Residential Electronics Recycling Program
***SPECIAL NOTICE***
The Grant Township Residential Electronics Recycling Drop Off Site has permanently closed, effective November 30, 2025. Please utilize the other Electronics Drop-Off Locations or refer to the Your Neighborhood Program page to see if your municipality offers additional electronics recycling opportunities.
THE SWALCO RESIDENTIAL ELECTRONICS RECYCLING PROGRAM IS FOR LAKE COUNTY RESIDENTS ONLY
SWALCO DOES NOT accept electronics at the Gurnee Household Chemical Waste Facility
SWALCO supports three (3) Year-Round Residential Electronics Recycling Drop-Off Locations within Lake County. Check the Your Neighborhood Program page to see if your municipality offers additional electronics recycling opportunities.
Three SWALCO-supported Year-Round Residential Electronics Recycling Drop-Off Locations are OPEN and free to Lake County residents during the listed hours of operation; appointments are not required. Please visit our Year-Round Drop-Off Locations page for locations, hours of operation, and additional information.
On January 1, 2012 the Illinois Electronic Products Recycling and Reuse Act established a landfill ban for specific electronic devices. Electronic items such as televisions, monitors, computers, and printers are some of the most common items that are no longer allowed in the regular trash (see our Accepted/Non-acceptable Items page for a list of acceptable and prohibited electronics). Additionally, on August 25, 2017, Governor Rauner signed the Consumer Electronics Recycling Act (CERA), which modernizes many elements of the electronics recycling program in Illinois by establishing a convenience standard for electronics recycling that ensures a minimum number of collection locations in each participating Illinois county. CERA is scheduled to be repealed on December 31, 2026.
The electronics recycling company designated by the Act to service the SWALCO collection sites for 2025 is ERI.