Schaumburg, IL Trash & Recycling: Recycling Requirements (2026)
Key Facts
- Residential recycling hauler
- Village's exclusive contractor only
- Scavenging fine
- § 10.99 penalty for unauthorized removal
- Multifamily duty
- Must run own program, § 96.09(C)
- Business duty
- License holders must recycle, § 96.09(D)
- Haulers
- Must offer recycling service, § 96.09(E)
Summary
Schaumburg requires every resident and refuse generator to recycle under Village Code § 96.09(A), with curbside collection handled exclusively by the village's residential service contractor and segregated recyclables set out on the regular garbage pickup day. Multifamily complexes, and every commercial or industrial business license holder, must run their own recycling collection program too.
(A)The recycling of appropriate materials shall be required by all residents and other persons disposing of refuse in the village. For residential dwellings, recycling shall be carried out exclusively by the residential service contractor. For the purpose of expediting recycling of materials in residential dwellings, all such materials shall be segregated from other portions of refuse and placed at the curb on the date of scheduled garbage pickup.(B)No person, firm or corporation shall remove such recyclable material, except the refuse or recycling collector or the owner of said material. Any person, firm or corporation removing said material other than the contractor or owner shall be fined as set forth in section 10.99 of this Code.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 56 Update 1 | Policy Manual: Supplement 20).
Full Breakdown
09 makes recycling mandatory rather than optional across the village. 02, and recyclable material must be segregated from other refuse and placed at the curb on the date of the scheduled garbage pickup. 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. 99, the village's scavenging penalty. 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. 09(D), separating recyclables from the waste stream at a minimum, though the director of community development may grant an exemption after review. 09(E).
Violations & Fines
Removing recyclable material set out for collection, other than the refuse collector or the material's owner, is fined under § 10.99 of the Code. Failing to run a required multifamily, commercial or industrial recycling program under § 96.09(C) through (E) is enforced by the director of community development and carries the chapter's general penalty at § 96.99: up to $500 per offense, with continuing violations counted daily.
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