Garbage Collection

• Collection Hours - Household refuse, recylables, and yard waste are collected once each week between 6:00 AM and 6:00 PM on your scheduled collection day. Please have all items out by 6:00 AM. There are separate trucks for garbage, recycling, and yard waste, each on a different schedule. As a result, these materials may be picked up at different times during the day. Items for collection may be placed at the curb after 7:00 PM the day before your scheduled pick up. Residents must remove containers from the curb by 7:00 PM on the day of collection.
  
• Holidays - Scheduled pick up days which fall on, or after, a legal holiday will be one day late following the holiday that week. Click here for a list of the holidays observed by Waste Management.
  
• Garbage Can Rental - Lidded wheeled garbage bins can be rented from Waste Management for a fee of $2.24 each month. The garbage bin is green with a green lid, and may be filled with household refuse ONLY, no yard waste. Contact customer service at 800-796-9696 for more information.

Fees and Options:

Click here to see current fees and service options.

Household Collection:

• Each residence is allowed an unlimited amount of household refuse when contained in cans or bundles. Maximum can or bag size is 32 gallons, weighing up to 50 pounds. Maximum bundle size is 4 feet in length by 2 feet in diameter, weighing up to 50 pounds.
  
• Do not mix household refuse with yard waste. Mixed refuse and yard waste cannot be collected.

• Please be sure to put Styrofoam peanuts in a closed plastic bag before you discard them in your garbage bin to avoid their scattering into the street when the bin is dumped into the truck.

• Bulk Items - One bulk item such as a sofa, mattress, or kitchen table will be collected per week if set out on collection day.
  
• Appliances - Appliances containing CFC or HCFC, PCB’s, mercury switches, or other hazardous components (refrigerators, freezers, air conditioners, humidifiers, etc.) are banned from landfill disposal. There is a separate fee of $27.82 for each appliance. A separate truck will collect these items in order for them to be processed in accordance with state law. Please call Customer Service at 800-796-9696 to arrange collection.
  
• Building Waste Material - “Do-it-yourself” building waste material is limited to one cubic yard per week, weighing up to 80 pounds. All materials must be containerized or bundled. Items such as sinks, tubs, toilets, etc., do not need to be containerized or bundled.
  
• Special Collections - The minimum amount of refuse required for a special collection is one cubic yard. Waste Management will advise the resident directly of the terms of special collections. This information will include what materials will be collected, how the materials should be prepared, the date of collection, and the policy of providing advanced estimates of charges. Special collections are COD. Contact Customer Service for details at 800-796-9696.
  
• Household Hazardous Waste - Household products that are flammable, toxic, corrosive, or reactive can pose a harmful threat or damage the environment when disposed of improperly. Items such as oil-based paint, pesticides, poisons, cleaning solvents, household batteries, tainted gasoline, used oil, and other automobile fluids are considered household hazardous waste, and must not be included with your refuse.

• Household Hazardous Waste - Household products that are flammable, toxic, corrosive, or reactive can pose a harmful threat or damage the environment when disposed of improperly. Items such as oil-based paint, pesticides, poisons, cleaning solvents, household batteries, tainted gasoline, used oil, and other automobile fluids are considered household hazardous waste, and must not be included with your refuse.

  Household batteries can be recycled by putting them in a plastic sandwich bag and then placing them on the top of the recycling cart on collection day.

  Modern latex paint is not considered hazardous for the environment and can be placed in your regular garbage, once it has been solidified. If there is just a small amount of paint remaining in the can, take the lid off and let the paint evaporate outside. For fuller cans, stir in an absorbent, such as kitty litter, shredded newspaper, or a commercial product such as Oil-Dry, leave the lids off and place the solidified cans in your garbage. Why does it have to be solidified? Because paint cans pop open in garbage trucks and the paint leaks out of the truck onto local streets. Empty, dry, paint cans and lids can be placed in your recycling bin.
  
  Click here for detailed information on hazardous waste disposal.

Yard Waste Collection:

• IMPORTANT NOTE ABOUT BRUSH DISPOSAL

Bundled brush or twigs cannot be collected by commercial waste haulers here because of a quarantine issued by the Illinois Department of Agriculture. This is due to the infestation of the emerald ash borer beetle in Campton Township. Under this ruling, yard waste contained in bags and tagged with a yard waste sticker is the only collection permitted.

However, brush that is bundled in accordance with the guidelines listed on the Campton Township website is collected free of charge twice a year for Campton Township residents. Click on the Highway Department tab for more information: http://www.camptontownship.com/

• Waste Management Collection Dates -  Yard waste in bags or cans is collected at the curb once per week from March 15th through December 15th on your regularly scheduled collection day.
• Disposal -   Yard waste must be contained in 33-gallon biodegradable Kraft bags or yard waste receptacle cans with two handles, clearly labeled "Yard Waste Only " and not exceeding a 32-gallon capacity. Maximum allowable weight of bags and cans is 50 pounds each.
• Yard Waste Stickers -   Each bag or can requires one pre-paid yard waste sticker at a cost of $2.50 each. For a list of locations where stickers may be purchased please see the Waste Management Information page here.

Christmas Trees:

Christmas trees are collected from Christmas through the end of January with no pre-paid sticker required. Christmas trees must be free of all decorations and cannot be in plastic bags.

The Campton Township Highway District collects brush according to an announced schedule each year. For details call the Highway District at 630-365-9300 or see the Campton Township website here, then click on the Highway District button at the top of the page, then on the BRUSH REMOVAL button on the left.