Licensed haulers collect garbage, recycling, and yard waste weekly on a zoned schedule set by each city. Crystal Lake requires licensed haulers to follow the city's zone-pickup schedule, and the City of McHenry requires materials at the curb by 7:00 a.m. on your collection day.
Curbside collection in McHenry County is handled municipally through licensed haulers, not by the county. Crystal Lake's Chapter 280 requires licensees to schedule pickup of garbage, refuse, or rubbish in accordance with the city's zone-pickup schedule, coordinated so refuse and recyclables are collected the same day within each zone. The City of McHenry contracts with Flood Brothers and requires all materials to be placed at the curb by 7:00 a.m. on the scheduled collection day. Unincorporated residents arrange private hauler service. Yard waste is collected seasonally, typically from early April through early December.
Setting out at the wrong time or using an unlicensed hauler can draw municipal citations; missed pickups are resolved with the contracted hauler.
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Crystal Lake collects yard waste and food-scrap compost weekly at the curb from April 1 through November 30. Leaves and grass must go in biodegradable paper ...
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Crystal Lake and McHenry County have no ordinance specifically banning or approving residential artificial turf. Installations must still meet Unified Develo...
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Illinois' Homeowners' Native Landscaping Act bars community associations from banning native-species plantings that are kept free of weeds and don't encroach...
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Neither Crystal Lake nor McHenry County prohibits residential rain barrels or rainwater collection, and Illinois has no statewide ban. The McHenry County Sto...
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Crystal Lake uses a color-coded water-conservation system. During a declared 'Yellow' condition, odd-numbered addresses water on odd dates and even addresses...
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Crystal Lake Chapter 526 lists noxious weeds - burdock, ragweed, thistle, poison ivy, wild mustard and others - plus any unmanaged vegetation as nuisance gre...
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