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. (excluding holidays)
City of Highland Park (Firearms Training Center)
1180 Half Day Road
ONLY Tuesdays and Fridays 7:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
(fluorescent light bulbs are also accepted at the Highland Park Electronic Collection)
Village of Wauconda (Public Works Facility)
302 Slocum Lake Road
Monday - Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. (excluding holidays)
Wauconda Township (Township Facility)
505 W. Bonner Road
1st Saturday of each month 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
Scheduled Collections:
City of Lake Forest (Municipal Services Center)
800 N. Field Drive
Saturday November 6, 2010
9:00 a.m. to Noon
Lake County Division of Transportation Facility
600 W. Winchester Road, Libertyville
Friday September 17 and Saturday September 18, 2010
8:00 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. each day
Navy Exchange
Burkey Mall Parking Lot
Green Bay Road (just north of Route 137), Great Lakes
Saturday September 25, 2010
7:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Vernon Township Highway Department
3050 N. Main Street, Buffalo Grove
Friday October 22, 2010
8:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
(clothing, linens and shoes will also be accepted by the YWCA at the Vernon Township ELectronic Collection)
Village of Deerfield Public Works Facility
465 Elm Street
Saturday September 11 and October 16, 2010
9:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon
Village of Fox Lake (Public Works Department)
216 W. Washington Street
Monday through Friday, September 13-17
Monday through Friday, September 20-24
7:00 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.
Village of Gurnee (Public Works Department)
1151 Kilbourne Road
Wednesday October 13, 2010
7:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.
Village of Lindenhurst (Public Works Facility)
2301 E. Sand Lake Road
Saturday October 16, 2010
9:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
(clothing, linens and shoes will also be accepted by the YWCA at the Village of Lindenhurst Electronics Collection.)
Village of Mundelein (Public Works Facility)
440 E. Crystal Street
May through September, 2010
Monday through Friday
8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Village of Round Lake Beach (Public Works Facility)
911 Lotus Drive
Third Thursday of every other month 2010 (October 21; December 16)
8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Village of Round Lake (Public Works Facility)
751 W. Townline Road
Second Tuesday of every other month in 2010 (September 14; November 9)
8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Village of Vernon Hills (Public Works Facility)
490 Greenleaf Drive
Saturday September 25, 2010
8:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.
Electronic Collections will be held in the near future at:
Village of Winthrop Harbor Public Works Facility
(As soon as dates are assigned, they will be posted above.)
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.
