Waste

The Center for Hard to Recycle Material (CHaRM Center) at South Suburban College in partnership with Cook County Government, received a $50,000 grant from the Foodservice Packaging Institute’s Foam Recycling Coalition (FRC) to expand the foa

CCDES is a member of the Illinois Recycling Contamination Task Force, a group that addresses pressing recycling issues throughout the state.

After you get an online package, are you stuck on what to do with the wrapping and packaging?

If it’s made from paperboard, it must be recyclable, right? Not always! Frozen food boxes pose a challenge to the recycling process.