Recycling in Illinois
Where to recycle, donate or get rid of things in 272 cities and towns across Illinois. Pick your city, or search for your item. We also pick up anywhere in the state.
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Adams County
Bureau County
Champaign County
Christian County
Coles County
Cook County
- Alsip9
- Arlington Heights11
- Barrington6
- Bartlett9
- Berkeley7
- Berwyn10
- Blue Island1
- Bridgeview5
- Broadview9
- Brookfield8
- Buffalo Grove4
- Burbank3
- Chicago14
- Chicago Heights3
- Chicago Ridge8
- Cicero1
- Country Club Hills7
- Countryside10
- Des Plaines11
- Dolton7
- Elk Grove Village3
- Elmwood Park6
- Evanston9
- Evergreen Park7
- Flossmoor7
- Forest View7
- Franklin Park6
- Glencoe8
- Glenview5
- Golf7
- Hanover Park5
- Harwood Heights6
- Hazel Crest7
- Hickory Hills13
- Hillside9
- Hoffman Estates7
- Homewood7
- Justice4
- Kenilworth9
- La Grange6
- La Grange Park6
- Lansing10
- Lemont8
- Lincolnwood5
- Maywood3
- Melrose Park4
- Midlothian4
- Morton Grove7
- Mount Prospect10
- Niles7
- Norridge7
- Northbrook12
- Northlake4
- Oak Forest8
- Oak Lawn9
- Oak Park10
- Olympia Fields7
- Orland Park11
- Palatine7
- Palos Heights4
- Park Forest4
- Park Ridge12
- Prospect Heights5
- Richton Park5
- River Forest7
- River Grove6
- Riverdale5
- Riverside9
- Robbins6
- Rolling Meadows10
- Schaumburg11
- Schiller Park7
- Skokie8
- South Holland9
- Streamwood3
- Summit5
- Thornton5
- Tinley Park2
- Westchester9
- Western Springs9
- Wheeling9
- Willow Springs3
- Wilmette8
- Winnetka3
- Worth10
Crawford County
DeKalb County
DeWitt County
Douglas County
DuPage County
Edgar County
Effingham County
Fayette County
Fulton County
Grundy County
Henry County
Jackson County
Jefferson County
Jersey County
Kane County
Kankakee County
Kendall County
Knox County
Lake County
- Antioch9
- Bannockburn6
- Beach Park3
- Deerfield6
- Fox Lake5
- Grayslake5
- Gurnee5
- Hainesville3
- Hawthorn Woods6
- Highland Park11
- Lake Barrington8
- Lake Bluff8
- Lake Forest10
- Lake Villa3
- Lake Zurich9
- Libertyville9
- Lincolnshire6
- Lindenhurst8
- Long Grove6
- Mundelein9
- North Chicago10
- Round Lake1
- Round Lake Beach5
- Vernon Hills2
- Wauconda6
- Waukegan10
- Zion3
LaSalle County
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Macoupin County
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Ogle County
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Will County
Williamson County
Winnebago County
- Rockford11
Illinois rules
- Illinois EPA says it is illegal in Illinois to put a specific set of electronic devices in the trash. Source: Illinois EPA: Electronics Recycling (opens in new tab)
- The Consumer Electronics Recycling Act (2017) set up a statewide system for recycling or reusing covered electronic devices from Illinois residents, and electronics manufacturers must take part. Source: Illinois EPA: Electronics Recycling (opens in new tab)
- Illinois EPA says that from January 1, 2026 all covered electronic devices are banned from landfills, including computers, monitors, TVs, printers, scanners, fax machines, keyboards, mice, DVD players and recorders, VCRs, cable and satellite receivers, digital converter boxes, home audio components, portable music players, video game consoles and small servers. Source: Illinois EPA: Electronics Recycling FAQs (opens in new tab)
More Illinois rules (51)
- Televisions are on Illinois EPA's list of covered electronic devices banned from landfills. Source: Illinois EPA: Electronics Recycling FAQs (opens in new tab)
- Computers (desktop, laptop, netbook, notebook and tablet) and monitors are on Illinois EPA's list of covered electronic devices banned from landfills. Source: Illinois EPA: Electronics Recycling FAQs (opens in new tab)
- The electronics landfill ban applies to households as well as businesses, schools and government agencies. Source: Illinois EPA: Electronics Recycling FAQs (opens in new tab)
- Under 415 ILCS 151/1-83, since January 1, 2019 no one may knowingly dispose of covered electronic devices (including computers, monitors, printers and televisions) in a sanitary landfill, or burn or incinerate them. Source: 415 ILCS 151: Consumer Electronics Recycling Act (full text) (opens in new tab)
- State law (415 ILCS 151/1-83) bars knowingly disposing of a television or computer monitor in a sanitary landfill. Source: 415 ILCS 151: Consumer Electronics Recycling Act (full text) (opens in new tab)
- State law (415 ILCS 151/1-83) bars knowingly disposing of a computer or computer monitor in a sanitary landfill. Source: 415 ILCS 151: Consumer Electronics Recycling Act (full text) (opens in new tab)
- Illinois EPA says improper disposal of covered devices is prohibited by law and can result in fines and penalties. Source: Illinois EPA: Electronics Recycling FAQs (opens in new tab)
