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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. |
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LATEST HAPPENINGS & UPCOMING EVENTS
ReCreate 2009: Friday, April 24th, 5:30-8:30 p.m.
Join the Resource Center for an evening of creative fun, food, and drink!
Benefitting Resource Center's Recycling, City Farm, Perishable Food Recovery and Creative Reuse Warehouse programs.
Highlights
- Make your own creative statement using found objects. Led by artist Danny Mansmith,
each guest will be invited to participate in creating their own 100% reused artwork to take home.
- Appetizers and refreshments will be provided by City Provisions and Goose Island Beer Company.
Ken Dunn to speak at Spertus Institute: Monday, March 23rd, 3:00-4:30 p.m.
Ken Dunn will be speaking on the topic of local green initiatives at "Burnham’s Bold Plans &
Rosenwald’s Unconventional Philanthropy:
Improving the Quality of Life", hosted by the the
Spertus Institute of Jewish Studies.
A word about materials prices...
In case you haven't heard, there's economic trouble about. As a recycler with integrity,
the Resource Center has been particularly hard hit by one component of the worldwide
economic downturn: precipitous declines in prices for recycled materials. In particular,
paper and cardboard prices have crashed, and prices for aluminum and other metals are also
far lower than they were last summer. We continue to recycle all materials that come to us,
but it has put a tremendous financial strain on our operations, particularly our drop-off
centers, which depend on material sales for almost all of their revenues. If you would like
to help us offset these shortfalls with a donation, please visit our
Donations Page today or send a check to our main office. Thanks!
For some more information about the paper markets, check out
Mark Arzoumanian's podcasts.
Annual Meeting: Thanks for coming!
Thanks to all who joined us for our 2008 Annual Meeting on December 4th!
We always enjoy meeting friends old and new.
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)
MAILING LIST:
To sign up for our electronic mailing list, please email mailingprefs@resourcecenterchicago.org.
You may also request to be added to our paper mailing list or removed from either our paper or our electronic mailing lists.
Please specify the nature of your request in your email.
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