If you searched for a trash hauler in Bolingbrook, you were probably looking for your village garbage service, so here is the answer first. Residential collection in Bolingbrook runs through the Village's contract with Flood Brothers Disposal. Garbage, recycling and yard waste all go out on the same day, once a week. One bulk item and one appliance a week come with the service at no extra charge, and electronics get collected at the curb. Several things fall outside it, and those are covered below.
Who Picks Up Garbage in Bolingbrook
Flood Brothers Disposal works the residential route in Bolingbrook under the Village's contract and bills residents for the service. Refuse, recycling and yard waste all get collected the same day, once a week, Monday through Friday depending on where you live. Onit Junk Removal is not your garbage service and cannot put you on that route, so if that is what you came here for, this section is your answer.
Missed pickups, carts, bulk items and appliance scheduling go to Flood Brothers. The Village lists (630) 919-0400 for Bolingbrook residents, and the hauler's main scheduling line is (630) 261-0400. Village Public Works handles recycling bins and contract questions at (630) 226-8800 and sits at 299 Canterbury Lane. The rest of this page covers the material those rules leave behind.
Carts or Bags, and When to Set Them Out
Bolingbrook gives you a choice that many towns do not. You can rent a cart from Flood Brothers or set out bags, whichever suits your house. The rental carts come in a 95 gallon size for garbage, a 65 gallon size for recycling, and a 35 gallon combined cart for homes with less room, all for a monthly rental. The Village and the hauler also provide an 18 gallon recycling bin at no charge.
If you go with bags instead, each one has to stay inside 32 to 33 gallons and under 50 pounds. That weight ceiling is the one that trips people up, because a bag half full of tile, plaster or dirt goes over 50 pounds long before it looks full. Containers go to the curb no earlier than 6 p.m. the night before in the warm months and 3 p.m. the night before from November through April, and they have to come back in by 7 p.m. on your collection day.
One Bulk Item a Week, and You Have to Call
One bulk item a week comes with your Bolingbrook service at no additional charge, collected on your regular day. Flood Brothers names mattresses, box springs, tables, chairs and other furniture as examples. Additional items in the same week carry a per-item charge, and anything over 50 pounds needs a special pickup arranged rather than set at the curb.
The piece people skip is the phone call. Bulk items get scheduled in advance at (630) 261-0400, and an unscheduled couch tends to sit where you left it. Carpet works differently again. Four rolls a week go in place of your bulk item, provided each roll is rolled, taped or tied, no more than four feet long, no more than 18 inches thick, and under 50 pounds.
Appliances Need Twenty Four Hours Notice
One appliance a week comes with Bolingbrook service at no additional charge, picked up on your regular collection day. The published list covers refrigerators, dishwashers, water heaters, washers and dryers, with other large household appliances treated the same way. Flood Brothers asks for a call 24 hours before collection so the right truck comes.
Appliances cannot go inside a cart and they do not count as your bulk item. Anything holding refrigerant needs that refrigerant recovered by someone certified before the unit gets scrapped, which happens at the disposal end rather than at your house. A washer and a dresser in the same week work out fine, because one is the appliance and one is the bulk item.
Televisions and Electronics Go at the Curb
This is the part of Bolingbrook service worth knowing about, because most towns make you drive it somewhere. Flood Brothers collects electronics at the curb, and one television a week comes with your service at no additional charge. Additional televisions carry a per unit charge, and a set over 50 pounds costs more again. Call 48 hours ahead at (630) 261-0400 to get it on the route.
Illinois banned electronic waste from landfills, so none of it can go in your cart. The list reaches well past televisions and takes in computers, monitors, keyboards, printers, laptops, fax machines, scanners, DVD players, DVRs, cable and satellite boxes, MP3 players and game consoles. Will County also runs drop-off sites and periodic collection events, and the current locations and dates get posted at willcountygreen.com.
Construction Debris Is Capped at One Cubic Yard
Here is the limit that sends most Bolingbrook remodels looking for a hauler. Flood Brothers takes up to one cubic yard of construction debris a week, and it has to go in bags, boxes or containers no bigger than 32 gallons with nothing over 50 pounds. The list includes drywall, rock, glass windows and doors, carpet, doors, paneling, concrete, lumber, cabinets and fixtures.
