Home Road District Recycling
McHenry Township Road District recently received an award from the McHenry County Department of Health for their Recycling Program.
These programs will be available April through October on the following Saturdays from 8:00 am to 12:00 noon.
MCHENRY TOWNSHIP RESIDENTS ONLY
All textiles (clothes, blankets, towels, etc.) shoes accepted at no charge. Items can be worn out, holes in them, torn but they must be clean.
Packing peanuts are accepted if they are in a clean dry box or bag. Packing peanuts are NOT recyclable but they are reusable. They are collected and then reused.
All types of batteries are accepted.
Common household batteries, A, C, D, AA, AAA, Lithium, Ni-Cad, Button and NI-MH are accepted at a cost of $1.00 per pound. Lead batteries (car, motorcycle, sump pump, marine) are accepted at no charge.
These items are all accepted at no charge. The covers, plastic cases, packaging DO NOT have to be removed. VHS tapes can be disposed of in your trash.
The signs and metal are accepted at no charge. They must be clean.
The following items are accepted at no charge.
Brush, branches and twigs must be no larger than 8 inches in diameter, and 10 feet maximum length. Grass clippings, leaves, rubbish, branches or logs containing dirt or debris will NOT be accepted. Road District personnel will chip all branches into usable mulch, which will be available to residents at no charge. Any excess mulch will be piled in the Senior/Youth Center parking lot and can be picked up any time the park gates are open.
Computer Monitors and Televisions are accepted for a cost of $1.00 per pound with a cap of $85 total per item. Small college dorm room refrigerators, and wine coolers are accepted for a fee of $15.00 per unit. Cash, check and credit cards are accepted for payment.
No large kitchen appliances or gasoline powered items accepted.
We will provide one semi-trailer every month. Once the trailer is full, the doors will be closed for that date and recycling will resume the next month.
Call McHenry Township Road District at 815-385-3076 or visit Earth911.com for more recycling needs.