Morton Grove

Yard Waste Season - March 15 - December 15th

Landscape Waste: Residents have the option to pay per bag for landscape waste or for a subscription service. Landscape waste is collected each week on your regular service day from March 15 through December 15 each year.

Landscape Sticker Program: Residents can purchase landscape waste stickers at Village Hall or at local retailers and apply the stickers to bags or bundles of landscape waste. The prepaid sicker must be affixed to each bundle or 30 gallon, two (2) ply kraft style landscape waste bag for collection. There is no limit to the number of landscape waste bags that will be collected.

Landscape Waste Subscription Options Include:

Landscape Waste Bag or Bundle Program: Subscribing residents may place up to three (3) landscape waste bags or bundles for collection per week. Each bag or bundle will not require a prepaid sticker.

Landscape Waste/Food Scrap Subscription Program: 65 or 95 Gallon Container Residents may participate in food waste composting by subscribing to the new 95 or 65 gallon landscape subscription program. Any bag or bundle placed outside of the cart will require a prepaid sticker to be affixed to each item. Food scraps can only be placed in the container.

• Acceptable food scraps for composting include: fruits, vegetables, bread, grains, pasta, cereal, non-liquid dairy, eggshells, coffee grounds (no coffee filters) and tea leaves (no teabags)

• Unacceptable food scraps includes: teabags and coffee filters, meat, poultry or seafood (no shells or bones), paper products (paper towels, plates, napkins, egg cartons, and pizza boxes), glass, plastics, Styrofoam, diapers, pet litter and waste, liquids, grease and oil.

• Landscape which is too bulky to be placed in a bag, such as branches or brush must be securely tied, (with biodegradable twine) bundled not to exceed 4 feet in length, no larger than 2 feet in diameter and weigh no more than 45 lbs.

• Acceptable landscape includes: grass clippings, leaves, branches, brush, garden plants, flowers, weeds, vines, bark pieces, garden vegetables and garden fruit.

Grass clippings, leaves, twigs, garden debris, weeds, fruits, seeds, stalks, vines are acceptable landscape items.  Landscape does not include wood timbers, plastic edging, plant pots or trays, fertilizer or landscape material bags, landscape fabric, root sections, sand, gravel, sod, wood chips, bark, firewood, rocks, excess amounts of dirt or animal waste.

Bulk Items: Service includes collection of one (1) bulk item (not appliances or oversized/overweight items) per week at no additional cost.  For additional bulk items, residents should call Groot to schedule a pick-up in advance.

To be collected on regular service day - must be called in for pick up.

Up to 1 cubic yard (3' x 3' x 3') of miscellaneous debris or construction material will be collected each week at no additional charge. Construction type debris should be stacked or bundled in lengths no longer than 4 feet and no larger than 2 feet in diameter. Carpeting should be in rolls no longer than 4 feet long and two feet in diameter and taped. In general try and keep any loose material bundled and neat so we can pick up. Stone, concrete, and dirt can only be picked up in containers and cannot weigh more than 45lbs. per container. If more than 1 cubic yard please call Groot to arrange pickup. Additional charges apply.

Tough Items: Fluorescent bulbs, needles, paint, tires etc... create special problems, please click here for help.

Under the Illinois Electronic Products Recycling and Reuse Act, mixing electronics with regular landfill waste is prohibited. All collected items are securely recycled and made inoperable. For sensitive electronics like hard drives, we offer convenient front, side, or drive-up pickups. You can also drop off items at local collection sites, many free of charge. Visit our where and how page, select your county and town, and find nearby drop-off locations.

Groot Industries offers collection of these items directly from your home for an additional fee; however, you must contact us in advance to schedule a pick-up and make arrangements.

• Computers & monitors
• Video game consoles
• Electronic Mice & keyboards
• Printers & Scanners
• Televisions
• Digital converter boxes
• Cable & Satellite receivers
• Fax machines
• Small scale servers
• Video cassette recorders
• Digital video disc players & recorders
• Portable digital music players