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# Cook County IL Recycling & Solid Waste Facility Permits: 2026 statistics from 111 public records

**The most common facility class is Recycler Class V: 42 of 111 records (37.8%) (as of 2026-10-28; source: Cook County Department of Environment and Sustainability Solid Waste Permits (datacatalog.cookcountyil.gov)).**

Data as of 2026-10-28 · Compiled by Zalwin from Cook County Department of Environment and Sustainability Solid Waste Permits (datacatalog.cookcountyil.gov) Copy citation

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## Key findings

- Zalwin's CookCountyWastePermitPulse dataset holds 111 CookCountyWastePermitPulse records dated 2026-05-19 to 2026-10-21 (as of 2026-10-28; source: Cook County Department of Environment and Sustainability Solid Waste Permits (datacatalog.cookcountyil.gov)). [#](#finding-1)
- The most common facility class is Recycler Class V: 42 of 111 records (37.8%) (as of 2026-10-28; source: Cook County Department of Environment and Sustainability Solid Waste Permits (datacatalog.cookcountyil.gov)). [#](#finding-2)
- 3 of 111 records (2.7%) are dated within the 30 days before 2026-10-28 (source: Cook County Department of Environment and Sustainability Solid Waste Permits (datacatalog.cookcountyil.gov)). [#](#finding-3)

## CookCountyWastePermitPulse records by facility class

| Group | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Recycler Class V | 42 | 37.8% |
| Recycler Class II (tons/day tiers) | 38 | 34.2% |
| Recycler Class IV-B | 11 | 9.9% |
| Recycler Class IV-A | 11 | 9.9% |
| Recycler Class I | 5 | 4.5% |
| CCDD fill site | 3 | 2.7% |
| Recycler Class III | 1 | 0.9% |

## Methodology and data provenance

- Sample: 111 public records dated 2026-05-19 to 2026-10-21; illustrative samples excluded.

- Source: Cook County Department of Environment and Sustainability Solid Waste Permits (datacatalog.cookcountyil.gov). Refreshed automatically about every 168 hours; figures above are as of 2026-10-28.

- Shares are of all records in the dataset; totals and medians use only records with a stated amount.

- Organization-level data only. Informational; verify individual records at the official source.

### Cite this study

Zalwin Research, "CookCountyWastePermitPulse statistics" (data as of 2026-10-28), https://zalwin.com/research/cookcountywastepermitpulse

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