Hazardous Waste/Electronics/Misc. Recycling

Household Hazardous Waste

Residents of Downers Grove and DuPage County may dispose of Household Hazardous Waste (except latex paint) at the DuPage County Household Hazardous Waste collection site in Naperville at Fire Station 4. The hours are Saturdays and Sundays (except holidays) from 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. For information about the site and accepted items, visit the City of Naperville HHW Collection Site webpage or contact Naperville’s Department of Public Works.

The DuPage County Recycling Guide answers questions regarding household hazardous waste, how to safely dispose of these products, and how to recycle many other household items.

For more information about hazardous waste disposal, please contact the DuPage County Hazardous Waste hotline. 

 Special Events/Electronics Recycling

• Visit the DuPage County Waste, Recycling and Energy Services webpage for information about special one-day collections of recycled materials, electronics or household hazardous waste at sites throughout the County.

• The Village of Downers Grove and Creative Recycling offer electronics recycling on the first Saturday of the month from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. The drop-off location is at Village Hall, 801 Burlington Ave., in the employee parking lot at the rear of the building, off Curtiss St. MAP.
  Because the site is staffed by community volunteers, gates will be opened at 9:00 a.m. and closed promptly at noon. List of accepted items. There are several types of electronics that cannot be accepted, including smoke detectors, dehumidifiers and household (alkaline) batteries.

• The Village of Westmont offers electronics recycling every second Friday of the month, May through December.  Drop-off hours will be from 7 a.m. to 1 p.m. The electronics recycling program drop-off location will be Ty Warner Park in the parking lot on the southwest corner of Blackhawk Drive and Plaza Drive. For more information regarding this electronics recycling program, contact the Village of Westmont at (630) 981-6200. 

• The Downers Grove Township Highway Department accepts electronics from 8:00 a.m. to Noon on the third Saturday of the month (except holiday weekends) at 318 E. Quincy, Westmont. Call (630)-719-6620 for more information. 
• The Village of Lisle collects electronics the third Saturday of each month from 9:00 a.m. until noon at 4930 Lincoln Avenue (IL Route 53), south of Lisle Lanes Bowling Center.  (630) 271-4100.
• City of Naperville accepts electronics on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays from 8:00 a.m. until 4:00 p.m. MORE INFO..

Latex Paint

Latex paint can be dried with cat litter, oil absorbent, sawdust or another absorbent material. Once the paint is dried, it can be scooped out and disposed of with regular garbage. The can may be rinsed out and put with curbside recycling. 

Kin-ko Ace Hardware, 6216 Main St, Downers Grove, (630) 968-4355, will accept latex paint for recycling. A small fee will be charged for the service; $1.50 per quart, $2.50 per gallon, $8.00 per 5 gallon bucket. The service is provided by Earth Paints Collection Systems.

• SCARCE video: What to do with latex paint

Compact Fluorescent Bulbs (CFL’s)

The following retailers accept CFL bulbs for recycling: (There is no fee for this service, however, broken bulbs cannot be accepted.)

Kin-ko Ace Hardware, 6216 Main St, Downers Grove, (630) 968-4355
Home Depot, 2000 Butterfield Rd., Downers Grove, (630) 792-9600
Home Depot,  2101 W. 75th St., Darien, (630) 271-9600
Home Depot, 7200 Woodward Ave., Woodridge (630) 795-1950
IKEA, 750 Boughton Rd., Bolingbrook, (630) 972-7900 

Used Motor Oil

The Village will accept used motor oil and transmission fluid which will be used to heat the fleet services garage during the winter months.  This program is not for use by commercial entities.

Items may be brought to the Fleet Services garage, Monday-Friday from 7:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.  The garage is located within the fenced employee parking lot off Curtiss St., on the east end of the Village Hall complex. 

Please see any employee to drop off your liquids.  There is no curbside collection and items are not permitted to be left unattended outside the building.  

Pharmaceuticals

Unused prescription and over-the-counter drugs are accepted at the DuPage County Houshold Hazardous Waste collection site in Naperville at Fire Station 4. Also visit the following websites for more information.

• DuPage County Green Initiatives for a list of drop-off locations
• Dispose My Meds
• U.S. Dept. of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration Drug disposal info and initiatives

Rechargable Batteries

The Downers Grove Park District accepts rechargable batteries , only, at the Recreation Center, 4500 Belmont Rd.

Polystyrene Foam

 Dart Corporation  in North Aurora accepts polystyrene products for recycling.

Related Links

• Earth 911
• Where to recycle #5's and Brita Filters
• Freecycle
• Donate furniture and building supplies to Habitat for Humanity