Bolingbrook, IL Trash & Recycling: Bin Placement Rules (2026)
Key Facts
- Governing section
- Code of Ordinances § 42-4
- Curb-out time
- No earlier than 6:00 p.m. day before
- Curb pickup time
- Off curb by 7:00 p.m. pickup day
- Toter unit max size
- 6 ft wide x 4 ft deep x 6 ft tall
- Fine range
- $30.00 to $500.00 per offense
Summary
Bolingbrook residents may not store garbage carts in view of the street except within a compatible, earth-tone Toter enclosure. Carts go to the curb no earlier than 6 p.m. the night before pickup and must be off the curb by 7 p.m. on collection day, under Sec. 42-4.
(a)Receptacles of residential waste-Storage requirements. Except within the allowed time of placement for collection as defined herein, it is unlawful for receptacles of residential waste, whether containing items or empty, to be stored in any location in view of any public right-of-way, and in no event shall garbage or recyclable material be stored in streets or parkways or outside of any dwelling; provided, however, that Toter storage units may be used on the side of a building or dwelling unit so long as the Toter storage unit is compatible with the building or dwelling unit and is of neutral color or earth tone....(d)Time of placement for collection. Receptacle of residential waste or one-way garbage bags may be placed at the curb no earlier than 6:00 p.m. on the day prior to the scheduled garbage pick-up. It shall be unlawful for any receptacle of residential waste or one-way garbage bag to remain at the curb or otherwise not properly stored after 7:00 p.m. on the scheduled garbage pickup-up date.
Full Breakdown
Section 42-4 governs how residential waste receptacles are stored and set out. Subsection (a) forbids storing a receptacle of residential waste, whether full or empty, anywhere visible from a public right-of-way, and bars storing garbage or recyclables in streets, parkways or outside a dwelling at all, except that a Toter storage unit, a six-sided weatherproof enclosure capped at six feet wide, four feet deep and six feet tall under Sec. 42-1's definitions, may be used on the side of a building if it is compatible with the structure and a neutral or earth-tone color.
Subsection (b) requires that only a one-way garbage bag or an approved receptacle of residential waste be used for collection; ordinary garbage cans cannot be left at the curb unless the can itself is meant to be picked up as refuse. Subsection (c) requires one-way bags to be securely fastened by stapling or twist-tying and watertight. on pickup day itself; the same window applies to landscape waste under Sec. 42-7. Subsection (e) makes clear that homeowner association rules that are equally or more restrictive than the village's still control. Violations are enforced under Sec. 00 per offense, escalating for repeat violations within 12 months.
Violations & Fines
Leaving a receptacle or bag at the curb outside the 6:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. window, or storing it in view of the right-of-way outside an approved Toter enclosure, violates Sec. 42-4 and is fined $30.00 to $500.00 per offense under Sec. 42-10, with fines rising for repeat violations within 12 months.
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