Eagle Enterprises Recycling, Inc. was founded in 1993 by Paul and Jacqueline Jaquet to process old newspaper into animal bedding for farmers. Since that beginning, the business has evolved and grown to be a leader in recycling services, which now employs over 20 full time people, all based out of our Galva, Illinois Material Recovery Facility (MRF).

We were one of the earliest adopters of single-stream curbside recycling in the Mid-west, developing our own sorting process in 1997. Today, we collect and/or process between 500 and 700 tons of recyclables every month and continue to increase our volume. Our list of accepted materials is the most extensive of any program in the area.

Eagle Enterprises Recycling, Inc. collects curbside recycling in 22 different communities and over 20 subdivisions or communities on private subscription service, as well as receiving the material from 4 other communities collected by other haulers or the municipality.

When the trucks arrive in Galva at the MRF, they are unloaded onto the tipping floor and the recyclables are pushed into a pile, ready for the sorting line. A skid-steer loader operator moves the recyclables from the pile to the sorting line. On the first stage of the sorting line, Eagle Enterprises Recycling, Inc. employees remove cardboard, newspaper, magazines, paperback and hard-backed books, office paper, and plastic bags. During the second stage process, employees remove plastics, glass, aluminum foil, and any paper that may have been missed during the first stage. Finally, the remaining material passes under a cross-belt magnet to remove steel and tin cans and an eddy current separator removes aluminum cans from trash. After materials are sorted, they are baled and shipped to mills for processing into new materials.

1993 - Eagle Enterprises founded to process newspaper into animal bedding.

1994 - Expanded list of accepted materials to include plastics, glass, aluminum, tin, and cardboard.

1994 - Incorporated as Eagle Enterprises Recycling, Inc. on November 28.

1995 - Elevated Sorting Line Constructed to separate plastics, glass, tin, and aluminum.

1995 - Contracted with City of Kewanee, IL to process blue-bag curbside program.

1996 - Eagle Enterprises Recycling, Inc. contracts for our first curbside recycling collection program in Williamsfield, IL.

1997-2003 - Added ten new curbside collection programs and one new curbside processing.

2003 - Constructed new 28,600 square-foot Material Recovery Facility.

2004-2007 - Began 3 new private curbside subscription programs.

2008 - Contract awarded for curbside recycling collection in Cambridge, IL.

2008 - Contract awarded for curbside recycling collection in Peoria Heights, IL.

2008 - Company Owners Paul and Jacqueline Jaquet?s younger son, Adam, joins the business full time as Vice President, in charge of Marketing, Sales, Business Development, and Safety.

2008 - Contract awarded for curbside recycling collection in Orion, IL.

2008 - Contract awarded for curbside recycling collection in Princeville, IL (program started January 1, 2009).

2008 - Contract awarded for curbside recycling collection in New Boston, IL (program started January 1, 2009).

2008 - Contracted with Cambridge, IL; Peoria Heights, IL; and Orion, IL to provide curbside recycling services.

2009 - Contracted with Princeville, IL and New Boston, IL to provide curbside recycling services.

2009 - Installed new Excel 2R9 Twin Ram baler, capable of processing 15 tons of Newspaper or Cardboard per hour.

2010 - Contracted with City of Canton, IL to provide Private Subscription service to Canton and surrounding area.

2010 - Contracted with Village of Atkinson, IL to provided curbside recycling services in the Village.

2011 - Contracted with Village of Mineral, IL to provide curbside recycling services in the Village.

2011 - Contracted with Village of Bradford, IL to provide curbside recycling services in the Village.

2013 - New contracts with Wataga and Monmouth, IL.

2014 - Contracted with City of Galva, IL to provide a hybrid program, both curbside recycling and refuse collection.

2014 - Drop off program began in Village of Roseville, IL.

2015 - Drop off program began in Village of Raritan, IL.

2015 - Drop off program began in Village of Hooppole, IL.

2015 - Drop off program began in Village of Astoria, IL.

2015 - Drop off program began in Village of Vermont, IL.

2015 - Began new private curbside subscription programs in Bartonville, Mapleton and Hollis Township, IL.