- Damaged, non-working or outdated electronics are accepted for recycling as long as they are covered devices. Source: Illinois EPA: Electronics Recycling FAQs (opens in new tab)
- Illinois EPA says most public electronics recycling programs are free for consumers, but some locations may charge for certain items or services. Source: Illinois EPA: Electronics Recycling FAQs (opens in new tab)
- Public program collection sites and one-day events may charge fees only for TVs and monitors. Source: Illinois EPA: Electronics Recycling FAQs (opens in new tab)
- Public program collection sites and one-day events may charge fees only for TVs and monitors. Source: Illinois EPA: Electronics Recycling FAQs (opens in new tab)
- Private or retail collection sites and events may charge a recycling fee at their discretion. Source: Illinois EPA: Electronics Recycling FAQs (opens in new tab)
- Under state law, registered collectors in county-supervised collection programs may charge a fee for each desktop computer monitor or television they accept. Source: 415 ILCS 151: Consumer Electronics Recycling Act (full text) (opens in new tab)
- State law does not stop retailers or private network collection sites from charging a fee for each covered device collected. Source: 415 ILCS 151: Consumer Electronics Recycling Act (full text) (opens in new tab)
- The Consumer Electronics Recycling Act (CERA) replaced the earlier Electronic Products Recycling and Reuse Act, which sunset on January 1, 2020. Source: Illinois EPA: Consumer Electronics Recycling Act (CERA) (opens in new tab)
- Illinois EPA itself does not accept electronics. Source: Illinois EPA: Electronics Recycling (opens in new tab)
- Under the Illinois Paint Stewardship Act, residents can drop off leftover paint at more than 300 year-round PaintCare drop-off sites. Source: Illinois EPA: Paint (household hazardous waste) (opens in new tab)
- The Paint Stewardship Act (P.A. 103-372, effective January 1, 2024) requires makers of architectural paint sold at retail in Illinois to run a postconsumer paint stewardship program. Source: Illinois EPA: Paint (household hazardous waste) (opens in new tab)
- Illinois EPA approved PaintCare's Illinois program plan on October 28, 2025. Source: PaintCare: Illinois paint recycling and drop-off locations (opens in new tab)
- The program is funded by a PaintCare fee added to the price of each container of new paint sold in Illinois: $0.45 for containers larger than a half pint and under 1 gallon, $0.95 for 1 to 2 gallons, and $1.95 for over 2 up to 5 gallons. Source: PaintCare: Illinois paint recycling and drop-off locations (opens in new tab)
- Illinois EPA says homeowners' paint waste is not a special waste. Source: Illinois EPA: Paint (waste disposal fact sheet) (opens in new tab)
- A properly permitted sanitary landfill may accept a homeowner's paint waste for disposal. Source: Illinois EPA: Paint (waste disposal fact sheet) (opens in new tab)
- Oil-based paints are accepted at state-sponsored household hazardous waste collection events; latex paints are not. Source: Illinois EPA: Household Waste Disposal (opens in new tab)
- Retailers of lead-acid batteries must accept used lead-acid batteries from customers for recycling, in a quantity equal to the number of new batteries bought. Source: 415 ILCS 5: Environmental Protection Act, Sections 20 to 22.63 (Title V, Land Pollution) (opens in new tab)
- A lead-acid battery retailer may charge a recycling fee on a new battery when the customer does not return a used one, or give a credit to customers who return one. Source: 415 ILCS 5: Environmental Protection Act, Sections 20 to 22.63 (Title V, Land Pollution) (opens in new tab)
- No one may put a lead-acid battery in a container meant for landfill collection or dispose of one in a municipal waste landfill or incinerator. Source: 415 ILCS 5: Environmental Protection Act, Sections 20 to 22.63 (Title V, Land Pollution) (opens in new tab)
- Since 2020, lead-acid batteries may not be placed in a container for hauler collection to a recycling center. Source: 415 ILCS 5: Environmental Protection Act, Sections 20 to 22.63 (Title V, Land Pollution) (opens in new tab)
- For these rules a lead-acid battery is a lead and sulfuric acid battery of at least 6 volts intended for motor vehicles (cars, vans, trucks, tractors, motorcycles and motorboats). Source: 415 ILCS 5: Environmental Protection Act, Sections 20 to 22.63 (Title V, Land Pollution) (opens in new tab)
- Illinois EPA says lead-acid batteries are not commonly accepted at HHW collections but local retailers will take them, and they are banned from Illinois landfills. Source: Illinois EPA: Household Hazardous Wastes (opens in new tab)
