Secure Recycling Services

An R2:2013 certified recycler, Secure Recycling Services, a business division of Kreider Services, recycles commercial and residential waste.  Secure Recycling Services is committed to demonstrating best practices as stewards of the environment, and improving the human condition through the employment of persons with disabilities and veterans.

SECURE RECYCLING SERVICES IS COMMITTED TO…

• Continual improvement.
• The prevention of pollution and prevention of injury and ill health.
• Complying with applicable legal and other requirements relative to the environmental and occupational health and safety aspects of our business.
• Providing a framework for setting and reviewing environmental, health and safety objectives and targets.
• Managing used and end of life electronic equipment based on a reuse, refurbishment, recovery, disposal hierarchy including onsite and downstream materials management throughout the recycling chain.
• Managing Focus Materials throughout the recycling chain to final disposition with due diligence to protect our environment.
• The continuous improvement achieved through monitoring of objectives and targets and rigorous evaluation of our management system.
• Communicating and reinforcing this policy throughout our company, as well as, to our customers, our suppliers and to the public.

History

Secure Recycling Services is a division of Kreider Services. In 2009, Secure Recycling Services (SRS) began its operation as a collector, recycler and refurbisher of used electronic equipment in the State of Illinois. The facility started as a program to give job opportunities to people with disabilities, generate new revenue for the agency while lessening Kreider’s dependence on State funding.

SRS bus of yearA business division of Kreider Services, SRS recycles commercial and residential waste in Northern Illinois and is the only recycling facility within a 70 mile radius of Dixon, Illinois with R2 Certification. SRS was named the 2013 Business of the Year by the Dixon Chamber of Commerce.

SRS is a comprehensive recycler of multiple lines of materials including electronics, cardboard (OCC), paper, plastic, metal and wire. The recycling center also accepts clothing, shoes and purses that are not suitable for resale. In the near future, SRS will begin secure document destruction, with certification from the National Association for Information Destruction (NAID).

The SRS operation is located at 629 Palmyra Road in Dixon, Illinois in a 70,000 square foot facility, which has allowed for the addition of other recyclable lines. This growth has also created job opportunities for people with disabilities including veterans. SRS is the only facility on Dixon’s north side with a truck scale.

• Vision – Secure Recycling Services will be the community’s first choice for recycling. SRS is steadfast, innovative and an incubator for the possible.

• Mission – Secure Recycling Services recycles products into resalable commodities, while maintaining a high level of professional standards, integrity and environmental stewardship. By offering superior customer service in recycling and asset disposition of electronics and other materials, Secure Recycling Services provides sustainable jobs and expands the domestic employment opportunities for all people including individuals with developmental disabilities, veterans and others.

RECYCLING & YOU

Secure Recycling Services (SRS) appreciates your diligence in recycling items and keeping them out of landfill operations which, in turn, protects our environment as well as benefiting people with disabilities including disabled veterans.

See the YOU in Recycling. Secure Recycling Services offers community outreach and educational materials to help schools, service organizations or businesses. If you are interested in having someone come talk to your group or if you are interested in touring SRS facility, please contact Becky Reilly of Kreider Services at (815) 288-6691.

Volunteer. If you or your group is interested in volunteering to assist with community collection events, or other recycling volunteer opportunities, please contact Becky Reilly at 815-288-6691.

ELECTRONICS

The last two decades have witnessed substantial growth in the use of electronic devices, changing the way people communicate, receive information and are entertained. The Consumer Electronics Association estimates that on average Americans now own approximately 24 electronics products per household!Electronic products are made from valuable resources and materials, including metal, plastic and glass, all of which require energy to mine and manufacture. Recycling or donating electronics conserves natural resources and avoids air and water pollution, as well as greenhouse gas emissions generated by manufacturing with virgin materials.

CARDBOARD/PAPER

Of all waste thrown away every year by Americans, 30 percent of those items are paper, more than any other material. According to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), 69 million tons of paper and paperboard was used in 2012, which equates to 442 pounds of paper for every man, woman and child in the United States that year.On the positive side, 44 million tons of paper and paperboard were recovered in 2012 for a recycling rate of 65 percent, according to EPA statistics. To give an idea of the greenhouse gas benefits associated with the recovery of the 44 million tons of paper and paperboard is equivalent to taking 27 million cars off the road per year!

Secure Recycling Services partners with other recycling companies and large mill operations in returning paper and cardboard material back to market for re-use. The following items are the common types of paper recycled by Secure Recycling Services

METAL/WIRE

In 2012, the EPA reported that 22.4 million tons of metal (steel, aluminum, and other nonferrous metals) were generated in the United States, with 7.62 million tons (or 34.0%) being recovered. To give an idea of the greenhouse gas benefits associated with the recovery of the 7.62 million tons of metals is equivalent to taking 4.3 million cars off the road per year!

Currently, Secure Recycling Services (SRS) accepts aluminum, brass, copper, stainless steel, steel and other metals for recycling. The recycling center just purchased new equipment to granulate and separate copper from plastic insulation. SRS is able to purchase metal and aluminum. If a person or business wishes to donate metal product, SRS will accept it and a donation receipt will be provided by the resource development department of Kreider Services. That receipt can be used for tax purposes by either the person or business that donates this product for recycling.