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Flat Can Recycling

Name: Flat Can Recycling
Address: 732 Hicks Dr, Elburn, IL, 60119, US
Telephone: +16304004903
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Easy solutions for recycling specialized items We're Flat Can Recycling. And, let’s be real, sometimes it doesn’t feel worth the effort to investigate solutions.

Making sense of where to send your growing collection of uncommon items can be a headache. Thankfully, when you partner with us, you can stop stressing. We handle all of the logistics and have the proper processing systems in place, so you don’t have to lift a finger. We accept more than 100 types of aerosols, compressed gas, latex paint, household batteries, hard hats, textiles, smoke detectors, fire extinguishers, and car seats. Check back regularly, because our offering keeps growing!

03/17/2026

New look, same easy recycling. Our updated signage is up and our doors are open, ready to help you recycle the items that don’t fit in your curbside bin. Stop by and we’ll take it from there.

02/28/2026

We're popping up at two awesome recycling events today!

You can find Flat Can Recycling operating in full force, making it easy to clear out those hard to recycle items the right way.

1️⃣ Reuse and Recycling Pop Up
🕝 9 am - 12 pm
📍Chicago Waldorf School, 5200 N Ashland Ave, Chicago, IL 60640
✨ Hosted by Reduce Waste Chicago

2️⃣ Kane County’s Recycling Event
🕝8 am - 12 pm
📍540 S. Randall Road in St. Charles.
✨Hosted by Kane County Government.

Check our website for full list of accepted items and convenience fees at https://www.flatcanrecycling.com/recycling-events/

Swing by, say hello, and let’s make recycling simple!

02/13/2026

Mark your calendar! The Reuse & Recycling Pop-Up at Chicago Waldorf School is just two weeks away.

Join us on Saturday, February 28 from 9 am to 12 pm for a convenient way to recycle the hard stuff.

Location: 5200 N Ashland Ave, Chicago, IL 60640
Hosted by: Reduce Waste Chicago ()

Flat Can Recycling will be on-site collecting the following items:
♻️ Aerosol Cans: $1.25 each
♻️ Bubble Cars: $10 each
♻️ Car Seats: $10 each
♻️ Hard Hats: $1 each
♻️ Helium Tanks (Balloon Time): $5 each
♻️ High Chairs: $10 each
♻️ Household Batteries: $4 per pound
♻️ Latex Paint (Sample Pint): Free
♻️ Latex Paint (Quart): $3 each
♻️ Latex Paint (1 Gallon): $7 each
♻️ Latex Paint (5 Gallon): $22 each
♻️ Power Wheel Cars with Battery: $20 each
♻️ Propane & MAPP Tanks (14 & 16 oz): $4 each
♻️ Smoke & CO2 Detectors: $2 each
♻️ Strollers: $10 each
♻️ Tricycles (plastic only): $10 each

02/09/2026

Mark your calendar. Kane County’s next Recycling Event is coming up soon.

Join us on Saturday, February 28 from 8:00 am to 12:00 pm at 540 S. Randall Road, St. Charles, IL for a convenient way to recycle items that don’t belong in your curbside bin. We’re teaming up with to make responsible recycling simple.

Accepted items and convenience fees:
♻️ Strollers: $10
♻️ High Chairs: $10
♻️ Car Seats: $10
♻️ Aerosol Cans: $1.25 each
♻️ Propane & Mapp Gas (14 oz and 16 oz): $4 each
♻️ Smoke and CO2 Detectors: $2 each
♻️ Bubble Cars: $10
♻️ Helium Tanks: $5
♻️ Power Wheels Cars: $20

If it's been piling up in the garage or basement, now's your chance to clear it out the right way. Just show up and drop off.

01/20/2026

Outgrown Power Wheels collecting dust?

We accept battery-powered ride-on toys for responsible recycling, including the batteries and plastic components.

Drop it off at our HQ in Elburn or swing by a recycling event.

