled responsibly and allows us to offer the highest market price for your material.
If you don't see an item you have on the list below, call (847) 865-0911 and we'll let you know if we can accept it.
Non-Ferrous Metals
- Aluminum wheels
- Aluminum breakage
- Aluminum cans
- Aluminum radiators
- Dirty aluminum radiators
- Clean aluminum
- Dirty aluminum
- AC combo ends
- AC combo clean
- AC combo dirty
- Alt/starters
- Compressors
- Bare bright
- Batteries
- Hard brass
- Irony brass
- Red brass
- Yellow brass
- Brass and copper
- Copper #1
- Copper #2
- Copper radiators
- Sheet copper
- Electric motors
- Lead
- Stainless steel
- Tin coated copper
- Christmas/TV wire
- Harness wire
- #1 house wire
- #1 wire (80%)
- #2 wire
- Heliac wire
- #2 (50%) cat 5 phone wire
- Ballast
- #2 wire jelly filled
- Copper transformers
- EDM chop
- Stainless breakage
Ferrous Metals
- Brakes and rotors
- Engines and transmissions
- Heavy metal
- Sheet iron
- Cast
White Goods
- Washers and dryers
- Water heaters
- Refrigerators
- Dishwashers
- Air conditioners
Businss Recycling
Make Green Choices With Scrap Metal Recycling
At Wauconda Recycling Center, we have a dedicated fleet of trucks to remove scrap metal from commercial and industrial facilities. Let us help you to make green choices in your daily operation with fast and simple scrap metal recycling services.
Can't get your items to us? No problem! Pick-up service is available. To learn more, contact us today by calling (847) 865-0911.
Commercial Items and Facilities
- Printers
- Lithographers
- Converters
- Binderies
- Office complexes
- Distribution centers
- Industrial facilities
- Universities
- Retail chains and facilities
Examples of Industrial Items
- Roll-off containers (6-50 yards)
- Dry van trailers
- Steel drums
- Pallets
- Gaylord boxes
- Collapsible plastic totes
- Stackable steel bins
- Plastic rolling carts
- Vertical balers
- Vertical baler wire tie
E-Recycling
Helping to Keep Electronics Out of Landfills
Wauconda Recycling Center wants to keep electronics out of the landfills for future generations. Recycling of electronics is still a young, developing industry. We are committed to minimizing the cost so you'll see a better profit!
We are Committed to environmental sustainability and realize the importance of protecting our planets natural resources and we are always trying to find better solutions to recycle your electronics. Because many of the electronic items require extra processing and handling there is a charge for the service. Please call us in advance at (847) 865-0911 if you have any questions or send us an email.
Items We Accept and Items We Do Not Accept
- Cable receivers
- Cellular phones
- Computers/tablets
- Computer drives
- Cords and cables
- Digital converter boxes
- DVD boxes/recorders
- Fax machines
- Holiday lights
- Main frames
- Microwave ovens
- Modems
- PDA organizers
- Satellite receivers
- Shredders
- Small household appliances
- Small scale servers
- Compact disks
- Keyboards/mouse
- Portable disk players
- Printers
- Scanners
- Small household appliances with Freon
- Stereos
- Telephones
- ​Paint
- Oil
- Gas
- Containers under pressure
- Medical equipment that has come in contact with hazardous waste
TV Recycling
- We are not taking TV's, CRT's, or Monitors at this time
Contractor Recycling
Let Us Weigh Your Unwanted Scrap and Pay You Cash
At Wauconda Recycling Center, we work with contractors involved in electrical, plumbing, HVAC, auto repair, cabling, demolition or other scrap-generating business.
You won't have to lift a finger as we will pick up your large quantities of scrap. We can also provide dumpsters at any job site or you can bring your scrap to us and put extra cash in your pocket!
Working With All Types of Contractors
- Plumbers
- Electricians
- HVAC
- Auto repair
- Cabling
- Demolition
- Other scrap-generating businesses
Island Lake is a village in Lake and McHenry counties in the U.S. state of Illinois. Per the 2020 census, the population was 8,051. The village surrounds Island Lake, a lake which contains a small island.
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