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Recycling
“One person’s trash is another person’s treasure”
Lillian Hart Tryon
Thank you for visiting our website to learn more about recycling. Recycling unwanted or unused items offers many benefits to you, to our community but most of all to our environment.
Environmental reasons for recycling are:
- Saving Natural Resources
- Saving Landfill Space
- Reducing Pollution and Green House Gases
- Saves Energy
Often the unwanted/unused items that clutter our living spaces can be re-used to produce new products or can be re-used by some other person. There are better ways to dispose of unwanted/unused items other than our local landfill. Therefore, Winfield Township and Winfield Township Road District have implemented a Recycling program as an alternative way to get rid of your unwanted/unused items.
Winfield Township Used Vegetable Cooking Oil Drop-off
Click here for more information
Animal Fat Not Accepted
Winfield Township Recycling Extravaganza
Save the Date September 28th, 2024
9:00AM to Noon
30W575 Roosevelt Road
West Chicago, IL 60185
Click here for all of the details about this recycling event (pdf)
To learn more about recycling opportunities visit:
SCARCE www.scarce.org
Eco-Cheat Sheet (click here)
Information for:
- Household Hazardous Waste
Unwanted Medicine Drop-off- Drop-off Locations for Used Cooking Oil
- On-Going Recycling at SCARCE
Residential & Commercial Recycling Instructions (click here)
Visit www.scarce.org for other Upcoming Recycling Events
Aerosol & Latex Paint Recycling
For proper recycling methods of Aerosol products, please follow these guidelines.
Flat Can Recycling (https://www.flatcanrecycling.com) accepts aerosol and latex-based paints for fee. Visit their website for full details.
Asbestos Recycling
To follow proper guidelines for disposing of Asbestos, please refer to asbestos.com. There you will find:
- How to handle Asbestos
- How Asbestos is recycled
- Asbestos safety
Christmas Tree Recycling
At the Highway Department December 26th through the 28th, January 2nd and 3rd and January 6th through the 10th from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Click here for more information on Christmas Tree Recycling (PDF)
Recycling information for Kids
www.oberk.com/recyclingforkids
Recycling Informational Videos
If you are curious about proper recycling methods, check out these informational videos provided by DuPage county:
DuPage County
www.dupageco.org/recycling
Conservation Foundation
www.theconservationfoundation.org