New Garbage Cans With Embedded Chips to be Delivered This Week in Wheaton

Wheaton residents should be aware of several changes as the city transitions to a new garbage and recycling collection provider, Lakeshore Recycling Services, according to city officials. The new provider will begin collecting trash and recyclables in October.

New Garbage Carts

The registration period for choosing which size garbage cart you would like to use with the new program has ended. Lakeshore Recycling Services will begin delivering garbage carts the week of Sept. 19.

If you did not select a cart size, you will receive a 35-gallon garbage cart. To exchange it for a 65-gallon or 95-gallon cart, call Lakeshore Recycling Services at 773-685-8811. You can exchange the cart at no cost until Nov. 30, according to a city of Wheaton news release.

Residents should not use their new garbage carts until the week of Oct. 3. The current garbage service provider will not collect garbage in the new carts, according to the news release.

Once the new program begins, residents will no longer need to purchase garbage stickers for their weekly service, as you will be charged per pickup each time the Radio Frequency Identification tag in your new garbage cart is scanned, according to the news release.

The new program will use stickers only for excess garbage (beyond what will fit in your cart), yard waste, organics (food scraps), leaves, bulk items, white goods and E-waste. Each sticker costs $2.75.

Visit the city’s website to determine how many stickers are required for bulk items, electronics, etc., and note that carpet rolls require two stickers (not five stickers, as is stated in the brochure you received in the mail).

Sticker Exchange Period

The city is offering several options for what you can do with any extra Advanced Disposal garbage/yard waste and leaf stickers you have.

Sticker Grace Period:

• Lakeshore Recycling Systems will allow you to use Advanced Disposal stickers through Oct. 14, but they can only be used for excess garbage (beyond what will fit in your new garbage cart), yard waste, organics (food scraps), leaves, bulk items, white goods and E-waste once the new program starts.
• You will still need to use the correct number of stickers for items required by the new program. (For example, an extra bag of garbage requires 1 sticker, and bulk items require 5 stickers in the new program. See the City’s website for the new program information.)

Sticker Exchanges:

• If you would like to receive a refund for Advanced Disposal garbage/yard waste or leaf stickers that you don’t need, or if you want to exchange them for Lakeshore Recycling Services stickers, from Sept. 19 through Oct. 14, you can bring your unused stickers to:
  • The Finance counter of City Hall, 303 W. Wesley St., from 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m. Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, or 8:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays.
• Also, the following retailers will allow you to exchange Advanced Disposal stickers for Lakeshore Recycling Services stickers:
  • Carlson True Value Hardware: 125 E. Front St.
  • Jewel Food Stores: Danada Square West, Wheaton; 2031 N. Main St., Wheaton; and 599 Roosevelt Road, Glen Ellyn
  • Mariano’s, 625 S. Main St., Wheaton
  • Ultra Foods: 501 S. County Farm Road
  • Walgreens: 1601 N. Main St.; 2020 S. Naperville Road

Recycling Carts

Wheaton residents will continue to use the same blue recycling cart.

In the next couple weeks, residents should leave their recycling cart out at the curb throughout pickup day, as Lakeshore Recycling Services will be placing a sticker on the carts about what can/can't be recycled in the new program and attaching an identification tag needed for the new program.

For more information about Wheaton’s new garbage and recycling program, visit the City’s website or Lakeshore Recycling Systems’ website.