Oak Lawn, IL Trash & Recycling: Bulk Item Disposal (2026)
Key Facts
- Free bulk items
- 1 per week
- Size/weight limit
- 4 feet, 60 pounds max
- Extra items
- contractor fee required
- Tires/appliances/e-waste
- fee-based, arranged separately
- Christmas trees
- free first 3 weeks of January
Summary
Oak Lawn lets residents set out one bulk item free each week, furniture, appliances, or bundled construction debris, with regular refuse pickup. Extra items, tires, white goods, and electronics require a paid contractor pickup arranged separately.
B. Only one of the following listed items may be placed out for pick up, without additional charge, each week: 1. Furniture and large household goods, to include, but not be limited to, hot water heaters, sofas, dressers, lamps, chairs, tables, mattresses, rolls of carpet (not more than 4 feet in length).
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: 2026 S-15: Code current through: Ord. 26-09-22, passed April 28, 2026).
Full Breakdown
Oak Lawn Village Code § 8-5-7(B) allows one bulk item out for free collection each week: furniture and large household goods (water heaters, sofas, dressers, mattresses, carpet rolls under 4 feet), up to 60 pounds of sod, earth, or rock in a container, or bundled household construction material, furnaces, bathtubs, doors, windows, under 4 feet and 60 pounds. Setting out extra items requires contacting the village contractor for an additional fee. Tires, white goods, electronics, and household hazardous waste are fee-based pickups arranged directly with the contractor under § 8-5-7(E). Brush bundles under 60 pounds and 4 feet collect with regular landscape pickup April through mid-December under § 8-5-7(D).
Violations & Fines
Setting out more than one bulk item weekly without arranging contractor pickup means it goes uncollected: extra items, tires, appliances, and hazardous waste all require separate paid arrangements with the village contractor.
Frequently Asked Questions
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