Garbage and Recycling Pick Up in New Lenox, IL

Service Update – Starting October 1, 2024

extra garbageExtra Refuse Stickers are no longer needed for most New Lenox residents.
Do you sometimes have extra garbage that won’t fit in your cart? Additional material placed at the curb in personal garbage cans or bags will now be collected at no additional charge. Red refuse stickers are no longer required for residents who have a 95-gallon or 65-gallon cart. Please note, additional cans or bags must not exceed 32-gallons in size.

Residents who have a small 35-gallon cart will continue to place one red sticker on each item placed outside of the cart. This also applies to any garbage paced within a yard waste cart during the off-season. Refuse stickers for all 35-gallon cart households (Senior and Non-Senior) will increase to $2.70/sticker and are available at Berkots, Jewel and Village Hall. View details > Recent Water Bill Insert

Residents of New Lenox receive garbage, recycling and yard waste service from Homewood Disposal. We’re a family-owned and operated garbage company dedicated to serving local communities in Chicagoland & NW Indiana since 1956. We pride ourselves in serving your neighborhood with “the kind of service others only promise.”

Residents in unincorporated areas of New Lenox: Please CLICK HERE to review or setup your individual service.

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Waste Services in New Lenox

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Weekly Garbage Pick Up

• Weekly pick up for the Village of New Lenox residents is on Thursday and Friday.

• Click “Collection Schedule” to find out what day your home is serviced.

• Customers are billed quarterly by Homewood Disposal Service and pay HDS directly for waste services.

• A minimum cart service is required for all homes in the Village. Garbage carts are green in New Lenox and are available in 35-gallon, 65-gallon, and 95-gallon sizes. Click here to select your cart size, add a cart, switch carts sizes and start weekly service at your location.

• Extra Waste
– Garbage that does not fit in your cart should be placed in your own 32-gallon garbage bags or garbage can and placed at the curb. No additional charge.

Residents with small 35-gallon cart service are required to purchase RED Extra Refuse stickers at Village Hall, Jewel or Berkots and adhere them to extra garbage bags.

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Recycling Pick Up

• Recyclables are picked up every other week on your regular pick up day.

• Each home in the Village of New Lenox has been provided with a brown 65-gallon recycle cart.

• This 65-gallon recycle cart is for recyclable materials only.

What Can I Recycle? >

Yard Waste Service Bag Sticks

Seasonal Yard Waste

• Yard waste season is April 1 – November 30.

• Grass clippings, leaves, branches, etc. are considered yard waste (no dirt or rock).

• By Illinois State Law, yard waste must NOT be mixed with your garbage.

Yard Waste Bags and Branches
• All yard waste must be placed in brown paper yard waste bags with a green yard waste sticker attached. Green stickers can be purchased at the Village Hall, Berkots or Jewel in New Lenox.

• Branches should be cut into 3-4 foot lengths and be no wider than 6 inches in diameter. Branches can be placed in the yard waste bag or put in reasonable-sized bundles tied with twine or string. Each bundle must have a yard waste sticker attached.

Yard Waste Carts
Are you tired of buying yard waste stickers and dragging heavy yard waste bags? Are you consistently creating yard waste each week? Large 95-gallon wheeled yard waste carts are available to rent. No stickers are needed for any yard waste within the cart. We’ll be there weekly to empty it. See the online order form.

Special Winter Program for Yard Waste Carts
During the off season (December 1 – March 31) your yard waste cart will not be in use. But, for your convenience, 95-gallon and 65-gallon garbage service customers can use their yard waste cart for any extra garbage. No additional charge and no RED stickers are needed.

This special winter program is not available for customers with 35-gallon service. 35-gallon customers are paying for a smaller service level and always need to purchase RED Extra Refuse stickers and apply them to each bag of waste that does not fit in their cart.

Additional Services in Your Neighborhood

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Start Service / Add Cart

Is your current cart quickly filling up each week? Add an additional cart to your weekly pick up.

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Large (Bulk) Waste Pick Up

Tossing a sofa, mattress or cabinet? The disposal of one large item each week is included with your service.

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Electronic  Waste Pick Up

Electronic pick up is included with your service. Schedule a special pick up with us.

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Disposal Tips for Unique Waste

Not sure what to do with paint, appliances or carpet? We have the answer to your unique disposal questions.

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Extra Waste

Do you have more waste than your cart can hold this week?

Garbage that does not fit in your cart should be placed in your own 32-gallon garbage bags or garbage can. The extra waste will be picked up at no additional charge for residents with 95-gallon or 65-gallon cart service.

Residents with small 35-gallon cart service – Each additional bag that does not fit in your cart must have a RED Village of New Lenox extra refuse sticker attached to it. A full can of extra waste must have 3 stickers attached to it. Stickers can be purchased at the Village Hall, Berkots or Jewel in New Lenox.

Frequently Asked Questions

There are six holidays each year that may affect your pick up: New Year’s Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day, and Christmas Day. If your pick up falls on one of these holidays or after one of these holidays, your pick up will be delayed one day for that week only. More Details >

Top Tips for Recycling:
1. Place clean and dry items in your recycling cart.
2. Do not place any type of plastic bag inside your recycling cart.
3. Do not place your recyclables inside of plastic bags, keep them loose.

Basic Recycling is Better Recycling
Cardboard, paper, cans, cartons, bottles, tubs and jugs are always recyclable. More details can be found on our recycling pages.

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  • Please have all material at the curb by 6am on your pick up day. It can help to place your material at the curb the night before your pick up.
  • How to place your cart(s) at the curb for efficient service Learn More >
  • Please place your garbage in bags before you put it in your cans or carts. This helps prevent materials from blowing out of the can and also reduces odor in your container.
  • All carts are owned by Homewood Disposal. Serial numbers have been recorded and designated to each address. In the event you move out of the home, the cart must remain at the original address. Please do not put your address on your cart.

Homewood Disposal started in 1956 serving just the towns of Homewood and Flossmoor, Illinois. Over the decades, we’ve expanded and we now provide residential, commercial, and industrial waste services in over 80 local communities throughout Chicagoland and NW Indiana.

Other local companies joined us, including Nuway Disposal, Star Disposal and Kankakee Disposal. You may still see those names on waste containers in the area. No matter which of our names you recognize, we operate under the same loyalty, integrity, and the same trusted teal color.

“My three year old son loves garbage trucks and usually watches from the window. Today we watched from the driveway and driver Ryan waved and talked to my son from the truck. It made his entire day. I can’t tell you how excited my son was!”
Tinley Park Resident

“Driver Mark has outstanding character, sons were outside selling lemonade and plants and the driver encouraged their business, true professionalism.”

Mokena Resident
“I just wanted to inform the company on how nice, pleasant, and respectful the workers are that pick my garbage up. They go above and beyond to accommodate us ladies that have some health challenges.”
University Park Resident

“Working with Homewood Disposal over the many years has been a pleasure. They always meet our needs and really seem to care about their customers. I always recommend Homewood Disposal Services to our new franchise owners!”

Joe Aurelio, Aurelio's Pizza

“Our driver is amazing and always goes above and beyond. Happened to be looking out the window, and saw him get out of his truck to move the neighbor’s cans away from a car so he can dump them. He also picked up loose garbage that was scattered on the ground.”

Homewood Resident
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