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Hazardous Waste/Electronics/Misc. Recycling

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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. 

Contact Telephone/Address
Naperville Fire Station 4 1979 Brookdale Road, Naperville
Naperville Public Works (630) 420-4190
DuPage County Hazardous Waste Hotline (630) 510-2810 or (630) 407-6760
DuPage County Waste, Recycling and Energy Services (630) 407-6700

 Special Events/Electronics Recycling

  • 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.
  • Beginning on Friday, April 8, 2011, the Village of Westmont will offer electronics recycling every second Friday of the month through December 2011. 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 DuPage County Department of Economic Development & Planning at (630) 407-6700.
  • 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 following equipment will be accepted:
  1. Computers and peripherals including laptops, monitors, flat panels, keyboards, mice, cable, printers, external hard drives, tape drives, network and communication hardware.
  2. Data center equipment including power distribution units and uninterrupted-power-supply systems.
  3. Office and telecommunication equipment including copiers, fax machines, phone systems, cell phones, hand-held devices, TVs, calculators, beepers, videotapes, typewriters and projection, audio, video and security equipment.

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.

Please Note: As of 2010, DuPage County has discontinued the summer latex paint recycling program at the Woodridge Wastewater Treatment Facility.

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/ Used Cooking 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.  Used cooking oil will also be accepted to be filtered and used in the Village's diesel engines.  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.

Household Batteries

The Downers Grove Park District will accept the following types of batteries at the Recreation Center, 4500 Belmont Rd.:

Alkaline, carbon zinc, nickel iron, nickel-metal hybrid, nickel cadmium and zinc air. Only AA, AAA, C and D and rechargeable batteries are accepted. No rechargeable power tool or automobile batteries will be accepted.

Polystyrene Foam

 Dart Corporation  in North Aurora accepts polystyrene products for recycling.

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