Berwyn, IL Trash & Recycling: Pickup Rules & Schedules (2026)

Section 1060.07 of the Berwyn Code of Ordinances, last amended by Ord. 15-40 on November 10, 2015, controls who can pick up waste and how it must be set out. Division (A) says no scavenger, collector or other person, other than the designated and authorized private collector or disposal contractor, can collect or remove the contents of, or disturb, any receptacle for any class of waste defined in § 1060.01. The same bar covers electronic waste or parts of it left in receptacles. For noncommercial residences, no person, collector or disposal contractor can contract with an owner or tenant for removal of garbage, refuse, landscape waste or recyclable materials, and any such contract is a violation of the chapter and a fraud upon the consumer.

Division (B) makes it unlawful to dispose of garbage, refuse, landscape or yard waste or recyclable materials anywhere in the city except by placing it in appropriate containers for collection by the city, by the approved garbage disposal contractor or by a private scavenger service designated by the city. Noncommercial residences operate under a contract with the city, meaning single-family homes and buildings of four or fewer units. Commercial residential units and commercial properties contract with licensed garbage disposal contractors or private scavenger services. Related pickup limits appear nearby.

Section 1060.04(D) lists what the city will not remove, including old furnaces, pipes, gutters, plaster, debris from remodeling and manure. Section 1060.10(E) makes it unlawful to place landscape waste for pickup unless it is in city-approved containers or bags. Section 1060.02 puts all collection matters under the Director of Public Works.