Household hazardous waste disposal in Illinois is done in line with guidelines set by the Illinois Department of the Environment. Items in the below list of "acceptable" household hazardous wastes, may be brought to the following site, during the weekend hours indicated, year round:

Fire Station #4

In addition to this permanent site, the City of Chicago, suburban Cook County, and each of the other Illinois counties in northeastern Illinois, has twice yearly hazardous household waste collections, which are done at rotating sites, on varying dates. You may use the web sites, e-mails and phone numbers listed below to get information on the next Household Hazardous Waste Collection Day near you.

Chicago: 312-742-4805 or go to www. cityofchicago.org/Environment/SolidWaste/HazardousWaste.html

Suburban Cook County (south or west): 708-450-0100 or go to www.westcook.org/search.asp

Suburban Cook County (north or northwest): 847-296-9205 or go to www.swancc.org

DuPage County: see above site in Naperville or phone 630-682-7413

Kane County: 630-208-3841 or Mielke204@aol.com or

www.co.kane.il.us/Environment/recyhhw.htm

Lake County (IL): 847-336-9340 or go to www.swalco.org

McHenry County: 815-334-4560

Will County: 815-727-8834 or e-mail: wservices@willcountylanduse.com