DuPage County Solid Waste 

Household Hazardous Waste

• The Regional Household Hazardous Waste Facility in Naperville is open from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturdays & Sundays excluding holidays; New Year's Eve, New Year's Day, Easter Sunday, July 4th, Christmas Eve and Christmas Day.
  The site is now located at 156 Fort Hill Drive, Naperville; Visit the City of Naperville's website for more information or call (630) 420-6095.
  
  
• Illinois EPA One-Day HHW Events and other Regional HHW Site information (Rockford, Chicago, Lake County)
• Safer Household Cleaners Guide

Open Burning and Landscape Waste Management

• Guide to Landscape Waste and Open Burning Rules (pdf)
• University of Illinois Extension Center Home Composting Information

Medical Waste

• Used/Unwanted Medicine Disposal
• Sharps Needle Disposal and Mail Back Service
  
  • DuPage County Sheriff; 501 N. County Farm Rd., Wheaton
  • Republic Services
  • Waste Management
  • Stericycle
  • CVS Pharmacy
  • Walgreens
  • Glenside Fire Protection District - Drop-off
  • Safe Needle Disposal.org  (lists medicine manufacturers with free sharps mail back programs)
    
    
    
• IEPA Tips for Safe Disposal of Medicine & Sharps
  Important!!  Do not place sharps/needles in with recycling.  Many retail pharmacies and some health care providers offer prescription & needles/sharps mail-back envelopes for a fee. Never place loose needles/sharps into waste or recycling bins.  Check the DuPage County Online Recycling Guide section for additional disposal options for needles/sharps.

Waste Audits

• SCARCE
• Bright Beat
• EPA - Approaches to Waste Assessment

Waste & Recycling Information for DuPage Municipalities 

Addison, Aurora, Bartlett, Batavia, Bensenville, Bloomingdale, Bolingbrook, Burr Ridge, Carol Stream, Clarendon Hills, Darien, Downers Grove, Elk Grove Village, Elmhurst, Glendale Heights, Glen Ellyn, Hanover Park, Hinsdale, Itasca, Lemont, Lisle, Lombard, Naperville, Oak Brook, Oakbrook Terrace, Roselle, Schaumburg, St. Charles, Villa Park, Warrenville, West Chicago, Westmont, Wheaton, Willowbrook, Winfield, Wood Dale, Woodridge

Waste & Recycling Haulers

• List of Waste Hauling Companies providing services in DuPage County (PDF)
• Junk King 1-888-888-JUNK (5865)  
• 1-800-GOT-JUNK www.1800gotjunk.com