One cubic yard is roughly a third of a pickup bed. Hold that against a real job and the gap shows up right away, because one bathroom vanity and its tile beat that number by themselves. Anything larger gets quoted by the yard with a two yard minimum, and Flood Brothers takes those calls on a separate line at (630) 261-0578.
Yard Waste, Brush Bundles and What Gets Left
Yard waste collection in Bolingbrook runs seasonally, starting in spring and ending in December, and the Village posts the current start and end dates each year. It goes out on your regular collection day. Yard waste has to sit in a biodegradable Kraft paper bag no larger than 33 gallons and under 50 pounds.
Brush gets bundled and tied with twine, under 50 pounds a bundle, no longer than four feet, no more than two feet thick, with no limb over three inches in diameter. What gets left behind is a specific list, and it is worth reading before you rake: dirt, pots, sod, large branches, tree stumps, rocks, garden vegetables, fruit and anything that is not organic. Christmas trees get collected during January once the tinsel, ornaments, lights and nails are off. Collection slides a day when a holiday lands in your week, and Friday customers move to Saturday.
What Flood Brothers Will Not Take, and Where It Goes
Chemicals stay off the truck. Paint, pesticides, poison, cleaning solvents, oil, gasoline and automotive fluids all fall outside Bolingbrook collection, and they belong at a household hazardous waste facility instead. The facility at 156 Fort Hill Drive in Naperville opens Saturdays and Sundays from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. and accepts material from any Illinois resident, including oil-based paint, solvents, pesticides, pool chemicals, automotive fluids, aerosols, batteries and fluorescent bulbs. Bolingbrook straddles Will and DuPage counties, and both counties run their own collection events through the year as well.
We do not take that material either. Paint, stain, solvents, pool chemicals, pesticides, motor oil, gasoline, aerosols, propane, ammunition, asbestos, biohazard and medical waste are not material any junk hauler should offer to put on a trailer. Latex paint confuses everybody, because it is not hazardous and the facility hands it back. Dry it out by leaving the lid off or stirring in cat litter, then set the can out with the lid off so the driver can see the paint has gone solid.
Common Questions
Who is the garbage company in Bolingbrook?
Flood Brothers Disposal handles residential refuse, recycling and yard waste in Bolingbrook under the Village's contract, collecting all three on the same day once a week. The Village lists (630) 919-0400 for Bolingbrook residents, and the hauler schedules bulk items, appliances and electronics at (630) 261-0400. Village Public Works answers contract and recycling bin questions at (630) 226-8800.
Does Bolingbrook pick up large items at the curb?
Yes, one bulk item a week comes with Bolingbrook service at no extra charge, and mattresses, box springs, tables, chairs and furniture all qualify. You have to schedule it ahead at (630) 261-0400 rather than just setting it out. Additional items carry a per-item charge, and anything over 50 pounds needs a special pickup arranged instead.
Will Bolingbrook take my old washer or refrigerator?
One appliance a week is included with Bolingbrook residential service at no additional charge, covering refrigerators, dishwashers, water heaters, washers, dryers and similar large appliances. Flood Brothers asks that you call 24 hours before your collection day so it gets on the route. An appliance does not count against your one bulk item for that week.
How much construction debris can I put out in Bolingbrook?
Up to one cubic yard a week, and it has to go in bags, boxes or 32 gallon containers with nothing over 50 pounds. Drywall, concrete, lumber, cabinets, carpet, doors and fixtures are all on the accepted list at that volume. Larger amounts get quoted by the yard with a two yard minimum, and that line is (630) 261-0578.
Where do Bolingbrook residents take televisions and electronics?
You may not have to go anywhere. Flood Brothers collects electronics at the curb in Bolingbrook, with one television a week included and a call 48 hours ahead at (630) 261-0400. Additional televisions carry a charge. Illinois bans electronic waste from landfills, so nothing on that list can ride in your cart, and Will County posts its drop-off sites at willcountygreen.com.
Bolingbrook service handles a household's normal week well, and it is not built for the rest. It is not built for a kitchen tear-out that runs four or five cubic yards, a hot tub, a shed that has to come down, six pieces of furniture that all need to leave on the same day rather than one a week for six weeks, or a basement that has been filling since the house was new. That is our work. Text a photo of the pile and your Bolingbrook address to (815) 240-0735 and you get the number before anything goes on the trailer, our crew carries it out, and we sort for donation and recycling wherever there is an outlet. We are insured, and Bolingbrook is a short run from our Plainfield base.
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