Franklin Park, Illinois
Commercial Recycling in Franklin Park, IL
Franklin Park is one of the densest concentrations of food manufacturing and air cargo support in the Chicago region. Major bakeries and food processors run shifts around the clock; freight forwarders and customs operations sit a block off the south end of O'Hare. CRI runs daily routes into it from our Addison facility, about ten miles west.
Food, Beverage, and Air Cargo Density
Franklin Park's industrial profile splits along two clear lines. North of Grand Avenue, the food-and-beverage cluster runs continuously: bakeries, beverage distribution, ingredient processors, and the cold-chain warehouses that feed them. South of the BNSF rail line, freight forwarders, customs operations, and air-cargo support tenants line the streets between Mannheim and the southern O'Hare perimeter.
The waste streams reflect both. The food plants generate high-volume OCC, food-grade plastic film, HDPE drums, mixed dunnage, and steady pallet cycles in and out. The freight tenants run crushed corrugated, dunnage, customs-rejected packaging, and a long tail of broken pallets. Both demand contamination control, both demand reliable cycle times.
CRI handles all of it on one agreement, with state-certified scales on every load.
Franklin Park Service Details
Services Available in Franklin Park, IL
Cardboard Recycling
OCC at food-plant volume, spotted trailers
Plastic Recycling
Food-grade film, HDPE drums, rigid plastics
Pallet Recycling
Buy, repair, return; high-cycle programs
Paper Recycling
Multiple grades, mill-direct shipping
Metal Recycling
Ferrous and non-ferrous from equipment turnover
Paper Shredding
Certified destruction with chain of custody
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Franklin Park Recycling, Common Questions
How fast can CRI get to Franklin Park?
Franklin Park is about 10 miles from our Addison facility, so we run daily routes into it and keep same-day availability for urgent pickups. For bakeries and food processors running shifts around the clock, that short haul means we can place a spotted trailer or add a stop the same day it is needed.
We are a food plant. Can CRI handle food-grade film and HDPE drums along with our cardboard?
Yes, and those are specialties here. Franklin Park's food-and-beverage cluster generates high-volume OCC, food-grade plastic film, HDPE drums, mixed dunnage, and steady pallet cycles, and we set all of that up with spotted trailers for the bakeries. The freight tenants south of the BNSF line add crushed corrugated and broken pallets, and it all runs on one agreement.
Contamination control matters for our streams. How does CRI handle that?
Both the food plants and the freight tenants here demand clean separation and reliable cycle times, so we build the program around contamination control and weigh every load on state-certified scales. That keeps your food-grade plastic and OCC graded correctly, which is what protects the rebate on them.
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