New Spanish Recycling Guidelines are available

Nueva Reglas de Reciclaje están disponible. Por favor revisar el nuevo volante para los detalles!

FIRST HCW Mobile Event of 2019..Antioch here we come!

The first HCW Mobile event for 2019 is planned for Saturday, April 27 running from 8:00 am to 2:30 pm. NO APPOINTMENTS NEEDED.

2019 Annual Rain Barrel, Compost Bin & Native Plant Sale

Swing on by to stroll through lovely Independence Grove Forest Preserve and perhaps add to your growing collection of native plants and/or pick up just one more barrel for the sake of your garden! Hope to see you there!

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One Day ONLY Special Electronics Recycling Event for Lake County BUSINESSES, SCHOOLS & GOVERNMENT

This one day special event will be held on Tuesday, April 23, 2019 from 8:00 am to 12:00 pm at the Lake County DOT facility located at 600 W. Winchester Road in Libertyville. Recycling fees will be assessed for televisions and cathode ray tube monitors ($...

HCW Public Drop Events for April - Get your appointment today!

SWALCO’s HCW collection program diverts HCW from the municipal waste stream by sending it to IEPA approved recycling and reuse facilities thereby reducing the volume and toxicity of our municipal waste stream. Our HCW program is a hybrid program consistin...

Preparing your Household Chemical Waste for Drop Off - TidBit

Please visit our "How to Prepare your HCW for Delivery" page - This will provide you with the information you need!

Thank you for your consideration.

NO LATEX PAINT, Please!

The IEPA states "At every collection, in every part of the state, paint is the most common material delivered by Illinois citizens. Today's latex (water-based) paint has a very low level of toxicity. Disposing of it at a household hazardous waste col...

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Our Gurnee Facility DOES NOT collect ELECTRONICS

There are (4) sites available in Lake County for residential electronics recycling. Please visit our Electronics page for more information.

Our Administrative Staff hours vs. HCW Drop-Off Events

All household chemical waste drop-off events at our Gurnee facility are by APPOINTMENT ONLY. 

We truly understand how frustrating it can be to “do the right thing” – it take extra time and effort (and even gas money) but the fact is our HCW progra...