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Chicago Recycling Coalition now on Facebook [April 2009]

The Chicago Recycling Coalition in now on Facebook. Click here to go to go to our page.

More changes coming soon!

We won! [May, 2008]

Its taken 16 years, but the City of Chicago announced on May 2nd the end of the Blue Bag program and its replacement with the Blue Cart program, just as the Chicago Recycling Coalition has been advocating.

Click "Read more..." to see our press release.

Press Coverage:

Chicago Tribune article and editorial.

Sun Times article and editorial.

A wonderful obituary from the Chicago Reader.

Features

Throwing recycling and garbage together in one bin makes a mess, not a difference! Check out the real story of the blue bag program under “Recycling in Chicago.”
Don’t know what to do with that old computer, your worn-out gym shoes, or broken-down bike? Answers in “Recycle Your Stuff, A-Z.”
Want to start composting, but live in an apartment? Looking to buy recycled products? Find the answers under “X-treme Recycling.”

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