Recycling

General recycling

The City of St Charles offers a recycling program through the City's refuse contractor, Lakeshore Recycling Systems. Details on recyclables can be found on Lakeshore Recycling System's website.

Medical Waste Disposal (Sharp Medical Objects)

Sharps, needles and syringes may be disposed through the City's refuse contractor on your regular refuse day. To discard place needles, point first, into a thick plastic bottle, like a detergent bottle. Place a cup or two of water in the container and label the container "Do Not Recycle" with a bold marker. When the container is over half full, tape the lid on with duct tape and place it in your regular refuse container on your regular refuse day.

Kane County offers recycling services to county residents including recycling of electronics and hazardous waste. Locations, acceptable items, and other information is available on the Kane County website.

Polystyrene or Styrofoam items such as egg cartons, meat trays, some fast food containers, packing materials and peanuts are not picked up by Lakeshore Recycling Systems for recycling. There are options listed below for recycling these materials. DART Container Corporation in North Aurora has a drop off location at their site. Their address, phone number and a link are provided below for information. Please note they do not accept packaging peanuts.

Recycling Styrofoam Peanuts - An alternative for packaging, shipping peanuts is taking them to the local UPS or mailing stores. They may be glad to take them. There is actually a Peanut Hotline that will give you a location in the area. The number is 800-828-2214.

DART Container Corporation
310 Evergreen Drive, North Aurora, IL
Phone: 630-896-4631

Material Guide

Used Motor Oil

Used motor oil cannot be picked up by Lakeshore Recycling Systems. These items may be taken to the Household Hazardous Waste Drop-Off in Naperville, call: 630-420-6095.

Additional recycling resources may be found at: Call2Recycle or Earth911.com.