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Garbage will be picked up on Tuesday & Friday.
Recycling will be picked up on Tuesday Only.
Exceptions: At this time Groot South services HLE and shifts days to 1 day later for each of the two pick-up days the week of:
New Year Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day & Christmas Day
ALL pickups will be AFTER 9:00 a.m.
Please use the 35-Gallon Covered Recycle Container for all of your recyclable items! If it won't fit call HSR for arrangements
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Recycling 101
PAPER
- Newspaper (with inserts)
- Magazines/Catalogs
- Telephone Directories
- Office/School Paper
- Advertising/Junk Mail
- Kraft Brown Paper Bags
- Corrugated Cardboard
- Paperboard/Chipboard
- Cereal Boxes
- Pasta Boxes
- Clothing Boxes
- Tissue Boxes
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PLASTIC
- All plastic bottles and containers with these symbols underneath.
Examples are:
- Plastic beverage and food containers
- Milk, water and juice bottles
- Liquid detergent, fabric softener, bleach, shampoo
- Yogurt cups
- Vegetable oil bottles
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METAL
- Aluminum Cans
- Steel or tin cans
GLASS
- Bottles and jars only.
- Brown, green and clear glass.
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Recycling Preparation |
- All materials may be mixed together.
- Paper may be placed in paper bags (optional).
- Flatten all corrugated cardboard and paperboard boxes.
- Remove any non-paper packing material
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- Rinse all recyclables free of food residue and remove lids.
- Use PAPER bags when possible.
- It is okay to leave the caps on your plastic containers.
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DO NOT: For the Love of Recycling |
- DO NOT: recycle wire hangers (please return to your cleaners).
- DO NOT: recycle mirrors, light bulbs, window glass, or ceramics in recycling container.
- DO NOT: include soiled paper fibers (oily pizza boxes, paper napkins, etc.)
- DO NOT: recycle batteries.
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- DO NOT: place materials in plastic bags.
- DO NOT: include styrofoam, wood, plastic film, plastic bags, plastic toys, or diapers in recycling containers.
- DO NOT: recycle electronics. Other resources are avalible for electronics. See the links below for further information.
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* Discard all recyclables in the designated container(s).
** Please! DO NOT throw garbage in the container(s).
Please donate newspaper (without inserts) to the Chicago Ridge Animal Welfare League. |
Click Here for further Association Information.
Click here for more information on where and how to recycle the items listed below:
- Batteries
- Fluorescent Bulbs
- Electronic Waste
- Medical Waste
- Household Hazardous Waste
- Motor Oil & Tires
- Paint
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