West Chicago Paper Shred and Medical Disposal Event

Paper Shredding

Bring up to (10) standard o­ffice-sized boxes of documents to be destroyed. Documents and/or paper may also be brought in plastic bags. Bags and boxes will not be disposed on-site. Please remember to remove all binders, rubber bands, binder clips, page protectors, plastic bags, plastic file tabs, CDs, vinyl checkbook holders, batteries, and other hard items. Staples and paper clips do not need to be removed. Service provided by Accurate Document Destruction which is a subsidiary of West Chicago’s waste management service provider

Medication and Sharps Disposal

The DuPage County Sheriff’s Department will be accepting the following on-site:

• Expired or unused medications and vitamins. Please place all pills and ointments in a zip-lock bag; please do not bring pill bottles.
• Medical sharps including syringes, epi-pens, lancets, and needles. Please place all collected sharps in a thick plastic container, such as a laundry detergent bottle, and secure lid with tape.
• Inhaler canisters. Please do not bring holders.

Additional Items Accepted
Participants will also be able to recycle the following items: used American flags, eye glasses, and hearing aids.

Rain-Barrel Program Pick-Up

See City of West Chicago Web site