Hodgkins, Illinois
Commercial Recycling in Hodgkins, IL
Hodgkins is one of the most concentrated logistics zones in the Midwest. UPS runs a major hub here, CN operates intermodal yards at the south end, and the surrounding industrial parks fill in with packaging, food, and contract manufacturing. CRI runs daily routes into it from our Addison facility, about twenty miles north.
A Logistics Town That Generates Volume
For its size, Hodgkins moves more freight than almost any village in the country. The UPS CACH hub runs around the clock. The CN intermodal yards south of LaGrange Road handle long-haul container traffic. The industrial parks east and west of Joliet Road fill in with contract packagers, food and beverage producers, and tier-three suppliers to the logistics tenants.
The waste streams skew heavy on corrugated. Inbound container loads generate dunnage, customs-rejected packaging, and broken pallets at industrial scale. Food production runs OCC, food-grade plastic film, and pallet cycles in the thousands. Light manufacturers contribute mixed metals and rigid plastics.
CRI handles all of it on one agreement, with one truck route, and with state-certified scales on every load.
Hodgkins Service Details
Services Available in Hodgkins, IL
Cardboard Recycling
OCC at hub volume, spotted trailers, compactors
Pallet Recycling
Buy, repair, return; built for intermodal cycle times
Plastic Recycling
Stretch wrap, LDPE film, rigid plastics
Paper Recycling
Multiple grades, mill-direct shipping
Metal Recycling
Ferrous and non-ferrous from light manufacturing
Paper Shredding
Certified destruction with chain of custody
Nearby Service Areas
Hodgkins Recycling, Common Questions
Can CRI keep up with the UPS hub and CN intermodal volume in Hodgkins?
Yes. Hodgkins is about 20 miles from our Addison facility, and we run daily routes into it with same-day availability for urgent pickups. The UPS CACH hub and the CN yards south of LaGrange Road run around the clock, so we place spotted trailers and time pickups to intermodal cycles rather than a single weekly stop.
Our volume is mostly corrugated and dunnage off inbound containers. Does CRI handle that at scale?
That is the core of what we set up here. Inbound container loads generate dunnage, customs-rejected packaging, and broken pallets at industrial scale, and we run high-volume OCC programs plus intermodal dunnage handling and pallet buy-repair-return to match. Food producers in the parks add OCC, food-grade film, and heavy pallet cycles on the same agreement.
Why use CRI instead of tossing it all in a compactor?
At hub volume, corrugated and pallets have real market value, and we weigh every load on state-certified scales so that value is verifiable. Grading the streams instead of compacting them as garbage is what turns the dunnage, OCC, and pallets a logistics tenant generates into commodity revenue.
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