Refuse, Recyclables, and Yard Waste
3-Day Garbage
Collection Schedule [View Schedule Map]
The Roy Strom Refuse Removal Co. provides for the collection of refuse, recyclables,
bulk items, and yard waste on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. The 3-day collection schedule, which can be seen on the above map (see map link), is described as follows:
Monday: West side of Harlem Ave through
and including both sides of Monroe Ave between Central Ave
and North Ave, and the east side of Jackson Ave between Oak
Ave and Chicago Ave.
Tuesday: Both sides of Jackson Ave (except
for the east side of Jackson Ave between Oak Ave and Chicago
Ave) through and including both sides of Park Ave between
Central Ave and North Ave, and the west side of Park Ave
through and including the east side of Thatcher Ave between
Division St and North Ave.
Wednesday: Both sides of Forest Ave through
and including the west side of River Oaks Dr between Central
Ave and Division St, and the east side of Lathrop Ave through
and including the west side of Thatcher Ave between Madison
St and Hawthorne Ave.
Strom will provide collection services on Thursdays and Fridays
for missed locations and for special pickups.
Refuse
Collection
The Village's refuse collection program offers two options:
Base Service: Provides for the weekly
collection of up to two cans of refuse or building materials.
The can of building materials must not exceed 50 lbs. in
weight and cannot be generated by a contractor. Residents
can dispose of more than two containers of refuse or building materials
when they purchase and affix a Universal Solid Waste Tag to each additional container(s).
Optional Special Service: Provides for
the weekly collection of unlimited refuse and no more than
one container of building materials without having to affix a Universal Solid waste Tag to additional containers. Contact the
Village at (708) 366-8500 if you are interested in participating
in this option.
Regardless of which collection option you have, all refuse
containers cannot exceed 33 gallons in capacity, can weigh
up to 50 pounds when loaded, and be collected from a location
at the back door or at a location outside and behind the front
building line of the residence or next to the alley (for those
residences with alleys). Containers shall have tight-fitting
lids, and oversized and/or overweight containers will not be
collected.
Refuse collection on the following days shall be rescheduled
for the first working day after: New Year's Day, Memorial Day, 4th of
July, Labor Day, Thanksgiving, and Christmas Day.
Recycling
Program
The Village provides single-family and multi-family structures (three units
or less) the opportunity to recycle under the Villages recycling program. In
this program, residents are provided with two 18-gallon recycling bins and
can discard the materials listed below into these bins. These bins are to be
placed at the "Top-of-the-Drive" location, which is a point on or
immediately adjacent to the driveway near the front building line of your residence.
Village Ordinance requires that all multi-family buildings
not served under the Villages program institute anon-site
recycling program. If your multi-family
complex does not currently provide a recycling program, please contact the
Public Works Department for assistance in implementing such a program.
The following is a review of what materials may be placed
in the recycling bins and how they should be prepared for
collection:
- Newspaper: Place loosely in the container,
not bagged, bundled or tied.
- Magazines and Catalogs: This includes
slick (shiny) paper only. These materials should be bundled
or placed in a brown
bag and set in the same recycling container used for
newspaper.
- Mixed Paper: Industry computer paper, junk mail, etc.
- include with newspaper.
- Corrugated Cardboard: Only flattened cardboard containers
will be collected, and should be cut into pieces
no larger than 2 feet by 2 feet. Cardboard containers
may be placed
loose in the recycling containers, although pieces
too large should be placed flat on the ground with
the container
placed
over them.
- Chipboard: Consists of non-corrugated cardboard such
as cereal boxes, shoe boxes, and beverage container
cartons should
be flattened and put into brown paper bags, and
placed inside the recycling container. Cardboard lined
with
wax paper and
coated packaging intended for freezer storage cannot
be accepted.
- Phone Books: May be placed loose inside the recycling
bin along with the newspapers.
- Aluminum, tin food and beverage cans: Rinsed
with labels removed. Cans may be crushed to
save space.
- Empty Paint and Aerosol Cans
- Glass: Clear and colored glass bottles and jars are acceptable.
Containers should be rinsed with lids discarded (labels
can be left on). Window glass, ceramics, Pyrex, and other
non-container glass cannot be accepted.
