​ALUMINUM CANS AND FOIL

• Aluminum cans (empty, do not crush or flatten)
• Aluminum foil (remove or wash off food residue, scrunch clean foil to balls 2 inches or larger - small pieces should be collected and balled together; do not fold flat)
  
• Aluminum pie plates & baking trays (clean/free of food and empty)
  

​ CARTONS

• Food and Drink Cartons (empty)
  
• Milk, Soup,​ and Juice cartons and boxes (please empty and rinse, do not crush or flatten, plastic nozzles, caps and tabs can be left on)

• See a grea​t flyer about the carton recycling process​​

STEEL/TIN CANS

• Food cans and lids (empty, labels can be left on)
  
• Fully empty aerosol cans for food and non-hazardous materials (even when empty, cans that held spray paint, hair spray and other flammable materials are best taken to a specialty drop-off)​
  
• Metal paint cans and lids (must be empty - minimal dried paint residue is fine)
  
• Metal lids are recyclable 
  
• NO sharps (needles, syringes, razor blades or knives)
  
• ​NO utensils, full or partially full aerosols, spray pa​​int cans, propane tanks, wire hangers, metal cook or bakeware or small appliances (aerosols containing product, small propane tanks, and scrap metals can be recycled Kane County's Recycling Center - Fabyan Parkway location.)
  

GLASS BOTTLES AND JARS

• All colors are accepted (empty, labels and lids can be left on​)
  
• NO window or automobile glass, bakeware, ceramics, mirrors, light bulbs, coffee pots or drinking glasses

PLASTIC CONTAINERS

• Please recycle ONLY Bottles, Tubs, Jugs, Jars, and other clear, rigid food containers - regardless of the number in the recycling triangle on the product.
• BOTTLES (i.e. empty water, soda, juice, laundry detergent, soap, shampoo, health and beauty product, and cleaning product bottles. Screw-top caps can be put back on bottles, but NO pumps or spray nozzles - those should be reused or thrown away)
• TUBS (i.e. empty tubs that hold food ​items like tofu, cottage cheese, yogurt, margarine etc.) NO large storage tubs
  
• JUGS (i.e. empty juice, water, laundry detergent jugs. Caps can be put back on after rinsing)
  
• JARS (i.e. jars like the type used for mayo​ and peanut butter.​ Caps can be put back on after rinsing)
  
• OTHER CLEAR, RIGID FOOD & BEVERAGE CONTAINERS - (i.e. empty clamshell take-out containers, berry clamshells and plastic cups. NO foam or opaque clamshells or cups, remove cup lids)
  
• NO plastic bags, including poly/bubble mailers (do not put in the curbside bin, see Plastic Bag Recycling page). Plastic bags are the number one wish-cycled item in single-stream recycling!
• NO batteries (see our Batteries page for special drop-offs)​​
  
• NO diapers, used or clean ​
  
• NO clothing or fabric items
• NO plastic film (plastic wraps, sandwich bags, freezer bags, tarps or plastic sheeting- do not put in the curbside bin, see Plastic Bag Recycling​ page)
• NO plastic utensils or plates
• NO plastic catering trays or bowls
  
• NO cup lids, straws or coffee stirrers
  
• NO black plastic items (the dyes used in black plastic make it impossible to recycle with other plastics and there is no market for it alone)
• NO plastic toys or hard plastic packaging
• NO candy wrappers, cereal bags, potato chip bags, or snack bags​
  
• NO electronic devices (note that Illinois law prohibits putting ​computers (laptop or desktop), computer monitors, ​computer keyboards & mice, ​​televisions, ​fax machines, printers, scanners, VCRs, disc players, portable music players, video game consoles, cable boxes, satellite receivers, digital converter boxes, and small scale (non-commercial) servers in the trash. These items also cannot be put in curbside recycling. They should be delivered to one of Kane County's Recycling Centers)​​​
• NO motor oil, pesticide, or chemical bottles, empty or full/part-full
  
• NO​ polystyrene foam/Styrofoam (see "Styrofoam" on our A-Z list​ for drop-off locations)

​