Curbside Composting Now Picks Up Food, Yard Waste In Glencoe

GLENCOE, IL — Glencoe residents starting this month can dispose of biodegradable food scraps and yard waste separately as its own curbside pickup as part of a new combined service with Lakeshore Recycling Systems, which took over refuse collection for the village last November. Pickups began this month and will take place every Wednesday until mid-December, the village announced.

The village's new curbside composting program aims to reduce the amount of rubbish that winds up in the landfills, from food waste like coffee grounds, vegetable scraps and egg shells to soiled napkins, paper towels or yard clippings.

Households can choose between an "all-you-can-compost" subscription service, allowing participants to set out unlimited bags or bundles of combined food scraps and yard waste, or a per-bag system involving the purchase of stickers.

Subscribers will be billed on their quarterly Lakeshore Recycling bills, while Stickers must be attached to each biodegradable paper yard waste bags, which are limited to 44 gallons or a bundle of branches or brush. Resident can buy stickers at Village Hall at 675 Hazel Ct. or Grand Food Center at 341 Hazel Ave.

For more information or to subscribe, contact Lakeshore Recycling Systems at 773-685-8811.