- Plastic: All containers labeled #1 through #7. Resin labels
can be found on the bottom of plastic containers. Two-liter
beverage bottles, milk and water jugs, laundry product
containers, dairy product containers, etc. are acceptable
and should
be rinsed and crushed. Automotive fluids and motor oil
containers are not recyclable.
Bulk
Item Collection
The Village offers a year-round bulk item collection and disposal program. Universal Solid Waste Tags are to be affixed to each item and placed next to your garbage cans for collection on the same day as your regular refuse collection - in accordance with the following schedule:
Affix one (1) Universal Solid Waste Tag to each non-hazardous municipal solid waste item no longer than 4’, no wider than 4’, and weighing 50 pounds or less.
Affix five (5) Universal Solid Waste Tags to each large, bulk, or “white good” item. Examples include hot water tanks 75 gallon size or less; stoves, refrigerators, washers, dryers, freezer appliances, etc. weighing no more than 150 pounds; hide-a-beds; and large house hold furniture items weighing no more than 150 pounds.
Affix ten (10) Universal Solid Waste Tags to each oversize, bulk, or “white good” item. Examples include hot water tanks larger than 75 gallon or weighing more than 150 pounds and stoves, refrigerators, washers, dryers, freezer appliances, and large household furniture/items weighing more than 150 pounds.
Items not eligible for
the bulk
item disposal program include tires, auto batteries, explosives, hazardous waste, motor-oil,
liquids/fluids, etc.
Yard Waste and Brush
Collection
Residents may set out yard waste (which commonly includes grass,
leaves, and shrubbery cuttings) and bundles of brush/branches
for collection. Specially printed River Forest Universal Solid
Waste Tags, which can be purchased at the Village Hall and at
area retailers, must be affixed to paper yard waste bags and
bundles of brush prior to collection. Program details are as
follows:
- Properly prepared paper yard waste bags shall not
exceed 32 gallon in capacity or 50 pounds in weight. Brush/branches
may be set
out in bundles - individual branches are not to exceed
4 feet in length or 4 inches in diameter, and each bundle
is not to
exceed 50 pounds in weight.
- Yard waste will be collected on Tuesdays and curbside (in the
parkway immediately behind the curb) - yard waste should
not be placed in the street. Exception: All yard waste generated
at residential locations receiving alley service will be
collected at the edge of the alley in a clearly visible location - not
located behind gates, fences, or other structures at the
time of collection.
- Yard waste must be set out for collection curbside no earlier
than 6 PM the night before collection (Monday) and no later
than 7 AM on collection day (Tuesday).
- The yard waste collection season begins the first Tuesday after April 1st and runs through the last Tuesday in November.
Fall
Leaf Collection Program
The Villages annual "Rake to the Street" leaf pick-up
program, is unlimited and free, and runs from September 15
through November 30.
Rake only leaves onto the street, leaving the curb exposed,
where
Village crews will collect them.
Please don't mix grass clippings, brush or any other type
of yard waste with your leaves (please advise your lawn care
service). Village crews will collect leaves only, beginning
around 7:00 a.m. Please coordinate your lawn maintenance
according to the following leaf collection schedule:
Mondays: The area west of Thatcher including
Edgewood, Auvergne, River Oaks and Lake, and all streets
south of the Union Pacific Rail Road tracks.
Tuesdays: Harlem through and including William
Wednesdays: Monroe through and including Lathrop, north of
the Union Pacific Railroad
Thursdays: Ashland through and including Park, north of the
Union Pacific Railroad
Fridays: Forest through and including Thatcher, north of
the Union Pacific Railroad
Universal Solid waste Tags
Effective October 1, 2009, Universal Solid Waste Tags will be sold at $2.25 each and are available
at the Village Hall and at the following area retailers:
Jewel Food/Osco Drug: 7523 Lake Street
Good Earth Greenhouse: 7900 W. Madison
Dominick's Finer Foods: 7501 North Avenue
Schauer Ace Hardware: 7449 Madison (Forest Park)
Dressel's Ace Hardware: 1137 Chicago (Oak Park)
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