Garbage Collection

Pickup days for some residents are changing the week of January 12, 2009. Click here for more information.

General Information:

• Collection Hours - Household refuse, recylables, and yardwaste will be 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 on collection day. There are separate trucks for garbage, recycling, and yardwaste, each on a different schedule. As a result, these materials may be picked up at different times of 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 shall be one day late following the holiday that week. For a list of the holidays observed by Waste Management please see the Waste Management Information page.
  
• Garbage Can Rental - Garbage cans are available for rental from Waste Management for a fee of $2.24 each month. The garbage can is green with a green lid and is to be filled with household refuse ONLY. Contact customer service at #1-800-796-9696 for more information.

Collection Rates & Options

Base Rate - $15.35/month

Twice Per Week solid waste collection subscription option - $31.16/month

Top-Of-The-Drive solid waste and recycling collection subscription option - $38.95/month

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 yardwaste. Mixed refuse and yardwaste cannot be collected.
  
• 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. Please call customer service at #1-800-796-9696 to arrange collection. A separate truck will collect these items in order for them to be processed in accordance with state law.
  
• 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 shall advise the resident directly of the terms of special collections. This information shall 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 Waste Management Customer Service for details at #1-800-796-9696.
  
• Household Hazardous Waste - Household products which 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 lids off and let the paint evaporate outside. For fuller cans, stir in an absorbent, such as kitty litter, shredded newspaper, or 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.

For detailed information on hazardous waste disposal, please visit the web page for the Kane County Household Hazardous Waste Program.

Yardwaste Collection:

• Collection Dates - Yardwaste is collected at the curb once per week from March 15th through December 15th on your regularly scheduled collection day.
  
• Disposal - Yardwaste must be contained in 33 gallon biodegradable Kraft bags or yardwaste receptacle cans with two handles, clearly labeled YARDWASTE ONLY and not exceeding a 32 gallon capacity. Maximum allowable weight of bags and cans is 50 pounds each. Yardwaste may also be tied into bundles using biodegradable string or twine. Maximum bundle size is 4’ in length by 2’ in diameter, with branches not exceeding 4” in diameter. Maximum allowable weight of each bundle is 50 pounds.
  
• Yardwaste Stickers - Each bag, can, and bundle will require one pre-paid yardwaste 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.

Christmas Trees:

Christmas trees will be 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 a plastic bag.

Brush Collection:

The Campton Township Highway District has announced that the Brush Pickup Program would be resumed in October 2006. For details and dates, click <here>

Please note that the pickup of brush by Waste Management continues to be suspended. For details click <here>