Will County's FREE Electronic Drop-Off Program

Fast Facts About Electronics:

Electronic items have been recognized as the fastest growing segment of the waste stream since the 1990s by the US-EPA.
Electronic items contain materials that can be recycled countless times.
Some of the materials in electronic items are considered hazardous.
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 Jan. 2019, residents may be charged when dropping off electronics in Illinois. Will County does not charge.

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:

The following the list of items banned from disposal by state law that are ACCEPTED at all Will County collections:L

Televisions (Flat Screen, Projection, CRT)

Computer Monitors (Flat Screen, CRT)

Printers

Computers (Desktops, Laptops, Notebooks, Tablets, E-Readers)

Electronic Keyboards

Fax Machines

Videocassette Recorders

Portable Digital Music Players (iPods, MP3s)

CD/DVD/Blu-ray players

DVD Players/Recorders

Video Game Consoles

Small Scale Servers

Scanners

Electronic Mice

Digital Converter Boxes

Cable Receivers, Satellite Receivers

Computer Cable

Computer speakers

Portable Digital Assistants (PDAs)

Zip Drives

These additionall items are NOT Banned by State law but are also ACCEPTED for Electronic Recycling

All types of telephones

Calculators

Camcorders
Cell Phones

CB Radio/CB Scanners

Digital Cameras / SLR Cameras

Digital Photo Frames

Digital Projectors

Fans

GPS Devices

Hands-Free Phone Headsets

Microwaves

Power Tools

Radar Detectors

Radio

Shredders

Stereo receivers

String Lights

UPS/battery backup devices

Vacuums (stick, robot, canister)

Televisions (most popular item):

CRT TVs and monitors contain leaded glass and may be considered hazardous - recycle with care

Ask retailers to take your old TV whenever you purchase a new one - some offer this free of charge
Front Door Service is available through A-Team Recyclers for $40 per TV. Please call 815-630-4308
Joliet, Lockport, Plainfield, Mokena, Shorewood, and Bolingbrook are offering collection services through their waste/recycling contractors.

Computers, Printers, Cell Phones, Fax Machines - Erase the Memory on these Devices

Computers often contain highly personal information from bank data to tax records. Before donating your computer or bringing it to a recycling program of any kind, clean the hard drive.

Reformat the hard drive or purchase a program that writes over the hard drive. The process can be slow, because such a program writes to the disk repeatedly. Prepare to run it overnight.

It is the duty of the user of any recycling program to ensure data erasure. Will County assumes no responsibility to protect any electronic data remaining in electronics deposited in the electronic recycling program If you need more detailed instructions e-mail or call the County Land Use – Resource Recovery & Energy offices.

When utilizing a Will County Drop-Off or Collection Event, please be assured that the contracted electronic recycling company cleans the hard drives of all types of computers with Department of Defense approved software.

If the hard drive is damaged and cannot be cleaned with software, it is wiped clean with a magnet and shredded for recycling.

Front-Door Service Option

If your Television is too large to bring to one of the collection sites, A-Team Recyclers offers collection service for $40
Please call to make an appointment 815-630-4308
For each Television taken, the company will take up to 9 additional non-TV electronic items.

Communities Including Banned Item Electronics in their Refuse/Recycling Service

While you cannot place electronics in your garbage or recycling carts, you may be able to contact your hauler for service if you live in the following communities:

Bolingbrook (Groot), Joliet (WM), Mokena (Homewood/NuWay), Plainfield (WM), Shorewood (WM)

Other Drop-Off Options for some Electronics (No TVs, CRT monitors):

Remember to erase computers, laptops, cell phones, printers before dropping off.

Aurora - Best Buy 1208 Fox Valley Center 630-499-5788	Bolingbrook - Best Buy 315 N. Weber Road 630-759-9708	Bolingbrook - E-Scrap 3 Northpoint Court 630-378-1300
Frankfort - Staples 20015 S LaGrange Road 815-806-8334	Joliet - Best Buy 3351 Mall Loop Drive 815-609-0771	Naperville - Staples 1552 South Route 59 630-305-0253	Naperville - Staples 1552 South Route 59 630-305-0253
Naperville - Staples 1125 E Ogden Avenue 630-357-2985	Orland Park - Best Buy 15854 S. LaGrange Rd 708-349-9251	Orland Park - Staples 15515 S. 95th Avenue 708-364-0712	Oswego - Best Buy 2600 US Route 34 630-5514-3233
Shorewood - A-Team Recyclers 304 Gregory Court 815-630-4308	Shorewood - Staples 992 Brook Forest Ave. 815-609-2387	Tinley Park - Best Buy 7330 W. 191st Street 815-469-1306

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:

Village of Bolingbrook 2007-2016
Channahon Township 2007-2016
Forest Preserve District of Will County - Laraway in Joliet 2008-2016
Forest Preserve District of Will County - Monee Reservoir 2009-2016
Godley Park District 2011-2016
City of Lockport 2009-2016, reopened May 2016 on Tue & Fridays
Manhattan Township 2011-2016
Village of Mokena 2009-2016
New Lenox Township 2009-2016, reopened in July 2016 twice a month
Village of Romeoville 2010-2016, relocated & reopened in August 2016 offering twice a month service. Closed in April 2019, began service through hauler.
Troy Township Highway Department 2007-2016
Washington Township/Village of Beecher 2007-2016

Motto: Anything With A Computer Chip WILL Fit

Will County's electronic program protects Will County water and air resources, while reducing the materials going to local landfills. Some computers have a shelf life of only 3 to 5 years. It is often less expensive to purchase a new electronic item instead of repairing it. This increases the amount of waste generated and increases the amount of natural resources needed to make new products.

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.

Worldwide, an estimated 20-50 million tons of electronic waste is generated annually, and an estimated 85% of it ends up in landfills. Recycling electronics avoids air, water and land pollution. It reduces the need to extract valuable and limited resources from the earth. It also reduces the energy and other resources used in new product manufacturing. Many of the components recovered can be used in new items.

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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