| Acceptable Household Garbage
Refuse is defined to include domestic garbage, ashes and other household
trash and decaying animal and vegetable wastes resulting from the
handling, preparation, cooking and consumption of food. Illinois
law prohibits the disposal of certain waste in landfills. In addition,
other items should be disposed of by other methods. Please observe
these regulations.
The following items are unacceptable:
- Acids and poisons
- Automobile Batteries and their equivalents
- Automobile tires
- Automobile wheels and large parts
- Explosive and volatile waste
- Flammable waste
- Gasoline, motor oil and similar automotive fluids
- Riding lawn mowers and snow blowers
- Toxic and hazardous waste
- Tree trunks, stumps or branches exceeding 3 inches in diameter
- Unhardened paint & other liquid wastes
This list is not all-inclusive. Please call Veolia's
customer service line at (847) 272-4145 if you have any
questions.
Other household hazardous waste, such as
chemicals, pesticides, fertilizers, oil,
paint, varnishes,
strippers and similar
items should be used
until completely emptied. The empty dry
container may then be disposed of as
refuse. DO NOT
put such containers
in
recycling bins, even
if they are rinsed out. It is unlawful
to dump any liquid waste into sanitary
or storm
sewers. |
