Trash & Recycling in Champaign County, IL (2026)
3 rules for unincorporated Champaign County, Illinois.
Verified from official government sources
Recycling Requirements
Illinois requires Champaign County to keep an adopted Solid Waste Management Plan emphasizing recycling. Recycling is voluntary for residents in the unincorporated area, but Champaign and Urbana provide curbside recycling and the county supports drop-off sites.
Champaign County Recycling Requirements
Some Restrictions415 ILCS 15/4
by March 1, 1995, each county with a population of less than 100,000, shall submit to the Agency an officially adopted plan for the management of municipal waste generated within its boundaries.
Illegal Dumping
Champaign County's Public Nuisance Ordinance bans dumping or accumulating garbage or debris on public or private land anywhere outside a licensed facility in the unincorporated county. Violators face a $100 minimum settlement fine or a State's Attorney prosecution with court fines up to $500 per offense, and the county can remove the material itself and lien the cleanup cost against the property.
Champaign County Illegal Dumping Penalties
Some RestrictionsChampaign County Public Nuisance Ordinance §§ 3.2.A(1), 4.4.D
A. Deposition, accumulation, maintenance or disposal other than in properly permitted and/or licensed facilities of: 1. GARBAGE or DEBRIS; ... D. The County may act to abate a public nuisance involving GARBAGE or DEBRIS upon expiration of the period specified in the notice of violation. The county, pursuant to the Illinois Counties Code (55 ILCS 5/5-1118), may provide for the removal of the GAR...
Yard Waste Collection
In unincorporated Champaign County, letting yardwaste, brush or cut timber pile up outside a licensed facility is a public nuisance under the county's Public Nuisance Ordinance. Residents must haul it to the Landscape Recycling Center in Urbana or arrange a filed collection-alternative hauler, since open burning of landscape waste is separately restricted within the county's Prohibited Burn Area.
Champaign County Yard Waste Disposal Rules
Some RestrictionsChampaign County Public Nuisance Ordinance §§ 2.2, 3.2.A(3)
A. Deposition, accumulation, maintenance or disposal other than in properly permitted and/or licensed facilities of: ... 3. yardwaste, brush or cut timber. ... LANDSCAPE WASTE COLLECTION ALTERNATIVE: Any alternative for the removal of LANDSCAPE WASTE from properties within a PROHIBITED BURN AREA other than that of an individual owner paying a fee to drop off LANDSCAPE WASTE at the Landscape Rec...
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