MAPR blog 4/27/2022—Areas We Serve—LH 

Serving You Across the Country
Did you know that our recycling and sustainable solutions and programs are available to industries way beyond Chicagoland? We provide recycling and brokerage services to all major cities and suburbs across the U.S. Our 90+ years of experience and established relationships can help improve your revenue stream with a nationwide network of buyers and suppliers of paper, paperboard, and plastics to help you grow the worth of your waste. 
Map of America — Chicago, IL — Mid America Paper Recycling

Some of our service areas include:

California

Los Angeles

San Diego

San Francisco

Sacramento

 

Colorado

Denver

Colorado Springs

Aurora

Fort Collins


Georgia

Atlanta

Augusta

Columbus

Savannah


Illinois

Chicago

Bolingbrook

Joliet

Aurora

Grayslake


Indiana

Gary

Indianapolis

South Bend

Fort Wayne

 

Iowa

Cedar Rapids

Des Moines

Dubuque

Iowa City

Michigan

Detroit

Kalamazoo

Lansing

Grand Rapids


New Jersey

Newark

Jersey City

Paterson

Elizabeth


Ohio

Cincinnati

Cleveland

Dayton

Columbus


Pennsylvania

Pittsburgh

Philadelphia

Allentown

Erie

 

Wisconsin

Milwaukee

Green Bay

Racine

Madison

We cover a lot of ground. We currently serve companies in 45 states. We visit production facilities across the country, assessing recycling operations to find the right recycling solution for our client partners that aligns with their specific growth opportunities while supporting the environment. We’ve helped municipalities and companies ranging from small businesses mid-size firms to multinationals in the Fortune 500. Materials managers aren’t always aware of how much more revenue they could be collecting from their recyclable waste. Remember, we have over 95 years of success recycling assorted grades of paper and corrugated. 

 

We’re available everywhere to add value to your recycling operation by proactively educating, serving, and presenting a clear pathway for fiber recycling that lessens the use of natural resources, increases corporate and personal growth, reduces costs, and promotes safety. 

Rolled Recycled Paper — Chicago, IL — Mid America Paper Recycling

As a proud and independent family-owned company, we are mission oriented. We strive to address your needs for sustainable manufacturing while maximizing revenue and decreasing recycling costs. Strong and stable, we bring our market expertise, extensive buyer/supplier network and knowledge of more than 50 paper grades to your application, evaluating your operation and its execution, developing new strategies to save you time and money.

 

We recycle everything from hard and soft papers, fiber cores, printed, unprinted and misprinted bleached board, printed bleached plate stock and other material grades as well as assorted plastics.

 

Our suppliers are varied. They include many types of waste generation of paper, corrugated, plastic, wood and metals. And we also process over 50 grades of paper at our own facility, operating high-speed balers, shredders, and guillotines.

 

Our training programs will help your team improve safety and capture the most value possible using the same solutions we’ve used. Let us show you how to streamline your own materials processing.

 

Contact us at 773-890-5454 or info@midamericapaper.com to learn more.

3865 West 41st St., Chicago, IL 60632

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