Whiting was named winner of the 2007 IACT Community Achievement Award for its Alley Recycling Program (more info here).
The City's recycling program is a single stream collection system, which allows the City to pick up co-mingled recyclables with a designated packer
(garbage truck). 65-gallon rolling carts allow easy recycling of paper, cardboard, tin, aluminum, plastic, and glass.
View a video of a Single Stream Recycling operation very similar
to our disposal firm's operation by
clicking here.
Recycling Centers in Whiting:
- Whiting City Garage, 1915 Front St. (for electronics)
- Strack & Van Til, 1836 Calumet Avenue
Instead of throwing electronics in the garbage, please recycle at the Whiting City Garage, 1915 Front St., 219-659-1219. Most electronics (i.e. computers & parts, TV's, VCR's, DVD players, microwaves, cell phones and more), can be recycled. More info here.
Place paper (i.e. newspapers, magazines, junk mail, catalogs, phone books, computer paper) loose in recycling cart or brown paper bag.
For cardboard materials, please remove all Styrofoam &
non-cardboard packing material before recycling. These
materials are not currently accepted by our recycling firm and
should be discarded with the regular trash. Accepted
materials include corrugated shipping boxes, pop & beer cases, cereal & food boxes, paper towel & toilet tissue core tubes, gift boxes.
After any Styrofoam is removed, flatten and place in or beside recycling cart.
Labels can be left on cans & bottles; please remove caps, rinse and flatten. Place tin/aluminum (i.e. aluminum, bimetal & tin cans, pie tins), plastic (i.e. 2-liters, soda & Gatorade bottles, milk jugs), and glass (i.e. clear/brown/green glass bottles & jars) loose in recycling cart.
Please do not use plastic grocery bags or plastic garbage bags.
