Land and Lakes-Garden Homes-Disposal Services

	Garbage will be collected weekly. Recycling will be collected every other week. Collection Day: Friday Garbage, recycling and landscape waste must be placed at curbside by 6:00 am on the collection day. Garbage, recycling and landscape waste must be sorted and in separate containers. Items cannot be co-mingled. If a collection day falls on a holiday Monday through Friday, collection for that week will occur one day later than the regularly scheduled day. These holidays include: New Year’s Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day. Click the following links for details: >> Garbage Collection >> Recycling >> Landscape Waste >> Download Garden Homes Services PDF	If you have any questions, please call Land & Lakes Disposal at 708-720-5100.
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	GARBAGE COLLECTION
	Disposal service for homes is $16.50 per month. 96-gallon toters can be rented from Land and Lakes. Toters will be billed to the residents at a cost of $3.00 per month. For information on renting a 96-gallon toter, call: 708-720-5100. IRefuse must be placed in heavy-duty plastic bags or containers WITH HANDLES, designed for refuse collection, that are no greater than 33 gallons in size and weigh no more than 50 pounds. One bulk item will be allowed per week. Bulk items include: Chairs, Couches Mattresses Furniture pieces Refrigerators, dishwashers Air conditioning units Washing machines, Clothes dryers Water heaters Carpeting Please note clarifications to bulk items: Refrigerator and air conditioning units must have Freon removed by a qualified service technician prior to pick up. As a safety precaution, please remove the doors from refrigerators and freezers. Carpet must be cut, rolled and bundled into 4-foot lengths. Each roll must not weigh more than 50 pounds. Carpeting and padding must be secured with tape or string. Call 708-720-5100 for a quote to remove one to four tires. White goods and automobile tires will be recycled by Land & Lakes. Residents may rent an additional 96-gallon, wheeled toter by calling Land & Lakes at 708-720-5100.		Small home improvement project debris will be collected provided it is properly contained in a can and/or bundled and does not to exceed 50 pounds in weight. Large amounts of homeowner-generated construction debris will require roll-off containers and/or dumpsters which are available through Land & Lakes at 708-720-5100 at an additional cost. Restricted Items for GARBAGE COLLECTION The following items will NOT be collected: Landscape waste mixed with garbage Roofing materials Large automotive parts Sod, dirt, boulders and rocks Fencing Permanent swimming pools Liquids Autofluff Medical wastes Charcoal and hot ash Materials from floods or fires or evictions. Materials too large for the collection vehicle or for one person to lift. Hazardous waste such as flammable liquids (gasoline, solvents, paints), RCRA hazardous wastes, radioactive wastes, automotive batteries, corrosive materials (acids/bases), PCB wastes, toxic materials, insecticides, oil, anti-freeze. (Please call Illinois Environmental Protection Agency at 217-782-9285 for directions regarding disposal of these items.) Top
	RECYCLING
	Recycling is OPTIONAL for Garden Homes’ residents. The cost of recycling is $1.25 per month. To obtain an 18-gallon bin for recycling, please call Land and Lakes Disposal at 708-720-5100. Additional bins are available for $6.00. Items acceptable for recycling include: PAPER Please place these items in paper bags. Newspapers, newsprint, mixed paper and junk mail Cardboard boxes (flattened) Chipboard boxes (cereal, shoe, beverage cartons) Brown paper grocery bags Phone books Magazines Pizza boxes GLASS Please rinse. Dispose of caps. Clear jars and bottles Green jars and bottles Blue jars and bottles Brown jars and bottles METALS Please rinse and remove labels. Food and beverage cans Aluminum Steel Metal Aluminum foil Pie tins		PLASTICS Please rinse and crush containers. Dispose of caps. PET #1 – 2-liter or other size beverage containers HDPE #2 – milk and water jugs, laundry and household detergent bottles PVC #3 – vegetable oil bottles, window cleaner and detergent bottles LDPE #4 – food grade bottles PP #5 – yogurt cups and syrup bottles Other #7 plastics Restricted items for GLASS The following glass items will NOT be collected: Windows Plate glass Dishes Ceramics Glass cookware Light bulbs Restricted items for PLASTICS The following plastic items will NOT be collected: Plastic bags Polystyrene (#6) or Styrofoam products such as take-out containers or plates Bottles that contained motor oils Bottles that contained pesticides Bottles that contained chemicals Top
	LANDSCAPE WASTE
	Landscape waste will be picked up from April 1st through November 30th. There is NO additional charge for this service. Yard waste is included in the cost of your disposal service. Yard waste must be separate from garbage and recycling. All yard waste must be placed in alley and clearly labeled for the driver to identify. Yard waste must be placed in a biodegradable PAPER yard waste bag available at local retail stores or in a CLEARLY identified container that is no greater than 35-gallons and weighs no more than 50 pounds. ALL reusable containers for yard waste must be labeled “Yard Waste Only.”		Sod is not yard waste and will not be collected. Brush and branches must be contained, bagged, or bundled and tied. All pieces must be cut into 4-foot lengths or less. Branches should be less than 2 1/2” in diameter. Shrubs and brush must be free of stone and dirt. Restricted Items for Landscape waste The following items will NOT be collected: Sod Dirt Boulders Rocks Top