Village Of Glen Ellyn

Village of Glen Ellyn Trash and Recycling Services

Refuse:
Each single family household is provided with a 35, 65, or 95 gallon refuse cart through the Village. Residents can contact the Village at 630-469-5000 to set up service and to deliver or exchange their container.

Groot will provide curbside weekly collection of the cart plus unlimited 32 gallon bags or personal containers. Bags and personal containers must have a Village of Glen Ellyn stickers affixed to each one.

Village ordinance prohibits residents from putting garbage, recycling or yard waste out at the curb before 4:30 p.m. on the day before Monday's refuse collection. To ensure refuse is picked up, it must be at the curb by 7 a.m. on the collection day (6 a.m. if you are in a construction zone). Carts must be removed from the curb within 24 hours after pickup.

If your cart was out by 7 a.m. on the collection day and your pickup is missed or you wish to arrange for a special pickup, please contact Groot at 847-429-7370 before noon the day after scheduled collection.

Recycling
Each single family household is provided with a 35, 65, or 95 gallon recycling cart through the Village. Residents can contact the Village at 630-469-5000 to set up service and to deliver or exchange their container.

Groot will provide curbside weekly collection of the cart on the same day as refuse collection. Groot will also collect unlimited 25 gallon bags or personal containers. Additional containers do not require a sticker.

Recyclable

• Glass and metal containers and aerosol cans
• Plastics number 1 through number 5, and number 6 (except foamed polystyrene) (including plastic rings, juice boxes, milk and juice cartons)
• Newspaper and mixed paper
• Recyclable paperboard items (food boxes, etc.)
• Corrugated cardboard (no larger than 3-feet square)

Non-Recyclable

• Plastic Bags
• Packing Material/Packing Peanuts
• Non-Rinsed Containers with Food Residue
• Crystal
• Ceramics
• Light Bulbs
• Foamed Polystyrene (Styrofoam)
• Glass (except recyclable glass bottles and jars)

Yard Waste:
Yard and leaf waste collection occurs every Monday, April through November of each year. Please follow the below regulations for yard and leaf waste collection, and contact the Village with any additional questions at 630-469-5000.

• A yard waste sticker is required on each container.
• Yard waste can be contained in brown paper bags and/or unlined 33-gallon trash containers; no plastic bags.
• Branch and brush can also be put out for this pick-up with a sticker.
• Branch and brush should be in bags, container or bundled with twine; each bag, container or bundle requires 1 yard waste sticker.
• Branches must be no larger than 3 inches in diameter, 4 feet in length and 50 pounds in weight.
• Yard waste must be out at the curb by 7 a.m. on the Monday collection day.

Branch & Brush
Brush and Branch collection occurs once a month starting in May and ending in October of each year. Please follow the regulations for branch and brush collection. If you have any additional questions, please contact the Village at 630-469-5000.

Collection occurs on the second Monday of the month for Hill Avenue and north of Hill Avenue.

Collection occurs on the third Monday of the month for homes located south of Hill Avenue.

No Stickers Needed.

• Branch and brush must be out at the curb by 7 a.m. on the Monday of collection.
• Material should not be bundled or put in containers.
• Branches may not exceed 10-inches in diameter.
• No root balls or dimensional lumber.
• Professionally cut trimmings are not included.

Curbside Composting
The Village of Glen Ellyn, together with Groot , offer a residential curbside composting program. This program allows residents to “recycle” organic waste that would otherwise be placed in the trash and sent to a landfill.

The program is offered on a voluntary, subscription basis. Residents who sign up can select a 35 gallon, 65 gallon or 95 gallon wheeled cart. Subscribers who use the organics cart for their yard waste and food scraps will not be required to purchase yard waste bags or stickers.

If you have questions pertaining to the Curbside Composting program or would like to participate, please call the Village at 630-469-5000.

Sticker Vendors
Refuse, yard waste and leaf stickers can be purchased at the following locations:

Village of Glen Ellyn Cashier's Office
535 Duane Street
Monday through Friday
8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Jewel/Osco
599 East Roosevelt Road
Glen Ellyn, IL60137

Jewel/Osco
2031 Main Street
Wheaton, IL60189

Len’s Ace Hardware
485 Roosevelt Road
Glen Ellyn, IL 60137

Pete's Market
880 Roosevelt Road
Glen Ellyn, IL 60137

Residents have the option to purchase leaf stickers. These stickers may only be purchased and used during the months of October and November. Additionally, residents must use a 33-gallon craft paper bag with leaf stickers (reusable containers with leaf stickers will not be permitted). Leaves can also continue to be disposed of with yard waste stickers as well.

Construction Debris
Construction debris should be placed in a suitable container not exceeding fifty pounds in weight, or in bundles not exceeding two feet in diameter, four feet in length and fifty pounds in weight. Bundles and additional containers require a sticker.

Appliances:
The collection of appliances such as refrigerators, stoves, water heaters, etc. must be scheduled in advance by calling Groot at 630-892-9294. Appliances must have 1 sticker affixed.

Special Pick-Up & Temporary Containers:
For those times when residents have a large amount of refuse or yard waste that may be too time consuming to use 33 gallon bags or containers, Groot offers temporary containers or a special pickup. Arrangements must be made at least 24 hours in advance by calling Groot at 630-892-9294.

Electronic Waste Collection - "e-waste":

Effective on January 1, 2012, electronic waste is banned from Illinois landfills. The City of Aurora offers collection events. For more information on electronics recycling, call the Customer Service Center number at 630-256-4636.

The Illinois Electronic Products Recycling and Reuse Act prohibits any person from allowing or to cause mixing of any of the items listed with municipal waste that is intended for disposal at a landfill.

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

All items collected will be recycled and rendered inoperable. Due to the sensitive nature of some electronic items (computer hard drives or storage devices), we prefer to pick up items from the front, side, or top of drive locations.

Customers also have the option to bring their items directly to drop-off sites throughout the area, most of which are for no charge. Please visit the where and how page of our site and click on your county and then your town to search for area drop–off locations.

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

Bulk Items:
Materials that do not fit in a cart or container, such as small amounts of construction debris and rolls of carpeting, must be securely tied in bundles not exceeding 2 feet in diameter, 4 feet in length, and 50 pounds in weight. A sticker must be affixed to each bundle. Single items such as chairs, tables, mattresses, etc. must have one sticker affixed to each item. Call Groot at 630-892-9294 with any questions.

Holidays
When your scheduled collection day falls on one of the six following holidays your collection will be delayed by one day.

• New Year’s Day
• Memorial Day
• Fourth of July
• Labor Day
• Thanksgiving
• Christmas