Labels may be left on tin, steel, and aluminum cans. No scrap aluminum or steel is accepted. Plastics Part of the Village's recycling program is the curbside pickup of plastics. Symbols identifying plastic types are now found on most containers. Type 1 and 2 plastics include most soft drink bottles, milk containers, and laundry detergent containers.
Plastics make up almost one tenth of garbage weight and nearly one fifth of volume.
387,030 Tin 53,116 Aluminum 56,111 Plastic 77,463 Annual amount of material measured in pounds. The Village of Gurnee contracts Waste Management to collect and dispose of all brush and branch materials. Brush and branch collection services take place on the same day as your regular garbage pickup. Under the Brush and Branch Collection Program, Gurnee residents are asked to place bundled brush and branch material at the curb for collection every week. Waste Management will collect bundled brush and branches weekly from mid-April to the end of October each year.