Early Garbage Pick-Up In Homer Glen Due To Excessive Heat

HOMER GLEN, IL — With a 115-degree heat index expected on Wednesday, Homewood Disposal Service has announced it will pick up garbage one hour earlier on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday.

Residents should bring out their garbage, yard waste or recycling the night before or earlier than normal on their pick-up day.

The Village said Homewood will circle back and return to the beginning of the routes to collect what was not set out on time.

An excessive heat watch has already been issued starting Wednesday morning through Thursday evening for part of the Chicago area. The weather service said it will be "dangerously hot" and heat index values up to 115 are possible.

Heat indices of 115 are possible on Wednesday, and up to 110 on Thursday. The weather service said that if storms develop over Lake Michigan on Wednesday or Thursday, then this could disrupt the hot air mass.