Garbage & Recycling

By Village Code, plastic bags or Groot toters are the only garbage containers permitted.

Refuse toters are available in 65-gallon and 95-gallon sizes. A 35-gallon size is available for senior/hardship-rate participants. The toter's lid must be shut tightly. Additional bags or items that will not fit securely in the toter will be collected if set out at the curb next to the toter.  

For information regarding toter service or to request a toter, contact the Village at 847-843-4824.

Bags cannot exceed 32 gallons in capacity, and bags or boxes cannot exceed 50 pounds in weight. Overweight or overcapacity containers will not be picked up. Furthermore, bags must be securely tied shut, and boxes must be sealed in such a fashion that no trash can fall, blow away, or leak out.

If residents must store trash bins outside on non-collection days, Village Code requires that all storage and toters must be set behind the front building line.

• Regular Curb Service: $19.95
• Senior Curb Service: $6.65
• Yard Waste Toter: $30/year (billed $2.50/month)

*Beginning May 1, 2025, recycling and refuse toters and unlimited yard waste pickup are included in the service rate. 

For billing questions, contact the Village at 847-843-4824.

Garbage, recycling, and compostable material including yard waste are all picked up once a week on the same day in each service area. Different trucks collect the different types of material, so they are not picked up at the same time. Routes for trucks may vary weekly and service dates may vary on weeks that observe holidays.

• On Monday, residences NORTH of the Jane Addams Memorial Tollway (I-90) are serviced.
• On Wednesday, residences SOUTH of the Jane Addams Memorial Tollway (I-90), including residences west of Bartlett Road, are serviced.

See the Community Information Map for Service Areas 

If the holiday falls on or before your scheduled day of collections, service will be delayed by one day for the remainder of the holiday week. If the Holiday falls on a Sunday, Groot will observe the Holiday on Monday, delaying service by one day for the remainder of the week. When this is expected to happen, the Village notifies residents in that month's issue of the Citizen Newsletter. The following holidays will affect the regularly scheduled collections:

• New Year's Day
• Memorial Day
• Independence Day
• Labor Day
• Thanksgiving Day
• Christmas Day