Yard Waste Pick Up & Disposal Service

Residential Yard Waste Season is April 1 – November 30

Yard waste is banned from Illinois landfills.

  • Yard waste can be placed in brown paper yard waste bags or in yard waste carts.

  • Yard waste cannot be placed inside plastic garbage bags.

  • Yard waste bags and containers cannot exceed 50 pounds each and should be able to be reasonably lifted by one person.

  • Bundled and tied branches should be cut to 3-4 foot lengths.

  • Yard waste is picked up on regularly scheduled garbage days.

Some village waste programs require yard waste stickers to be purchased and attached to each bag of yard waste. Yard waste stickers can be purchased at our offices in Homewood, Park Forest and Tinley Park or at vendor locations listed below.

What is Yard Waste?

Yard Waste Includes

  • Grass Clippings
  • Leaves
  • Dead Plants
  • Sticks
  • Bundled Branches

Not Yard Waste

  • Dirt and Rock
  • Pet Waste
  • Stumps
  • Sod
  • Food Scraps

How Do I Prepare My Yard Waste For Pick Up?

Collection Methods

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In a Separate Yard Waste Cart or in a Personal Can

Many villages have provided residents a separate yard waste cart for each home. Other villages have the availability for residents to add a yard waste cart to their current service level.

yard waste bags at the curb

In a Paper Biodegradable Yard Waste Bag

Some village waste programs require yard waste stickers to be purchased and attached to each bag of yard waste. Yard waste bags can be purchased at your local grocery store or hardware store. Yard waste stickers can be purchased at our offices in Homewood, Park Forest and Tinley Park or at vendor locations listed below.

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Wrapped as Small Bundles of Branches

Small bundled branches can be place at the curb for collection. Some villages also require yard waste stickers to be attached to these bundles.

Each village has selected its own method for yard waste collection. Please enter your village below to find out how to place your yard waste out for collection.

Please note, your yard waste service is designed for weekly residential yard maintenance. We do not collect material like stumps, large branches, rock and brick generated by commercial tree trimming or large landscaping projects.

How Do I Prepare My Yard Waste For Pick Up?

Homewood Disposal accepts residential yard waste at the curb in three ways: carts, personal cans, and brown paper yard waste bags. Each village has selected its own method for yard waste disposal. Please enter your village below to find out how to place yard waste out for collection in your neighborhood.

In a Separate Yard Waste Cart or Can

In a Biodegradable Yard Waste Bag

Wrapped as Small Bundles of Branches

Does my village use yard waste stickers?
Should I use bags, a cart, or my own can for yard waste?

I live in the Village of

Where Do I Buy Yard Waste Stickers?

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Beecher
Walt’s |  1111 Dixie Highway
Village of Beecher |  625 Dixie Highway

Chebanse
Village of Chebanse |  228 Walnut Street

Clifton
Village of Clifton |  415 Elliott

Country Club Hills
City of Country Club Hills  |  4200 W Main Street

Flossmoor
Village of Flossmoor  |  2800 Flossmoor Road

Frankfort
Alsip Nursery  |  20601 S LaGrange
Park Ace Hardware  |  21150 S LaGrange Road
Golden Gate Nursery  |  22200 LaGrange Road
Jewel Food Store  |  21164 S LaGrange Road
Village of Frankfort  |  432 Nebraska Street
Currency Exchange  |  9500 W Lincoln Highway

Glenwood
Village of Glenwood  |  1 Asselborn Way
Glenwood Amstar  |  18659 Halsted Street

Homer Glen
Jewel Osco  |  14200 S Bell Road

Homewood
Homewood Disposal Office  |  1501 W. 175th Street
Ebel’s Ace Hardware  |  18320 Governors Highway
MJM Mobil |  17500 Dixie Highway
Five M Oil |  2000 Ridge Road
Jewel Osco |  17705 S Halsted Street

Manteno
Berkot’s Foods |  451 Locust Street
Whitmore Ace Hardware |  361 Locust Street

Markham
City of Markham |  16313 Kedzie Parkway

Matteson
Timber Ridge Trailer Park |  21700 S Ridgeland Ave.

Mokena
Berkot’s |  20005 Wolf Road
Village of Mokena |  11004 Carpenter Street
Whitmore Ace Hardware |  11600 Francis Road
Brookhaven Marketplace |  19818 S LaGrange Road

New Lenox
Berkot’s |  2141 Calistoga, Drive
Jewel Osco |  2021 W Laraway Road
Jewel Osco |  475 Nelson Road
Village of New Lenox |  1 Veterans Parkway
Whitmore Ace Hardware |  358 W. Maple Road

Olympia Fields
Village of Olympia Fields |  20040 Governors Highway

Orland Park
Jewel Food Store |  17930 S Wolf Road

Park Forest
Homewood Disposal Park Forest Office |  30 South Street
Park Forest Area E Co-Op |  66 Fir Street
Park Forest Area B Co-Op |  206 Birch Street
Park Forest Area J Co-Op |  294 Lakewood Blvd.
7 Eleven |  425 Sauk Trail
Village of Park Forest |  350 Victory Drive

Tinley Park
(Note: The Village of Tinley Park does NOT require yard waste stickers.)
Homewood Disposal Tinley Park Office | 17726 S. Oak Park Ave.
Park Ace Hardware |  16725 S. Oak Park Ave.

University Park
Village of University Park  |  698 Burnham Drive
PK Pantry |  25808 S Western Ave.

Where Do I Buy Yard Waste Stickers?

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