The new 2012-2013 Kane County Recycles Green Guide is available! Please refer to this publication for the most up to date information on recycling, as we are in the process of updating the individual pages linked at left.

You may view or download it here or if you would like a paper copy and did not receive one, please call 630-208-3841 to have one mailed to your address.

Stop Junk Mail for Good!

Correction to printed guide information!
Oops! Please note that the Direct Mail phone number offered on page 5 of the guide is a marketing number. You cannot remove your address from the lists by calling this number. Please use one of the methods below.

By mail: Send a letter with your name (or names) and address on it requesting removal from all mailing lists, sign it, enclose a $1 processing fee, and send it to:

Benefits of Recycling

Our efforts have helped eliminate the need for 14 new landfills in Illinois over the past 20 years, saving more than 2,400 acres of land from becoming permanent dumping grounds for our garbage.

Paper recycling in Kane County alone saves the equivalent of 70,000 trees each year.

Recycling in Kane County also eliminates more than 5,000 tons of air pollutants and 800 tons of water pollution each year.

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2011 Kane County Diversion Data

In 2011 Kane County’s curbside recycling programs diverted over 43% of waste from the landfills - that means that almost half of our residential and commercial waste was recycled and mulched or composted rather than buried! These recyclable and organic materials are valuable resources that can be returned to the cycle and reused again and again! Thank you for your commitment to recycling!