Curbside Recycling Items

Wilmington Curbside Program accepts:

• All types of paper (includes - newspaper, office paper, unwanted mail, colored paper, magazines, phone books, catalogs, paperback books, construction paper, note paper, greeting cards, envelopes, Post It notes, maps, receipts, coupons, ticket stubs)

• Corrugated Cardboard (includes clean pizza boxes)

• Chipboard/Paperboard (includes the interior of the toilet paper rolls)

• Aluminum cans & foil

• Empty aerosol cans

• Empty dried paint cans

• Glass Bottles & Jars 

• Juice Boxes/ Drink Pouches  

• Plastic #1 & #2 Containers

• Plastic #3 & #4 Containers

• Plastic #5 & #7 Containers

• Plastic Six-Pack Rings

• Steel/Tin cans

 

Does NOT include -  Plastic #6, Styrofoam, Plastic Bags or Film, Contaminated Paper
 

 

                                                                                                   

                                                                                                                                         Refuse & Recycling

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Drop-Off Programs

Traditional Recycling Drop-Off:

Prairie View Landfill
29755 S Prairie View Dr
815-423-5120
Open Monday - Friday 6am-3pm

 

Medication Take-Back:

Doc's Drugs
1101 S. Water
815-476-2131
Open Monday - Friday 9am-7pm
Saturdays 9am-5pm

Compact Fluorescent Lights:

Ace Hardware

 

Click this Hotlink for information on Battery disposal and recycling options

 

 

 

Click this Hotlink for information on Electronic recycling

(Electronic Household Front Door Pickup Service now offered in Wilmington! Click Here for more information.)

• • All types of paper (includes - newspaper, office paper, unwanted mail, colored paper, magazines, phone books, catalogs, paperback books, construction paper, note paper, greeting cards, envelopes, Post It notes, maps, receipts, coupons, ticket stubs)
  • Corrugated Cardboard (includes clean pizza boxes)
  • Chipboard/Paperboard (includes the interior of the toilet paper rolls)
  • Aluminum cans & foil
  • Empty aerosol cans
  • Empty dried paint cans
  • Glass Bottles & Jars 
  • Juice Boxes/ Drink Pouches  
  • Plastic #1 & #2 Containers
  • Plastic #3 & #4 Containers
  • Plastic #5 & #7 Containers
  • Plastic Six-Pack Rings
  • Steel/Tin cans
• Click this Hotlink for information on disposing of Household Hazardous Waste Click this Hotlink for locations to take Latex Paint for recycling