Green Guide

HOW TO RECYCLE JUST ABOUT ANYTHING!

Responsible disposal of household items is necessary for a healthy environment. This Recycling & Disposal Guide helps you determine the best way to handle unwanted items. It provides options for reusing or donating when possible; information on what can be recycled and how to recycle it; and lets you know about items that require special handling or disposal because of their effect on our health and our environment. 

Maintaining a quality physical environment – clean air, water and land – is one of the main goals of Keep Northern Illinois Beautiful and is the sole purpose for this Recycling & Disposal Guide. 

  • Information listed here is intended for household users only.  
  • No endorsement of any business, vendor or product is intended or implied. 
  • Data is provided for informational purposes only. 
 
Disposal options for Businesses or those with large quantities may be available by contacting: 

For reuse or recycle information, click on the subject name below:

A
Acids
Adhesives
Aerosol Cans
Air Conditioners
Aluminum Cans & Scrap
Ammunition & Explosives
Anti Freeze
Appliances
Art & Craft Supplies
Asbestos
Asphalt, Concrete & Sand
Asphalt & Driveway Sealer
Auto/Truck/Boat Donation
Automotive Fluids, Tires & Parts

 B

Bags, Paper / Plastic
Batteries
Bicycles
Books
Boxes (Corrugated / Chipboard)
Brake Fluid
Brass
Building Materials

 

C

Cans
Carbon Monoxide & Smoke Detectors     
Cards (Greeting & Holiday)
Carpet & Carpet Padding
Catalogs
Cell Phones
CFL Bulbs
Charcoal
Chemicals – Compounds
China – Crystal
Christmas Trees – Wreaths
Cleaning Products
Clothing
CD’s, DVD’s, Blu-Ray
Compost
Computers & Electronics
Concrete
Construction Materials
Corrugated Paper/Cardboard
Crayons
Curbside Trash Haulers & Recyclers
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D

 
Driveway Sealer 
Dehumidifiers
Demolition Waste
Document Destruction/Shredding
  

E

Egg Cartons
Electronics
Encyclopedias
Explosives
Eyeglasses

F

Fertilizer
Fire Extinguishers
Fireworks
Flags
Fluorescent Lamps
Food Pantries
Food Waste
Furniture

 F 

 

 

 

F

  

 

 G

Gasoline
Glass
Grass
 

H

Hangers (Clothes)
Hazardous Products

Inkjet Cartridges
Insecticides
 

J

Junk Mail

K

Kerosene
 

L

Lawn Mowers
Light Bulbs
Lumber
 

M

Magazines
Medications
Mercury
Metals, Scrap, ferrous & non-ferrous
Microwaves
Motor Oil

N

Needles – Sharps
Newspapers

P

Packing Materials
Paint – Paint Products
Paper
Pesticides
Phone Books
Plastic Bags
Plastic Bottles
Poisons
Printer Cartridges
Printers
Propane Tanks

R

Recycling Center
Rockford Recycling
Roofing / Shingles

S

Salt – Water Softener
Sand
Small Appliances
Smoke Detectors
Styrofoam/Polystyrene
Syringes – Sharps

T

Televisions
Thermometers
Thermostats
Tires
Trash Haulers
Thrift Stores

W

Wood Products

Y

Yard Waste
 
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