Garbage Information

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Garbage Pick-Up

Village Ordinance states that you may put your garbage out after 6:00pm on the night before your regular garbage pick-up day. Anyone who puts their garbage out prior to 6:00pm is subject to a fine. Garbage pick-up starts around 7:00am.

Garbage must be placed in a Village of Norridge black covered garbage cart. Each residence was issued a free garbage cart. Additional carts are available in three sizes. (CLICK HERE FOR SIZES AND COST). Recycling must be in either a Village-issued green recycling bin, or the new blue recycling cart.

Your garbage cart(s), yard waste brown bag or container and recycling bin/cart must be either on your parkway or on the curb. Do not put garbage directly onto the street. This will prevent any problems with snow removal or heavy rains. During snow removal carts may get knocked over or moved, so it is important to place them further away from the street.

Garbage Holiday

Listed below are the only holidays that garbage will not be picked up. If your regularly scheduled garbage pick-up falls during a garbage holiday week, garbage will be picked up one day later for the rest of that week. For example, if the holiday falls on a Monday, and your garbage pick up is a Monday, your garbage will be picked-up on Tuesday, Tuesday’s pick up will be Wednesday, etc., for the rest of the week. If your pick-up is on Friday, your garbage will be picked up on Saturday.

This schedule change applies for the following six holidays only:

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

Garbage will be picked up on your regularly scheduled day on all other National or State Holidays.

Clean-Up Week

The Village holds two clean-up weeks during the year, one in the late spring and one in early fall. Watch the news portion of the web site for dates.

Yard Waste Pick Up

Yard Waste pick-up runs from April 1st through November 30th. Resident can only use the brown yard waste bags or open 30-gallon marked containers for yard waste disposal. Please do not use a container larger than 30-gallons. When filled with grass, larger containers become excessively heavy. Additionally, do not use your old green recycling bin for yard waste disposal; even with a sticker, since it can be difficult to distinguish it from recycling, and they are frequently overlooked since many residents still use the green container for recycling. Yard waste containers with handles are much easier to lift. In addition, please spread your containers out at the curb when placing them, rather than clumping them together, as this makes it easier to identify each container. You may come into the Village Hall and pick up a "Yard Waste Only” sticker. Four foot lengths of branches must be bundled.

Scavenger Service & Curbside Recycling Program

Acceptable materials and their preparation:

The following items will be picked up by our scavenger service: garbage, general rubbish , small appliances, and no more than one per week of the following: furniture, refrigerators, stoves, washing machines, dryers, hot water tanks, mattresses (wrapped in plastic please), and box springs. Take all doors off appliances!

Items that will NOT be picked up with the regular garbage include:

Any electronics, whole trees, dirt, sod, rocks, bricks, concrete, rubber tires, car parts, and building and remodeling materials such as lumber, roofing, drywall, ceiling and floor tiles, carpeting, etc. Furnaces and central air conditioning units are also considered building materials and will not be picked up with the regular garbage. A special pick-up for such items may be arranged with our scavenger for a fee. You may call them directly at (630) 333-3591.

Recyclable Material

Items that may be placed in your green recycling container and/or your blue recycling cart:

Any plastic container used for food, beverages, or detergent (no plastic bags). Any aluminum, tin, steel, or glass container used for food or beverages. Empty aerosol cans and plastic six-pack rings.

Items to be properly bundled or paper-bagged securely and placed next to the green recycling container and/or your blue recycling cart:

Newspapers, magazines, catalogues, phone books, “junk” mail, and high-grade paper. Flattened corrugated cardboard boxes and chipboard (i.e., cereal boxes).

Further information on recycling

Electronics Recycling

Per State of Illinois Law, electronics are not to be disposed of with your regular pick-up. The Village will host an electronics recycling event per year. Some items that are considered electronics are televisions, printers, computers, DVD players, cable receivers, video game consoles, etc. Visit http://www.epa.state.il.us/land/electronic-waste-recycling/index.html. There is a fee for all TV's and computer monitors.

PLEASE NOTE: If you are in doubt about whether or not an item is acceptable or your collection is missed, please call our scavenger at (630) 333-3591.

If the material in the recycling bin/cart includes non-recyclable items, the remaining materials will not be picked up.