Residential Recycling Services

If you need information regarding Skokie’s residential waste collection, please contact the Village directly at 847.933.8427.

In a contract that began on June 1, 2016, Skokie residents have the opportunity to make a significant contribution to the environment through this comprehensive weekly recycling program. In addition to servicing Skokie residents, Lakeshore Recycling Systems is also the Village of Skokie’s franchised commercial waste hauler, which went into effect February 2012.

Residents are provided with 65-gallon carts for recyclable materials from the village of Skokie. The collection of recyclable materials occurs once a week in residential areas. Please flatten large boxes and place them next to the cart. Please DO NOT mix garbage or landscape waste in the recycling cart.

In curbside collection areas, set out recycling containers by 7a on the day of pickup, but not before 6p the night before collection.

Please be advised that the Village of Skokie still maintains their own waste collection services to residents.

Lakeshore Recycling Systems provides weekly residential recycling service to:

• Single-family homes
• Townhomes
• Duplexes
• Multi-unit residential homes (up to three-flat and four unit co-op buildings)

Skokie and the Environment

Lakeshore Recycling Systems is Chicago’s premier leader in comprehensive waste and recycling solutions. We made a bold decision and commitment to forgo owning a landfill. That decision has propelled us to focus on innovative waste management and recycling solutions for Skokie’s 64,784 residents and businesses. We are firmly committed to recycling more and sending less waste to landfills.

Considered “The World’s Largest Village,” we want to keep Skokie, Illinois a clean and recycle-friendly place to live and work. The Skokie Park District has over 240 acres of beautiful land, trails and parks. Our goal is to help keep that land and the entire residential and business areas beautiful and clean. Our roll-off dumpsters, on-site storage, portable bathrooms, mulch and street sweepers are the best in the business! At our recycling and transfer center in Northbrook, we take care of all of your unwanted waste and recycle over 75% of what you bring in. Call us today and find out why we are the Chicago area’s number one waste management service.