Cleveland Corporation

The Cleveland Corporation is a full service, family-owned and operated recycling company, servicing the Chicago, Milwaukee and Midwestern Region for the past fifty years. The founder and CEO, Joseph Kujawinski Sr., started the company with little more than a 2-ton lift gate truck working a barrel route. Picking up scrap metal from industrial accounts seven days a week, at a time when much of the industrial metals were being disposed of for no value. His relentless dedication and work ethic has been passed along to his sons, Robert and Joe Jr., who now lead our corporation into the future.

The company has since expanded to a state of the art twelve-acre site located in Zion, Illinois, equipped with processing equipment to handle several thousand tons of industrial scrap metal per month, as well as waste paper and corragated. The Cleveland Corporation also has a second plant located in Zion, Illinois. This plant is geared specifically for the public and small businesses in the handling of aluminum, aluminum cans, copper, stainless steel, brass, circuit boards and mother boards. This recycling center has proven itself to be extremely successful with the general public in their awareness of the importance of recycling.

Now you can quickly and easily locate our scrap yards, access up to the minute pricing, get help identifing specific metals with photos and descriptions and even allowing you to request a container right on your phone 24/7! Download the app today!

Peace of mind. To assure our customers their scrap is hauled & processed in compliance with all Federal and State Environmental Laws. 

• Container delivery/pickup
• Raw material sales
• Aluminum ingots and sows
• Wood & Oil recycling
• Trailers, balers & compactors provided
• Leakproof and lockable containers provided from 10 cubic yards to 50 cubic yards

On Site

• Full operational state certified scale for commercial, residential and military use
• State certified scale weights provided
• Direct mill shipments to insure the most competitive return on your production scrap (no broker or middleman)
• Same day and scheduled service24-hour service seven days a week
• Customized payment terms
• Shredder operation guarantees destruction and security of scrap parts, rejected parts, obsolete and production scrap
• Destruction and recycling of your confidential and misc electronic scrap

Customer Safety

• Must have and wear a hard hats on premises. (Per OSHA)
• Cleveland does sell hardhats for $8.00, cash only.
• Must wear pants, no shorts.
• Must wear close toe shoes, no sandals.
• Must be 18 years of age in order to enter plant.
• Must have refrigerators and air conditioners intact. Freon lines cannot be cut. (Per EPA)
• Must have a minimum of 300 pounds in order to receive check.