Schaumburg, IL Trash & Recycling: Recycling Requirements (2026)

Section 96.09 makes recycling mandatory rather than optional across the village. For residential dwellings, recycling has to be carried out exclusively by the residential service contractor under exclusive contract per § 96.02, and recyclable material must be segregated from other refuse and placed at the curb on the date of the scheduled garbage pickup. Required residential recyclables, defined in § 96.01, include glass food and beverage bottles and jars, steel, aluminum and bimetal containers, plastic codes one through five and seven, cardboard, mixed paper and newsprint.

Removing set-out recyclable material is restricted to the refuse or recycling collector or the material's owner; anyone else who takes it is fined under § 10.99, the village's scavenging penalty. Every multifamily dwelling complex must establish and run its own recycling collection program under § 96.09(C): recycling areas for residents have to sit in convenient, maintained common-area locations with separate containers for temporary storage, the owner has to keep those areas clean, sanitary and litter-free, and owners must run an educational campaign to build resident participation.

Every holder of a business license for a commercial or industrial establishment must likewise establish and institute a program to collect commercial recyclable materials under § 96.09(D), separating recyclables from the waste stream at a minimum, though the director of community development may grant an exemption after review. Every business license holder for refuse collection itself must offer recycling service and be equipped to collect recyclable material under § 96.09(E).