Haulers & Compost Processors
Illinois has many ways for businesses and residents to have food scraps picked up and taken to a compost processing facility. Commercial haulers, food scrap pick-up services and drop-off locations offer options for diverting food scraps from the landfill.
Choose an option below to learn more about Illinois compost businesses and where these services are provided.
Are you a hauler or composter that should be on this site? Contact llinoiscomposts@gmail.com to be included.
During the COVID-19 pandemic, please contact each business below to determine how their services are being impacted.
FOOD SCRAP HAULERS
Commercial vendors hauling food scraps usually provide this service through commercial or municipal residential contracts. There are also a few Illinois vendors who service residents and businesses through a subscription service involving a bucket or bin exchange.
This list of haulers includes whether they provide food scrap hauling through commercial contracts, residential municipal contracts or through a subscription service.
Food Scrap Pickup Services (Haulers)
COMMERCIAL Illinois pickup providers (haulers)
Block Bins LLC blockbins.com
Service area: Chicago
Collective Resource Compost collectiveresource.us
Service area: Chicago north of I55, North & Northwest Suburbs (service area map)
Items accepted: all food waste is taken to a commercial compost facility
Flood Brothers floodbrothersdisposal.com
Service area: Chicago and northern Illinois
Healthy Soil Compost LLC healthysoilcompost.com
Service Area: Belmont to 63rd and Western to the Lake
Items accepted: all food waste
Lakeshore Recycling Systems lrsrecycles.com
Service area: Chicago and near north suburbs
Midwest Fiber midwest-fiber.com
Service area: Bloomington-Normal
Type of service: Commercial pickup only
Midwest Material Management Compost mwcompanies.com
Service area: Chicago and surrounding suburbs
Organix Recycling organixrecycling.com
Service area: All Illinois
Our Sustainable Journey oursustainablejourney.com
Service area: DuPage County
Prairieland Disposal prairielanddisposal.com
Service area: McHenry County, Lake County, northern Kane County, northwestern Cook County
Republic Services republicservices.com
Service area: City of Chicago, east of Harlem Avenue
Resource Center theresourcecenterchicago.org
Service area: Chicagoland – Western Spring at the west; Evanston at the north; Southern border of Chicago
The Ground Rules / Social Ecologies socialecologies.net
Service Area: City of Chicago – downtown, near north, near south and near west side
Total Organics Recycling totalorganicsrecycling.com
Service Area: St. Louis – Metro East
Urban Canopy theurbancanopy.org/compost-club
Service boundary is I-290, I-294, Cicero, I-55
Items accepted: veggie scraps, egg shells, coffee grounds, spoiled fruit and other compostables are vermicomposted (worm composting)
Waste Management wm.com
Service Area: Chicago and the surrounding suburbs
WasteNot Compost wastenotcompost.com
Service Area: Chicago only – downtown, west, and north neighborhoods
Items accepted: all food waste
*To see if your community offers a composting pick-up program, click HERE
RESIDENTIAL Illinois pickup providers (haulers)
Block Bins LLC blockbins.com
Service area: Chicago
Collective Resource Compost collectiveresource.us
Service area: Chicago north of I55, North & Northwest Suburbs (service area map)
Items accepted: all food waste is taken to a commercial compost facility
Flood Brothers floodbrothersdisposal.com
Service area: Riverside only
Healthy Soil Compost LLC healthysoilcompost.com
Service Area: Belmont to 63rd and Western to the Lake
Items accepted: all food waste
Lakeshore Recycling Systems lrsrecycles.com
Service area: near north Chicago suburbs, excludes Chicago
Our Sustainable Journey oursustainablejourney.com
Service area: DuPage County
Prairieland Disposal prairielanddisposal.com
Service area: McHenry County, Lake County, northern Kane County, northwestern Cook County
Resource Center theresourcecenterchicago.org
Service area: Chicagoland – Western Spring at the west; Evanston at the north; Southern border of Chicago
The Ground Rules / Social Ecologies socialecologies.net
Service Area: City of Chicago – downtown, near north, near south and near west side
Urban Canopy theurbancanopy.org/compost-club
Service boundary is I-290, I-294, Cicero, I-55
Items accepted: veggie scraps, egg shells, coffee grounds, spoiled fruit and other compostables are vermicomposted (worm composting)
Waste Management wm.com
Service Area: Chicago and the surrounding suburbs
WasteNot Compost wastenotcompost.com
Service Area: Chicago only – downtown, west, and north neighborhoods
Items accepted: all food waste
*To see if your community offers a composting pick-up program, click HERE
COMPOST PROCESSORS
Compost processors
Find a composting facility near you to deliver/dispose of food scraps and other organics or to purchase finished compost!
FOOD SCRAPS: Commercial composting of food scraps is done through a processing facility that is permitted to handle organic waste, has the capacity to accept what is generated, and is relatively close; Many officials cite the availability of such a facility as the single most important factor in determining the feasibility of a composting program.
The COMPOST PROCESSOR MAP below shows IEPA permitted commercial composting facilities. Each facility is different and not all facilities accept food waste. If they do, they may or may not offer an option to drop-off food scraps. Please review the information on the map or contact the facility to learn about what materials are accepted, who may bring in compostable material, and what finished compost products are available.
Explore the interactive compost facilities map to find a composter near you!
Use the mouse scroll wheel to zoom in and out or two fingers on a touch screen. You can find site-specific information when clicking on an icon. More information is available for IFSC members.
Green stars: IFSC members
Blue pins: Non-IFSC members
Are you a composter and would like to have your info on this map? Fill out this form HERE.
DROP OFF
Food scrap drop off
The following resources are meant for use by local governments interested in implementing residential drop off of food scraps for composting (permanent site), special collection temporary sites/events) or other programs.
Significant progress has been made in our state to facilitate collections of food scraps for composting. Illinois House Bill 437 – Organic Composting drop-offs was signed into law by Governor Rauner in July 2015 allowing temporary and permanent sites to collect organics for composting. Thanks to this success, pumpkin collection can continue with the support of the Illinois government.
- Food scrap drop off – permanent collection sites
- Food scrap drop off – one day collection sites and events
- Pumpkin Collection Guide
Click here to see a list of Illinois Food Scrap Composting Drop-Off Locations
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