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Recycling Inspection Request

How to report it, who handles it, and how often Chicagoans actually file it — from the city's 311 Service Requests dataset. These requests are handled by Streets and Sanitation.

2,486

Requests all time

Excludes records the city flagged as duplicates

18

Filed in the last 30 days

down 44% vs the previous 30 days

34

Currently open

Status has not been set to Completed or Canceled

2,413

Completed all time

97% of all requests

Requests filed, last 12 months

Monthly totals, Sep 2025 – Aug 2026. Peak: 32.

How to report this

  • Online at 311.chicago.gov
  • By calling 311 (or 312-744-5000 from outside Chicago)
  • Through the CHI311 mobile app

Whichever way you file, you get a service request number you can use to check status — and the request becomes a public record. That public record is exactly what this page is showing you.

Wards filing the most

  1. Ward 47170
  2. Ward 33169
  3. Ward 32117
  4. Ward 44107
  5. Ward 49104
  6. Ward 197
  7. Ward 2594
  8. Ward 4687
  9. Ward 4877
  10. Ward 1375

Community areas filing the most

  1. Lake View224
  2. West Town170
  3. Lincoln Square109
  4. Irving Park108
  5. Logan Square108
  6. Rogers Park96
  7. Albany Park90
  8. Uptown89
  9. Edgewater79
  10. Lower West Side77

How these requests come in

  1. Internet1,312
  2. Mobile Device499
  3. Phone Call434
  4. Salesforce Mobile App140
  5. Alderman's Office73
  6. spot-open311-Chicago+Works10
  7. spot-open311-SeeClickFix8
  8. City Department7

Common questions

How do I file a "Recycling Inspection Request" request with Chicago 311?
Three ways, all of which create the same public record: online at 311.chicago.gov, by calling 311 from inside the city (or 312-744-5000 from outside it), or through the CHI311 mobile app. Give the exact address or nearest intersection — requests without a usable location are the ones that stall. Requests of this type are routed to Streets and Sanitation.
How many "Recycling Inspection Request" requests does Chicago get?
2,486 have been filed in total, excluding duplicates the city flagged. 18 came in over the last 30 days, down 44% versus the previous 30 days.
How long does a "Recycling Inspection Request" request take to close?
The city does not publish a target response time for this request type, and this page does not estimate one. What the data does show: 97% of all "Recycling Inspection Request" requests are marked Completed and 1% are still Open. The rest were canceled — usually duplicates or requests that turned out to be someone else's jurisdiction.
Is my 311 request public?
Yes. Every service request becomes a public record in the city's open data portal, including the type, status, the street address (block level), the ward, and the dates it was opened and closed. That is exactly what this page is built from. Your name and phone number are not published.

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Source

Counts exclude records the city flagged as duplicates. Figures are recomputed from the source data at least hourly.