The Village of St. Charles is earth-friendly, and offers weekly recycling for all Village residents.  Pickup is on Friday mornings during regular refuse pickup.  Recycling bins should be out by 7:00 a.m. on pickup day, but not before 7:00 p.m. the night before.  Following is a guide detailing the items that can be recycled and how they should be prepared for pickup.

• Cereal & cookie boxes, Dry food boxes
• Shoe and gift boxes
• Paper towel & toilet paper rolls
• Phone books, magazines, catalogs
• Boxes w/multiple layers
• Brown paper bags
• Newspaper w/all inserts
• Envelopes (including windows), Junk mail
• Computer paper, Copier paper
• Notebook/writing paper

• No plastic grocery bags
• No frozen food boxes
• No laundry soap boxes
• No food contamination- including pizza boxes
• No product samples
• No metal or board inserts

• Place all these paper items in a paper bag or use a separate bin
• Flatten boxes & cut cardboard down to 2' x 3'

• Individual beverage bottles
• 2 liter soda bottles
• Milk jugs
• Laundry detergent bottles
• Any #1 or #2 plastic container

• Clear, brown & green
• Beverage glasses, plates
• Ceramic & cookware
• Plate glass

• Aluminum cans & food cans
• Metal can lids & ends
• Foil food trays/pie plates
• Empty aerosol cans
• Empty paint cans

• No plastic grocery bags
• No motor oil bottles
• No cooking oil bottles
• No packing peanuts
• No foam corners
• No medical items

• No light bulbs
• No frosted glass
• No blue or black glass
• No mirrors

• No large metal scrap
• No coated foil wrappers

• Empty & rinse
• Remove plastic lids & caps
• Paper labels okay

• Empty & rinse
• Try not to break glass
• Labels okay
• Metal caps or lids okay

• Empty & rinse
• Remove plastic lids & caps
• Flatten if possible
• Paper labels okay