The Solid Waste and Recycling program protects the environment and conserves our resources by encouraging recycling and reducing improper disposal of hazardous waste, and enforces applicable local and state laws pertaining to solid waste.
Phone: Fax: Email: recycle dekalbcounty. The program sponsors collection events for difficult-to-dispose of wastes such as electronics, household batteries, compact fluorescent lamps and used motor oil.
Landfill Gas Development Overview. Solid Waste Program Annual Report Glue, caulking compounds, epoxy resins, pastes, joint filers, wood putty, grout, spackling compounds, and rubber cement. Epoxies and any adhesives that are flammable, poisonous, corrosive, or contain petroleum distillates should be brought to a household hazardous waste facility or a mobile household hazardous waste collection day.
If the container is empty or the product is completely dry, it can be put in the trash. Aerosol cans that are not empty should be treated as household hazardous waste and taken to a household hazardous waste facility or our household hazardous waste collection day, they can also be taken to an aerosol product event.
Aluminum foil and aluminum trays can be recycled through most Dekalb County curbside recycling programs and at our Rural Recycling Sites located in Genoa and Somonauk. Foil should be crushed into a ball, additional aluminum foil can be added to the ball.