- Illinois EPA advises exchanging an old vehicle battery when buying a new one, or selling it to a salvage yard or recycling center. Source: Illinois EPA: Household Waste Disposal (opens in new tab)
- Unless a recycling program expressly allows it, rechargeable batteries and items containing them may not be put in containers collected by a hauler for a recycling center. Source: 415 ILCS 5: Environmental Protection Act, Sections 20 to 22.63 (Title V, Land Pollution) (opens in new tab)
- Under the Portable and Medium-Format Battery Stewardship Act, from January 1, 2026 producers selling batteries in Illinois must take part in an approved battery stewardship plan. Source: Illinois EPA: Batteries (opens in new tab)
- Illinois EPA says not to put unwanted batteries in curbside trash or recycling bins and to use an approved drop-off location. Source: Illinois EPA: Batteries (opens in new tab)
- Illinois EPA approved The Battery Network (formerly Call2Recycle) stewardship plan on October 29, 2025. Source: Illinois EPA: Batteries (opens in new tab)
- From January 1, 2028, covered portable and medium-format batteries may not be disposed of in a sanitary landfill. Source: 415 ILCS 205: Portable and Medium-Format Battery Stewardship Act (full text) (opens in new tab)
- From January 1, 2028, no fee may be charged when covered batteries are dropped off or collected. Source: 415 ILCS 205: Portable and Medium-Format Battery Stewardship Act (full text) (opens in new tab)
- Damaged or defective batteries (swollen, leaking, cracked and so on) should only go to authorized drop-off sites in Illinois. Source: Illinois EPA: Batteries (opens in new tab)
- Used or waste tires may not be mixed with municipal waste, and landfills may not accept them for final disposal, except whole tires shredded or cut for approved alternative uses or tires that cannot practically be processed. Source: 415 ILCS 5: Environmental Protection Act, Sections 53 to 55.15 (Title XIV, Used and Waste Tires) (opens in new tab)
- Illinois EPA says whole tires are banned from landfills. Source: Illinois EPA: Used Tire Facts (opens in new tab)
- No one may open dump or open burn used or waste tires. Source: 415 ILCS 5: Environmental Protection Act, Sections 53 to 55.15 (Title XIV, Used and Waste Tires) (opens in new tab)
- Tire retailers must accept used tires for recycling from customers, in a quantity equal to the number of new tires bought. Source: 415 ILCS 5: Environmental Protection Act, Sections 53 to 55.15 (Title XIV, Used and Waste Tires) (opens in new tab)
- From July 1, 2026, tire retailers collect a $2.50 fee on each new or used tire sold. Source: 415 ILCS 5: Environmental Protection Act, Sections 53 to 55.15 (Title XIV, Used and Waste Tires) (opens in new tab)
- Illinois EPA says the $2.50 tire fee does not cover disposal, so a retailer may charge a separate disposal fee for each used tire it accepts. Source: Illinois EPA: Used Tires (opens in new tab)
- Illinois EPA no longer runs countywide used tire collections and advises leaving used tires with the retailer when buying new ones. Source: Illinois EPA: Used Tire Collections (opens in new tab)
- If a tire retailer refuses to take your used tires, Illinois EPA asks you to report them and find another retailer. Source: Illinois EPA: Used Tire Facts (opens in new tab)
- Landfills may not accept white goods unless the white good components (such as CFC refrigerant, mercury switches and PCB devices) have been removed and the landfill has an approved operating plan. Source: 415 ILCS 5: Environmental Protection Act, Sections 20 to 22.63 (Title V, Land Pollution) (opens in new tab)
- No one may offer white goods for collection for landfilling, or collect them for that purpose, unless the white good components have been removed. Source: 415 ILCS 5: Environmental Protection Act, Sections 20 to 22.63 (Title V, Land Pollution) (opens in new tab)
- White goods include discarded refrigerators, ranges, water heaters, freezers, air conditioners, humidifiers and similar large appliances; components include CFC refrigerant gas. Source: 415 ILCS 5: Environmental Protection Act, Sections 20 to 22.63 (Title V, Land Pollution) (opens in new tab)
- Illinois EPA says appliances such as refrigerators and freezers that still have their components (mercury switches, CFC refrigerant, PCBs) have been banned from landfills since July 1, 1994. Source: Illinois EPA: Household Waste Disposal (opens in new tab)
- Illinois EPA suggests having an appliance hauled to a scrap yard where the metal can be reclaimed instead of landfilling it. Source: Illinois EPA: Household Waste Disposal (opens in new tab)
- Illinois EPA says state and federal law allow household hazardous waste to go out with residential garbage, but taking it to an HHW collection is more protective. Source: Illinois EPA: Household Hazardous Wastes (opens in new tab)