Resident Resources

Services Provided

LRS

The Village of Mettawa provides the following services to the residents.

One waste and recycle bin. Each home is provided one waste and recycle bin service from LakeShore Recycle Systems (LRS) 

Annual mosquito control treatment along your driveway. Clarke Environmental Mosquito Management driveway treatment is provided with resident approval.

Police security service to the village’s safety patrol. Mettawa Public Safety service helps support the residential needs and protection.   

LakeShore Recycle Systems

Collection Day:

Mettawa residents can expect their garbage and recycle bins to be cleared weekly on Friday.  If there is an observed holiday earlier in the week, the collection day will be on Saturday. The garbage should be out on Thursday evening.  The bins should be removed from the curb by the evening of the collection. 

The village supports each household with one large waste bin and a recycle bin at no cost to the resident. Any additional bins can be obtained at the resident’s discretion through Lakeshore Recycle Systems (LRS).

LRS Observed Holidays:

  • New Year’s Day
  • Memorial Day
  • Independence Day
  • Labor Day
  • Thanksgiving Day
  • Christmas Day

Do you need to contact LRS?

Report Missed Bins
LRS Contact Info
Contact Phone

Learn More About LRS Offers

Recyclable materials that will not fit into your recycling cart may also be placed at the side of the cart. We do ask that larger or bulky boxes be broken down before collection.

For a complete list of items that can be recycled see the Recyclables Do’s and Don’ts list below.

LRS offers electronic pick-up at no cost every 1st Friday of the month

* A 48-hour notice is required

* After you have received confirmation of your item to be picked-up, you can place it at the apron of your driveway. 

Schedule an electronic item pick-up from this link.

LRS also offers large item pick-ups

* A 48-hour notice is required

* After you have received confirmation of your item to be picked-up, you can place it at the apron of your driveway.

Schedule a large waste item pick-up from this link.

Paper

Newspaper, inserts magazines, catalogs, phone books, computer printouts, hanging file folders (remove metal and trash it) glossy brochures, Index cards, stationery fax, paper envelopes, cardboard boxes, brown paper grocery bags.

  • Recyclable items must be clean
  • NO used paper plates or pizza boxes, or fluorescent paper (they contaminate the paper stream with food, dye, or plastic coating) If pizza box top is clean you can tear it off and recycle it
  • NO paper towels, tissues, or napkins, which are not recyclable because the fibers are too small to reuse (please compost them with kitchen food scraps if possible)
  • NO shredded paper – Loose shredded paper causes major sorting problems in the recycling facilities
  • NO frozen food boxes, which are made of a hybrid of paper and plastic, and are not wanted by paper mills
  • NO paper cups, which are also made of a hybrid of paper and plastic rendering them unrecyclable

Plastic Containers

Plastic bottles, plastic tubs and plastic jugs

  • NO plastic bags or plastic film (plastic wraps, sandwich bags, freezer bags, tarps)
  • NO plastic utensils or plates (plastic wraps, sandwich bags, freezer bags, tarps, cups, lids or straws)
  • NO candy wrappers, cereal bags, potato chip bags or snack bags
  • NO empty motor oil, pesticide or chemical bottles
  • NO Styrofoam, polystyrene (do not put in curbside bin)

Aluminum Cans & Foil

Aluminum cans, aluminum foil, pie plates and trays

Cartons

Milk, soup, and juice cartons and boxes

Steel Tin and Cans

Food cans & lids, Metal paint cans & lids and Empty aerosol cans

  • NO utensils, propane tanks, wire hangers or small appliances

Glass Bottles & Jars

All colors are accepted

  • NO window or auto glass, bakeware, ceramics, mirrors, light bulbs, coffee pots or drinking glasses