Curbside Recycling Items

New Lenox Curbside Program accepts:

• All types of paper (includes - newspaper, office paper, unwanted mail, colored paper, magazines, phone books, catalogs, paperback books, construction paper, note paper, greeting cards, envelopes, Post It notes, maps, receipts, coupons, ticket stubs)
• Corrugated Cardboard (includes clean pizza boxes)
• Chipboard/Paperboard (includes the interior of the toilet paper rolls)
• Aluminum cans (foil currently excluded) 
• Empty dried paint cans
• Glass Bottles & Jars  
• Plastic #1 & #2 Containers  
• Plastic #3 & #4 Containers   
• Plastic #5 & #7 Containers
• Steel/Tin Cans 

Does NOT include -  Plastic #6, Styrofoam, Plastic Bags or Film, Plastic Six-Pack Rings, Contaminated Paper
Some additional items accepted at the Will County - New Lenox Township Drop-Off
 

    Refuse & Recycling Contract

Drop-Off Programs

• Traditional Recycling:

   

  New Lenox Township
  1100 S. Cedar Road
  815-485-6431
  Open Monday - Friday 1pm-3:30pm
  4th Saturday of the month 8am-Noon

  Includes: Aluminum Foil & Trays, Empty Aerosol Cans, Drink Boxes/Juice Pouches, Cardboard.
   

  Medication Take Back:

  New Lenox Police Department

  701 West Haven Avenue
  815-462-6100

  Monday-Friday 8am-5pm (no needles).

   

  Motor Oil and Antifreeze Recycling:

  New Lenox Township
  1100 S. Cedar Road
  815-485-6431
  Open Monday - Friday 1pm - 3:30pm
  4th Saturday of the month 8am - Noon
  Requires motor oil to be seperate from gasoline.
   

   

   

  Click this Hotlink for information on Battery disposal and recycling options

  Click this Hotlink for information on Compact Fluorescent Light (CFL) recycling

  Click this Hotlink for information on disposing of Household Hazardous Waste

  Click this Hotlink for other locations to take Latex Paint for recycling