Trash & Recycling in Macon County, IL (2026)
5 rules for unincorporated Macon County, Illinois.
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Pickup Rules & Schedules
Unincorporated Macon County residents must keep watertight, tight-lidded refuse containers sized for one-person handling unless the hauler uses automated equipment, and pickup cannot start before 6:00 a.m. Skipping regular service draws a $50 fine per verified offense under § 50.02.
Trash Container & Pickup Rules, Macon County
Some RestrictionsMacon County Code §§ 50.02(A), 50.02(B), 50.03(O)
to provide at all times, containers of sufficient size and quantity to hold all refuse between collections. Such containers shall be water tight and have a tight fitting lid or closure. Containers should be of such size as to be handled/lifted by one person unless the licensed hauler is equipped with automated collection equipment. ... (B) Any tenant, lessee, or occupant of any dwelling who d...
Bulk Item Disposal
Unincorporated Macon County residents get three large-item pickups a year through their licensed hauler under § 50.03(K)(3), each covering one appliance plus up to two other items, with a $20 surcharge for refrigerant-containing appliances. Bulky trash outside that allowance must be bundled or broken down under § 50.02(C).
Bulk Item Pickup Rules, Macon County
Some RestrictionsMacon County Code §§ 50.02(C), 50.03(K)(3)
(C) Bulky trash should be bundled or broken down into pieces of such size that they can be handled by one person unless special arrangements have been made with a licensed hauler. ... (3) Customers will be permitted three separate large item pick-ups annually. Each of these pick-ups may include removal of one household appliance such as a refrigerator, oven or dishwasher and not more than t...
Illegal Dumping
Unincorporated Macon County bans storing, dumping or discharging refuse on any property that isn't a licensed refuse disposal area. A violation of § 90.15 carries a $50 to $500 fine, and every day the dumped refuse remains counts as a separate offense.
Illegal Dumping Penalties in Macon County
Some RestrictionsMacon County Code § 90.15
(A) No person shall store, accumulate, discharge, deposit, dump or place any refuse on any premises in the county, other than a refuse disposal area for which an annual refuse area license issued by the county is in force at the time of such discharge, deposit, dumping or placing of refuse. (B) The storage of junk is exempt from the provision of this chapter provided that the zoned lot on w...
Collection Schedule
Unincorporated Macon County requires every occupied dwelling to subscribe to regular refuse collection, with a monthly minimum removal frequency under § 50.02(A). Licensed haulers must actually offer weekly refuse pickup and seasonal landscape-waste pickup for six weeks each spring and fall under § 50.03(K).
Refuse Collection Schedule, Macon County
Some RestrictionsMacon County Code §§ 50.02(A), 50.03(K)
(A) It shall be the duty of every tenant, lessee, or occupant of any dwelling, tenement house, lodging house, hotel, restaurant, boarding house, or other person, persons, firm or corporation, on whose premises kitchen and household refuse accumulates, to subscribe to regular refuse collection service ... The minimum refuse removal frequency for each property with an occupied dwelling shall be...
Recycling Rules
Unincorporated Macon County's Solid Waste chapter defines recyclables as source-separated or commingled paper, glass, plastics, and ferrous and non-ferrous metals, with single stream recycling letting residents combine those materials in one container. Recycling facilities that accept those clean materials are exempt from the county's discharge and dumping permit requirement, unlike disposal of other refuse.
Macon County Recycling Rules
Light RestrictionsMacon County Code §§ 50.01, 50.04(A)
RECYCLABLES. Source separated, commingled, and/or unsorted including but not limited to paper and paper products, glass, plastics, and ferrous and non-ferrous metals to be processed for recycling. ... SINGLE STREAM RECYCLING. Acceptable recyclables that are commingled or single-sorted into one collection container instead of being sorted into separate commodities. ... recycling facilities accep...
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