Bolingbrook, IL Trash & Recycling: Recycling Requirements (2026)
Key Facts
- Program type
- Village-wide curbside recycling
- Materials collected
- Metal, glass, newsprint, plastic
- Fine for violation
- $100 to $500 per day
- Container storage rule
- Out of street view until pickup
- Ownership at curb
- Materials become village property
Summary
Bolingbrook operates a village-wide curbside recycling program under § 42-9, run through the village's contract waste hauler with village-issued containers for metal, glass, newsprint and plastic. Containers must stay out of view except on collection day, and once material is set at the curb it becomes village and hauler property, so scavenging it is a $100 to $500 violation.
(a)Established; containers. The village board has established a village-wide curbside recycling program to be operated by the village and the village's contract waste hauler to provide for the separation of certain designated recyclable materials from normal household refuse for placement in specially designed containers. ... (d)Materials collected. The initial curbside recycling program will provide for the separation of metal, glass, newsprint and plastic from normal household refuse for placement in the recycling container and collection from the normal collection point on the regular designated pickup day. ... (e)Penalty. The penalty for violation of this section shall be not less than $100.00 nor more than $500.00, and each day during or on which a violation occurs or continues shall constitute a separate offense.
Full Breakdown
Village Code § 42-9 establishes the curbside recycling program the village board created for separating designated recyclables from household refuse. Subsection (a) makes clear the special containers are for storing and setting out recyclable materials only, at the curbside collection point on the designated pickup day. Under subsection (b), each household must give its container normal, reasonable care; whoever purchased the container (the homeowner, the contract hauler, or the village, depending on how it was supplied) is responsible for replacing it, and abusing, stealing or misusing a container is itself a violation.
Subsection (c) requires containers to be stored inside the home or behind the structure, out of view from the public right-of-way, until the collection window set in § 42-4. Subsection (d) lists the materials collected, currently metal, glass, newsprint and plastic, with the village able to expand that list and notify residents of changes; once recyclables are set at the curb they become the property of the village and its contract hauler, and it is unlawful for anyone else to remove them, a direct bar on scavenging recycling bins. Subsection (e) sets the penalty for violating any part of the section.
Violations & Fines
Section 42-9(e) fixes the fine for violating the recycling program, including container theft or misuse and removing recyclables from the curb, at not less than $100.00 nor more than $500.00, with each day a violation continues treated as a separate offense. The broader chapter 42 enforcement scheme in § 42-10 also lets the code enforcement division investigate, cite, and abate.
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