Garbage and Recycling in Unincorporated Lockport

We also offer weekly pickup service to unincorporated areas of Romeoville, Lemont and Homer Glen.

Request a Quote or Call 708-798-1004 to Start Service

Homewood Disposal is ready to provide the residents in unincorporated areas of Lockport with residential garbage and recycling service. Give us a call or request a quote online to get started. We also provide weekly garbage service for homes in unincorporated areas of Romeoville, Lemont and Homer Glen. We’re sometimes referred to as NuWay Disposal in your area.

You can count on us each week to remove your waste and dispose of it in a manner that safeguards our natural resources and the environment for the next generation. We also provide dumpster rental service for your temporary cleanup projects. Do you keep forgetting which week is recycling week? Call us! We’re happy to mail or email you an every-other week recycling schedule.


Do you live Lockport Township?
Residents in Lockport Township already have services setup through our agreement with Lockport Township. Click Here for a map of the area to see if your home is included within the Lockport Township agreement. You can always call 708-798-1004 with questions.

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Waste Services in Unincorporated Lockport

Weekly Garbage Pick Up

• Service includes weekly pick up

• Customers are billed quarterly by Homewood Disposal.

• Garbage may be placed in garbage bags or within your own 32-gallon cans weighing no more than 50 pounds each.

• Large 95-gallon wheeled garbage carts are available to rent. See our online order form.

•  If you have a large amount of extra garbage from a clean up project that won’t fit in cans or bags, place it neatly at the curb in a manageable pile that one driver can handle.

Recycling curbside service weekly

Recycling Pick Up

• Recycling service is available in for an additional charge.

• Recycling service is picked up every-other week.

• Please contact us for more details about this adding curbside recycling pick up

• Do you keep forgetting which week is recycling week? Call us, and we’ll mail or email a scheduled based on your pick up day.

• 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 many local grocery and hardware stores.

• 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
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.

Additional Services in Your Neighborhood

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Is your current can quickly filling up each week? Add large wheeled 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

Many electronics have been banned from landfills. 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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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.

Sorry we missed you. We’ll try our best return to your location. Please call 708-798-1004 or fill out this online form so we can look into this further.

  • 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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