Residential Household Electronics Collections are scheduled at various locations around Lake County and are for Lake County residents ONLY.
All of these FREE events, the locations and hours of operation are set by our members and questions regarding their procedures should be made to them. These collections are open only on the specified dates and residents will be politely turned away if visiting at an unscheduled time.
Household chemical wastes will not be accepted during these events. This program is sponsored by SWALCO (the Solid Waste Agency of Lake County, IL). No commercial, institutional or governmental materials will be accepted. All items must be free of any packaging material and operating manuals.
The collections are a great opportunity to dispose of unwanted appliances, televisions, computers and more. See our list of items accepted and not accepted below. Check back for additional events and locations to be added. All plastic and metal is recycled. Hard drives are ground up and recycled with the metal. No electronics are collected at the Gurnee SWALCO facility.
Year-Round Collections:
Cuba Township (Road District)
28070 W. Cuba Road, Barrington
ONLY Fridays 7:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. (excluding holidays)
Grant Township (Highway Department Facility)
26535 Molidor Rd., Ingleside
Monday through Friday, 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Village of Wauconda (Public Works Facility)
302 Slocum Lake Road
Monday - Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
Wauconda Township (Township Facility)
505 W. Bonner Road
1st Saturday of each month (exception due to Independence Day- July 11, 2009)
9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
Scheduled Collections:
Village of Deerfield (Public Works Facility)
465 Elm Street
November 21
9:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon
City of Highland Park (Firearms Training Center)
1180 Half Day Road
ONLY Tuesdays and Fridays 7:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. (Will not be open the day after Thanksgiving)
(fluorescent light bulbs are also accepted at the Highland Park Electronic Collection)
Village of Round Lake (Public Works Facility)
751 W. Townline Road
2nd Tuesday of every other month 2009
November 10
8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Village of Round Lake Beach (Public Works Facility)
911 Lotus Drive
Third Thursday of every other month 2009
December 17
8 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Vernon Township Highway Department
3050 N. Main Street, Buffalo Grove, IL
Monday, November 23
8:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.
If you have questions regarding items that are accepted please contact SWALCO at 847.336.9340 ext 0. If you need to dispose of something before our program resumes, please consult the list of processors in our Disposal Guide. If you would like to receive email announcements about SWALCO programs and collections, please sign up for the SWALCO Announcements e-list.
The following is a general list of items that are accepted and not accepted at our electronic collections.
Accepted Items:
Personal Computers, Monitors, Computer Drives, Keyboards, Modems, Mainframes, Scanners, Printers, PDA Organizers, any type of telephones, Televisions (any size), Stereos, MP3 Players, CD Players, DVD Players, VCR’s, Cameras, Video Games, Fax Machines, Shredders, and Small Household Appliances, holiday lights, microwave ovens.
Items NOT Accepted:
Broken Glass, Air Conditioners, Dehumidifiers, Large Household Appliances, Lead Acid Batteries, Electric Fixtures, Fluorescent Light Bulbs, Compact Disks, Software Disks, Tapes, Liquid or Chemical Waste, and Packaging Materials.