01/09/2026

New year, new goals!

Whether you're aiming to declutter, live more sustainably, or finally tackle that mystery corner in your garage (you know the one), we’re here to help you make it happen responsibly.

Here are a few resolutions that Flat Can Recycling is ready to support:

✅ Recycle more, and recycle right...
We take the guesswork out of tricky items like aerosols, batteries, smoke detectors, and more.

✅ Declutter without dumping...
That old car seat or expired fire extinguisher? We’ll help you clear it out without sending it to the landfill.

✅ Live greener in small, meaningful ways...
Responsible recycling is a simple step that adds up. And we’re all about simple.

✅Finally drop off that pile of “I don’t know where this goes” stuff...
If it’s been sitting in your trunk since fall, now’s the time to take care of it.

We want to know, what are your resolutions for 2026?

12/31/2025

Here’s to you, our incredible customers, for making 2025 a year of real impact!

Thank you for recycling the tough stuff with us all year long. Together, we showed up at dozens of community events and recycled so many tricky, specialized items together.

A huge thanks to our municipal and business clients as well. Your partnership helps make true recycling more accessible for everyone. We can’t wait to make an even bigger difference in 2026.

Happy New Year!

12/22/2025

This holiday, consider giving gifts that give back (and don’t end up in a landfill by New Year’s).

Think jackets made from pop bottles, binders built from recycled paper, and bonus points for wrapping them in last year’s comics or a paper bag masterpiece.

Smart gifts. Less waste. More wonder!

11/27/2025

🍂Wishing you a safe, happy, and waste-free Thanksgiving!🍂

We''re closed today (Thurs, Nov. 27) and tomorrow (Fri, Nov 28) for the holiday.

11/24/2025

You mastered curbside. Now unlock true recycling.

11/22/2025

ON TODAY! Westmont Electronics & More Event

📅 November 22
🕒 8:00 am - 12:00 pm
🗺️ Metra parking lot, 31 W Quincy St., Westmont, IL 60559

Join us today for this awesome recycling event, organized by the Village of Westmont.

Here’s what we’ll be recycling, along with their convenience fees:

✅ Aerosol Can: $1/can
✅ 1 lb. Propane Tanks: $4/canister
✅ Household Batteries: $4/pound
✅ Infant and Children Car Seats: $10/seat
✅ Balloon Time Pink Helium Tanks: $10/tank (new item in 2025)
✅ Power Wheels or Similar Brand Children’s Cars with Battery: $20/each (new item in 2025)
✅ Plastic High Chairs: $10/each (new item in 2025)
✅ Smoke & CO2 Detectors: $1/each (new item in 2025)
✅ Plastic Tricycles (typically red/yellow): $10/each (new item in 2025)
✅ Latex Paints: $3/1-quart, $7/1-gallon, $22/5-gallon

See you there friends!

11/17/2025

We’re not judging... but your garage might be. 😅

Address

732 Hicks Dr
Elburn, IL
60119

Opening Hours

Monday	7am - 4pm
Tuesday	7am - 4pm
Wednesday	7am - 4pm
Thursday	7am - 4pm
Friday	7am - 4pm

Telephone

+16304004903

Website

https://www.flatcanrecycling.com/

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Hello from Flat Can Recycling

Hi! We’re Flat Can Recycling, a culture-based recycling company in Gilberts, IL. We got started in 2014 because we felt it was due time to close the loop on the product life cycle of aerosol paint.

Our mission is to recycle every part of the empty aerosol paint can (including the residual paint) resulting in zero landfill waste. We do this by bridging the gap between retailers, distributors, manufacturers, and municipalities and experts in the responsible disposal of specialized materials.

For the last six years, our customers and employees have taken a leap of faith by supporting our grassroots idea to mitigate the damage to our environment by recycling toxic industry materials. Today, we’re proud to be doing right by our environment. And our partners continuously attest to how easy we make it for them to do good too.