Illinois
Household hazardous waste drop-off
Chicago Household Chemicals household hazardous waste drop-off
Hours, sticker price, who can use it, item fees, hazardous waste options, and holiday notes for Household Chemicals and Computer Recycling Facility.
Not a household-trash drop-off. This page covers only the specifically listed recycling, compost, hazardous or specialty materials. Check the accepted materials before loading your vehicle.
Last verified from official sources: 2026-11-09
Who can use it
Residential electronics program. Commercial and unlisted residential electronics are excluded by the city program page. Confirm geographic eligibility and household chemical acceptance directly with the facility.
Hours
- Tuesday 7 a.m.-noon; Thursday 2-7 p.m.
- First Saturday of the month 8 a.m.-3 p.m. City electronics program says open year-round.
Sticker or permit
Required: No (see notes)
Price: No separate sticker price was established on the linked page; the eligibility and item fees below still apply.
Where to buy: Contact the facility about access requirements before loading.
Per-item fees
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Hazardous waste
Illinois EPA lists this as a long-term household hazardous waste facility. Its current directory explicitly says to contact the local facility to determine accepted materials. No one-day-event chemical list is assumed to apply here.
Holiday closures
Holiday-specific access was not established on the linked facility page. Call before a holiday visit.
Holiday schedule last verified 2026-11-09 from official sources .
Other notes
- Current City of Chicago Recycles page lists computers, computer monitors, TVs, printers/fax/scanners, keyboards/mice, VCRs/DVD players/DVD recorders, game consoles, portable digital music players, converter boxes, cable/satellite receivers and small-scale servers for residential electronics recycling.
- The city says no more electronics will be accepted once the truck is full. Opening hours do not guarantee remaining capacity, so call before a large load. Do not leave items outside operating hours.
- City wording excludes commercial and other residential electronics. Treat the published examples as the scope of this program, not permission to bring every appliance, battery or electric device. Confirm anything not listed.
- Illinois EPA current long-term collection directory and its August 13, 2026 official release independently corroborate this receiving address, direct phone and Tuesday/Thursday/first-Saturday schedule. The city recycling page also prints ZIP 60642.
- This is the permanent Goose Island location, not one of the state one-day HHW events. The statewide one-day event registration, eligibility, chemical list and operating rules are not silently imported into the permanent facility program.
- Household chemical intake is identified by the state, but the current state directory tells visitors to ask the local facility which materials it is accepting. Confirm chemicals, containers and quantities before transporting; no current paint, solvent, battery or special chemical acceptance claim is made from the older city page.
- No general household trash, demolition, yard-waste, per-device price or holiday makeup schedule is established by these current sources. The inaccessible detailed city HHW endpoint and older How It Works page are no longer used as the factual basis of this listing.
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Sources
Every fee and hour above was taken from these official pages or PDFs on 2026-11-09. If something conflicts, trust the town.