RESOURCE CENTER

Over 30 years of non-profit recycling and reuse

222 East 135th Pl., Chicago, Illinois 60827
Telephone (773)821-1351 Fax (773)821-7462
E-mail: info@resourcecenterchicago.org

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Residential Recycling

CHA Recycling

Perishable Food Recovery

City Farm

Urban Composting and Community Gardening

Creative Reuse Warehouse

CRW Items For Sale

Blackstone Bike Works
(former RC Program)

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For over 30 years, the Resource Center, a non-profit environmental education organization, has led the way in demonstrating innovative techniques for recycling and reusing materials. Too often in the urban setting, abundant and important resources are wasted. In our recovery work we aim to reverse waste and to improve the quality of life for urban dwellers. We have been devoted from the beginning to the economic and educational revitalization of city neighborhoods through recycling, urban gardening, composting, and other programs that reclaim and reuse resources.

LATEST HAPPENINGS & UPCOMING EVENTS

Annual Meeting
Our 2009 Annual Meeting is coming up on December 3, 2009. More details to follow...

Looking for new Perishable Food Recovery Van

Do you or your company have a working, full-sized van that you could donate to the Resource Center? The van we currently use in our Perishable Food Recovery program has seen better days, and we're looking to make a replacement. We are searching for a vehicle with relatively low miles, either a cargo van or a conversion van. A refrigerated vehicle would be a plus but is not required. This program serves the neediest Chicago residents, delivering healthy, fresh food donated by grocery stores to organizations like Vital Bridges and Chicago Uptown Ministry that operate food pantries and offer other services to low-income residents. We run this program with very little direct outside support, and we hope to be able to support the program's future operations by acquiring a reliable vehicle. Your donation would be tax deductible to the extent allowed by law.

Green Boxes

Thanks to super-volunteer Merrill Smith, the Resource Center began our Green Box project this summer through our City Farm program. City Farm’s Green Box provides an easy, portable way to grow fresh salad greens, spinach, chard, herbs, and other shallow-rooted vegetables on a terrace, backyard, roof or other limited space. Your new garden is constructed of recycled and repurposed materials** from the Chicago area and constructed by volunteers. And best of all the Green Box comes with 100% sustainable City Farm compost, and City Farm lettuce seeds. It will provide a full garden-to-table experience in as little as a 2’x3’ space. Salad greens can be grown throughout the fall in Chicago, so there is still time to try your hand at urban farming this season. Or sign up to be notified next spring when boxes are available. For more details, contact greenbox@resourcecenterchicago.org.

Proceeds go directly to City Farm and Resource Center and are tax-deductible.

** Lumber for the project comes from by The Rebuilding Exchange

SUPPORT: We hope you will make a contribution to our efforts to create a more sustainable Chicago. Please visit our new Donations Page.

NEWSLETTER: Please take a few minutes to read our Fall 2008 Newsletter. (PDF)

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For information about the City Farm program, please email us at
cityfarm@resourcecenterchicago.org