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The City of Highland Park is participating as a pilot community in the Lake County Community Compost and Food Waste Reduction Grant, awarded to SWALCO by the USDA. For more information about this grant project visit the USDA Grant page.
Special Note: If a holiday falls on OR before your regularly scheduled pick up day, services will be delayed one day for the remainder of the holiday week unless otherwise notified directly by your waste hauler.
Current observed holidays:
Highland Park Recycling Center
1180 Half Day Road
Highland Park, IL. 60035
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Highland Park Recycling Center
1180 Half Day Road
Highland Park, IL. 60035
Tuesdays and the first Saturday of the month.
7 am to 1 pm
Closed on Holidays.
SWALCO also hosts three other FREE Residential Electronics Collection Drop Off locations in Lake County.
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Nearest drop off locations are:
Grayslake Recycling Center
585 Berry Avenue
Grayslake, IL. M-F 8 am to 3 pm & Saturday 8 - 12 pm
LRS
1350 N. Old Rand Road
Wauconda, IL. M - Th 8 am to 5 pm & Fridays 8 am to 4 pm
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Highland Park Recycling Center
1180 Half Day Road
Highland Park, IL. 60035
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Option 1: Year-Round Public Drop Off (Appointments are Required - CLICK HERE TO MAKE ONE)
The year-round program offers collections twice a month (except December). These events are held at SWALCO's Gurnee facility, located at 1311 North Estes Street. Please use Route 41 to Delany Road (North) to Grove (East) to Estes.
Option 2: Mobile Collection Events (First Come, First Served)
Mobile collection events take place April - November at various locations throughout Lake County. Please check our website frequently for event updates. You can also Like Us on Facebook, check us out on Twitter, Linkedin and Tumblr. Plus you can sign up for the occasional newsletter. MOBILE EVENTS for 2023 are tentatively in the works, please check back soon.
Option 3: Other Illinois Permanent HCW Facilities
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