Keep recycling at North Park Village

The Resource Center began as a recycling operation 50 years ago, long before the City of Chicago offered residents a recycling program.

For over 30 years, the Resource Center, a Chicago-based nonprofit, has operated the Recycling Station at North Park Village. Chicago residents bring their recyclable materials here because of the Resource Center’s commitment to recycle at least 99% of the materials it collects. This recycling rate is unmatched by other readily-available recycling programs within the City of Chicago.

Recently, the Recycling Station was damaged and repairs to make it fully functional again have been costly. You can read more about what happened here. We are asking for your support to help the Resource Center get the North Park Village Recycling Station fully operational again, and for the Resource Center to continue recycling. Funds are needed to repair damages from the August incident and related expenses.

Will you please contribute to help this valuable community resource continue reducing waste, and transforming underused and overlooked resources in ways that improve the quality of life for Chicago residents? All funds collected will go to the Resource Center.

Want more information? Read about the Resource Center's founder, Ken Dunn, who has been recognized as the “Greenest Man in Chicago” and who Chicago Magazine deemed deserving of a Genius Grant (though the MacArthur Foundation has not yet).