​County Recycling Event​s

​​​​​​Upcoming 2026 Event Dates​

February 28, The Big One: Shred and Recycle #1, 540 S. Randall Rd., St. Charles, 8am – noon. Click here to jump to event details!​

April 4, "Electronics and More" pop-up, North Aurora Police Dept.,  200 S. Lincolnway, 9am - noon, pop-up item acceptance guide

April 18, "Electronics and More" pop-up @ Geneva Earth Day, Peck Farm Park,  4038 Kaneville Rd., Geneva, 9am - noon, pop-up item acceptance guide

June 6,  "Electronics and More" pop-up, in front of Ace Hardware, 994 N. Lake St., Aurora, 9am - noon, pop-up item acceptance guide

August 1, "Electronics and More" pop-up, Village of South Elgin Dept. of Public Works, 1000 Bowes Rd., South Elgin, 9am – noon, pop-up item acceptance guide

August 29, The Big One: Shred and Recycle #2, 540 S. Randall Rd., St. Charles, 8am – noon. Confidential document shredding, recycling of electronics, clothing and textiles, books, bicycles (tentative), Styrofoam (tentative), batteries (tentative), and fluorescent bulbs/tubes

September 5, "Electronics and More" pop-up, North Aurora Police Dept.,  200 S. Lincolnway, 9am - noon, pop-up item acceptance guide

November 7, Pumpkin Smash & Recycle, Village of South Elgin Dept. of Public Works, 1000 Bowes Rd., South Elgin, 9am – noon

December 5, "Electronics and More" pop-up, in front of Ace Hardware, 994 N. Lake St., Aurora, 9am - noon, pop-up item acceptance guide

Next Event​

Shred and Recycling event on Saturday, Feb. 28, 8am - noon at 540 S. Randall Rd., St. Charles.

This is a drive-through event where attendees will first pick a lane. The left lane will be for shredding only. The right lane will pass by all the recycling stations (described below)​ and shredding. 

There are fees to recycle certain electronics at Station 2 and all items at Station 4 (described under station headings below). All other recycling and services are free and open to Kane Co. residents.

​​Feb. 28 Recycling Stations:

​​​Station 1 = Batteries (Kane Co. Recycling Program)

​We can take the vast majority of battery types (alkaline, coins and buttons, small and larger rechargeable batteries). The only batteries we cannot take are very large rechargeable batteries including car and marine batteries, basement back-up batteries, electric vehicle batteries (ebike and scooter are okay), and large energy storage batteries. Damaged lithium batteries are accepted, ​but please separate these from all other batteries and tell the station staff they are receiving a damaged battery. See our damaged lithium batteries page​ for help with identification. All other batteries can be mixed together and no taping is required.​

​Station 2 = Electronics, Clothing, Apparel & Textiles, Books and Paper (eWorks, Wheeling, IL)

​Follow these links for item acceptance guidelines/lists for electronics​, clothing, apparel and textiles, and books and paper items. Note, we no longer accept corrugated cardboard at events. The only fees at this station are for TVs and peripheral computer monitors, which are $25 for each screen under 21" diagonal, and $35 for each screen 21" and up. Pay on-site by cash or card, or prepay online (bring your receipt)​ to speed up the line!

​​​Station 3 = Fluorescent bulbs, tubes and LEDs (Kane Co. Recycling Program)

​We can take linear fluorescent tubes up to 4' in length, odd-shaped fluorescents (u-shape, circles), compact fluorescent bulbs (CFLs) and any configuration of LED bulb. Please do not bring bulbs in original packaging, and do not tape tubes together. Incandescent and halogen bulbs are non-recyclabe and non-hazardous and should go in normal trash. See our light bulbs page for help with identification.

​​​Station 4 = Aerosols, small propane, small helium, smoke and CO alarms, child care gear (Flat Can Recycling, Elburn, IL)

Please note, there are fees for all items at this station. New this year: this station is cashless - fees must be paid to the vendor credit or debit.

• ​Aerosol cans: $1.25 each
  
• Smoke and CO alarms: $2.00 each
  
• Propane tanks (16 oz. and smaller only): $4.00 each
  
• Helium tanks (sold at retail for balloon filling only): $5.00 each
  
• Strollers, high chairs, car seats, bubble cars: $10 each​

​​​Station 5 = Styrofoam (Dart Container, North Aurora, IL)​

Packaging Styrofoam and clean food service Styrofoam only. No packing peanuts, no dirty food items, and no other/non-polystyrene foams. Styrofoam is brittle and snaps when pressure is applied. Foam that bends is not Styrofoam and is not accepted.

​​​Station 6 = Bicycles and Bike Accessories (Hessed House, Aurora, IL)​

Accepting bikes of all sizes. Bike parts and accessories such as pumps, helmets, lamps, bells, etc. also accepted.

​​​Station 7 = Document Shredding (Accurate Document Destruction, Elk Grove, IL)​

Four super-trucks will shred residents' confidential documents on-site. Limited to residentially generated documents and quantities that fit in a normal passenger vehicle. See our document shredding page for more info on what types of documents are and are not confidential and other guidance on how to prepare.