COVID-19 Update:

While the Health Emergency related to COVID-19 has ended, please know the Will County Land Use worked in consultation with our Health Department to determine these collections should not pose a risk when following precautions such as:

• Participants Remain in their vehicles at all times
• Participants show ID by holding it to the window for staff to see
• Staff be allowed to remove items without assistance

Will County is proud to say we were the only County in Illinois that never closed our electronics recycling program during the height of the pandamic due to the cooperation and understanding of the Health Department, our contractor, host sites and residents.

Year Round Electronic Recycling Drop-Off Sites
All Electronic Items Accepted (Broken or Obsolete) - Please REMOVE BATTERIES before dropping off items:

City of Lockport (opened May 2016)
17112 Prime Blvd (East of I-355)
Lockport, IL 60441-1311
815-838-0549
Tuesday and Friday Only, 6am-11am (lines will be cutoff at 11am)
(Closed on holidays - including the Nov 10, 2023 for Veterans Day and the day after Thanksgiving)

Limit 2 Televisions per vehicle
ID Required to prove Will County area residency

Bolingbrook Park District (opened June 15, 2020)
201 Recreation Drive
Bolingbrook, IL 60440
1st and 3rd Tuesday 5pm-7pm (lines will be cutoff at 7pm)
(Closed on holidays - including Independance Day 2023)

Limit 2 Televisions per vehicle
ID Required to prove Will County area residency

Village of Peotone Police Department (opened July 2016)
208 E. Main Street
Peotone, IL 60468
708-258-3279
1st and 3rd Wednesday 5pm-7pm (lines will be cutoff at 7pm)
(Closed on holidays)

Limit 2 Televisions per vehicle
ID Required to prove Will County area residency

Channahon Township (opened June 15, 2017)
25355 S. Center Street
Channahon, IL 60410
815-467-2569
1st and 3rd Thursday 5pm-7pm (lines will be cutoff at 7pm)
(Closed on holidays)

Limit 2 Televisions per vehicle
ID Required to prove Will County area residency

Frankfort Township (opened March 13, 2018)
11000 W. Lincoln Highway
Frankfort, IL 60423
815-469-4907
2nd and 4th Tuesday 5pm-7pm (lines will be cutoff at 7pm)
(Closed on holidays)

Limit 2 Televisions per vehicle
ID Required to prove Will County area residency

New Lenox Township (opened July 27, 2016)
1100 S. Cedar Road
New Lenox, IL 60451
815-485-6431
2nd and 4th Wednesday 5pm-7pm (lines will be cutoff at 7pm)
(Closed on holidays)

Limit 2 Televisions per vehicle
ID Required to prove Will County area residency

City of Wilmington  (opened July 13, 2017) ONCE A MONTH
1165 S. Water Street
Wilmington, IL 60481
815-476-2175
2nd Thursday 5pm-7pm (lines will be cutoff at 7pm)
(Closed on holidays)

Limit 2 Televisions per vehicle
ID Required to prove Will County area residency  

Manhattan Township (open March 26, 2020) ONCE A MONTH
230 Wabash Street
Manhattan, IL 60442
815-592-2303
The 4th Thursday 5pm-7pm (lines will be cutoff at 7pm)
(Closed on holidays)

Limit 2 Televisions per vehicle
ID Required to prove Will County area residency  

Will County offers one-day collection events, please check the Green Events Calendar for dates and locations. 

List of Items Accepted at Will County Drop-Off locations:

Televisions (most popular item): 

This page last updated: 11/7/2023

Please view our Green Gu/ide Database for retail and other additional Electronic recycling locations!

Some History:

• In 2000 Will County offered our first one-day electronic item collection event. They were held annually thereafter.
• Since 2007 Will County has offered several free-of-charge year-round drop-offs in partnership with other units of local government. (4 sites in 2007, 11 in 2009, 13 from 2012-2015)
• On April 1, 2011, Will County began offering a pilot FREE Front-Door Collection of Electronics to ALL residents of Aurora, Bolingbrook, Crest Hill, Channahon, Elwood, Homer Glen, Joliet, Lemont, Lockport, Minooka, Naperville, New Lenox, Plainfield, Rockdale, Romeoville, Shorewood and Woodridge.
• Front-Door Service expanded to Braceville, Braidwood, Coal City, Diamond, Godley, Manhattan, Symerton and Wilmington September 1, 2011.
• Front-Door service expansion was completed on November 15, 2011, with the addition of Beecher, Crete, Frankfort, Mokena, Monee, Orland Park, Park Forest, Peotone, Sauk Village, Steger, Tinley Park and University Park.
• As of January 1, 2012 the following items were banned from disposal in Illinois: Televisions, Monitors, Printers, Computers (Desktops, Laptops, Notebooks, Tablets), Electronic Keyboards, Fax Machines, Videocassette Recorders, Portable Digital Music Players, DVD Players, DVD Recorders, Video Game Consoles, Small Scale Servers, Scanners, Electronic Mice, Digital Converter Boxes, Cable Receivers, Satelite Receivers, Cell Phones, Computer Cable, Portable Digital Assistants (PDAs) and Zip Drives.
• As of May 1, 2014 the Front-Door Collection implimented a fee for service of $25 per service call.
• From February 1 through February 28, 2016, all the permanent sites closed as our contractor canceled the contract due to the loss of manufacturer funding.
• As of February 12, 2016 the Front Door Collection Contract ended. Vintage Tech/Kuusakowski began charging $75.
• As of May 3, 2016 the permanent program re-started with the opening of the Lockport Public Works Drop-off.
• July 20, 2016 Peotone Police Department opened a recurring recycling recycling program with us, twice a month, 5pm-7pm
• New Lenox Township reopened in July 2016 with the two-hour, twice a month program.
• Romeoville was able to open a new location in August of 2016 offering the two-hour, twice a month program.
• The City of Joliet partnered with Will County to offer the two-hour, twice a month program in October of 2016, ended in February of 2018 after adding service through their hauler.
• Channahon Township, in partnership with Families of Faith Church, began to offer recurring events in June 2017. The Township built a new garage and relocated the twice a month Electronics program to the new site as of May, 2019.
• The City of Wilmington began partnering with Will County to offer twice a month collection events in July 2017.
• Frankfort Township began offering residential Electronics Recycling Drop-Off service twice a month as a partner in March 2018.
• Additional efforts are being made to offer more sites, as well as offer one-day events.

 Permanent Site Partners over the years:

Motto: Anything With A Computer Chip WILL Fit

The EPA states that electronics contain hazardous materials, such as lead, mercury, and hexavalent chromium, batteries and color cathode ray tubes (CRTs). Televisions and CRT monitors contain an average of 4 lbs of lead (depending on size). Mercury from electronics has been cited as a leading source of mercury in municipal waste. Lastly, brominat

 

ed flame retardants are commonly added to plastics used in electronics. If discarded, these toxins can be released into the environment through landfill leachate.

Electronic Drop-Off Instructions and Locations:

• Bring only residentially generated electronic items. No business electronics can be taken. Businesses are encouraged to call Will County or go to their website for recycling/reuse information.
• Clean off any personal information on hard drives (Reformatting the hard drive or rewriting the disc is recommended.)
• Take materials to the drop-off ONLY during operational hours.
• Please place materials carefully in boxes as indicated by signs at the site.
• NO Batteries (please remove batteries before dropping items off at the site)
• NO Packaging (please do not place items back in their orginal packaging, items should be free of all packaging)
• DO NOT TAKE any items that have already been dropped off. Once items have been placed in the box they are part of the Recycling Program. 

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