Metal Appliances and Scrap Metal

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​​​​​General Guidelines​

eWorks has a commercial scrap metal container at the Fabyan Parkway Recycling Center, which allows it to take certain metal items that should not go in curbside recycling carts.

​Please note that eWorks does not pay residents for their scrap metal. All proceeds from scrap metal collected support the Recycling Center and eWorks' non-profit mission of providing job training opportunities to developmentally disabled individuals​. ​There is a list of commercial scrap metal facilities in and near Kane County, which may buy scrap metal from the public, here. 

​Accepted Items

Here is an alphabetized list of common metal items that are accepted at the Fabyan Parkway Recycling Center for free. This list is not fully comprehensive - any item not on this list that is primarily made of metal is likely to be accepted. If you have questions about item acceptance, call 630-208-3841 or email recycle@kanecountyil.gov​ for assistance.

• Aluminum siding

• Appliances without refrigerant

• Bed frames (metal)

• Bicycle frames​

• Car parts - brake drums, tire rims, etc.
  

• Chains

• Clothes driers

• Dishwashers

• Fencing materials - chain link, metal posts, chicken wire, steel wire, etc.
  

• Filing cabinets (metal)

• Folding chairs (metal)

• Food and beverage cans - also accepted in curbside recycling
  

• Free-weights/dumbbells

• Grills - propane tanks must be removed
  

• Gutters/down-spouts (metal)

• Hardware - assorted nails, screws, nuts, bolts, hex keys, washers, etc.
  

• Hot water heaters/tanks
  

• Lawn mowers - all fuel and oil MUST be trained
  

• Ovens/stoves

• Pipes (metal)

• Pots, pans, metal utensils
  

• Signs & sign posts

• Washing machines

• Wire hangers

Non-Accepted Items

We cannot accept the following items:

• Barbed wire, razor wire
  

• Freezers - require refrigerant reclamation
  

• Guns & ammunition

• Kegs

• Needles/sharps

• Non-metal goods​ - items like water softener tanks, vinyl siding, PVC pipe, wooden​ or plastic furniture, scrap wood, scrap plastic,  etc.
  

• Oil-filled heaters

• Open cell lead acid batteries, any lead acid battery weighing over 11 pounds

• Pressurized tanks - camp sized propane tanks accepted through alternate program - no other pressurized tanks accepted
  

• Refrigerators - require refrigerant reclamation​