Recycling Toter Carts

If you are interested in getting a larger recycling toter cart - at no additional charge to you - call Waste Management at 630.724.8474 and ask for Jackie Gomez or email her at jgomez1@wm.com. She will arrange for your existing recycling toter cart to be removed and replaced with a 95-gallon recycling toter cart. Be sure to say you are from the Village of Lincolnshire and remind them that there is no fee .

In the first few months of 2008, the Village recycled approximately 250 tons of materials. In the same time period in 2009 the Village only recycled 200 tons of materials! WHAT HAPPENED! A couple of questions are raised when considering this situation. First, are people not buying as much so there is less to recycle due to the bad economy? Second, are people not being as careful and are throwing recyclable materials away instead of recycling them?

One way to check our recycling rate is to compare it to the amount of material that was land filled during the same periods. For instance, during the first few months of 2008, 310 tons of material was land filled. During that same period for 2009, 342 tons of materials was land filled. Clearly it is not an issue of buying less – it is an issue of throwing perfectly good materials into our landfills.

PLEASE do not throw out materials that could be recycled. First, the more waste you throw away the less room we have in the landfill. We only have a few more years until the landfill is full and then our wastehaulers will have to ship our waste to other locations. When that happens our waste collection bills will become very expensive! Second, the more you recycle the more material is recovered to be used for products saving virgin materials from being used for the same purpose.

The individual residential wastehauler will take the following recyclable materials: paper, newspaper, cardboard, glass bottle and jars, plastic, cans, magazines and paper bags.

Make a concerted effort to recycle! Check out the SWALCO website at www.SWALCO.org for suggestions on recycling and where to take items that are not commonly recycled.

Wastehauler Information Packet for 2011

The Village has an agreement with Waste Management for collection of residential waste at individual homes which covers the period January 1, 2007 through December 31, 2011. You can reach Waste Management at 800.796.9696 or 630.724.8400.

Download the Packet

If you would like an Information Packet mailed to you, contact the Village Hall at 847.883.8600.

Frequently Asked Questions

Wastehauler Fees

Listed below are the current service options and rates for refuse and recycling collection: