Superior Foreign Exchange Co.

Located in S. Ashland Ave Chicago, IL, Superior Foreign Exchange Co. provides electronics recycling services for residents and businesses across Illinois.

Services offered

Donation Program Recycling Refurbishment Resale

What it costs

This is a national program drop-off. National programs typically accept the manufacturer's own brand free of charge, with fees on third-party items or oversized goods (CRT monitors, large appliances). Confirm pricing with the location before drop-off.

Illinois e-waste law

Illinois's Electronic Products Recycling and Reuse Act (Public Act 95-959) (2008) governs how electronics must be disposed of in this state. The law uses an manufacturer convenience standard and covers TVs, monitors, laptops, computers, printers, MP3 players, video game consoles, e-readers, small-scale servers.

Fee structure: Free to consumers - manufacturers fund collection through registered programs

Penalty for illegal disposal: Up to $50,000 per violation under Illinois Environmental Protection Act

Key requirements: Landfill ban since 2012. Manufacturers must achieve annual collection targets per pound of equipment sold in state.

Source: Illinois EPA.

What can be recovered from your e-waste

Material composition varies by device, but the typical recoverable yields look like this:

• Laptop (2200g typical) - recoverable: 0.22g gold, 1.1g silver, 290g copper, 380g aluminium
• Tablet (480g typical) - recoverable: 0.06g gold, 0.55g silver, 38g copper, 95g aluminium
• Desktop computer (9500g typical) - recoverable: 0.38g gold, 2.0g silver, 1450g copper, 480g aluminium

Source: Cucchiella et al. (2015) Recycling of WEEEs; Umicore Precious Metals Recovery datasheets; UNEP Recycling From E-Waste to Resources.

Before you visit

**Drop-off prep:** sign out of all accounts on devices, run a factory reset, remove SIM cards and SD cards, and pull lithium-ion batteries from laptops and power tools where the design allows. Calling ahead saves a wasted trip - hours and accepted items shift seasonally.

Modern integrated smelters (Aurubis, Umicore, Boliden) can recover the precious metals embedded in circuit boards. Drop-off sites like this one are the first link in that recovery chain.

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Listing reviewed: April 2026 - sourced from eCycling Central's directory of US recycling locations.