2027 Household Hazardous Waste Collection Update
The 2026 McLean County Household Hazardous Waste (HHW) Collection took place on Saturday, August 22, 2026. We are working towards a possible fall 2027 Household Hazardous Waste collection if funding becomes available again. Updates will be shared here or via our HHW Notification Email list when they become available, regarding McLean County HHW or other local HHW disposal opportunities.
To find local ways to dispose of HHW visit RecycleBN.org.* Or check out the Illinois EPA’s schedule of other upcoming HHW collections.
The 2026 HHW collection event was made possible in partnership with the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency, with support from the City of Bloomington, Town of Normal, McLean County, the Bloomington-Normal Water Reclamation District, and Republic Services.
Paint disposal
The PaintCare Program made its Illinois debut on December 1, 2025, and now provides local residents and businesses with options for free paint recycling – for both latex and oil based paints.
Stay in the loop
Please sign up for HHW collection updates via our Household Hazardous Waste Collection email list to stay in the loop on future HHW collection events.
Other options
There are five permanent HHW collection sites that any Illinois resident can utilize year round Check out a full list of permanent HHW facilities in Illinois.
Future McLean County HHW Facility needs your support!
In late 2024 the Ecology Action Center completed a year-long feasibility study to determine the costs associated with building and operating a local facility to take household hazardous waste materials from residents on a regular basis. A local HHW facility would make it much easier for all residents of central Illinois to properly dispose of household hazardous wastes all year long.
This study was conducted as one of the top priorities of the 20-Year Materials Recovery Management Plan for McLean County, Bloomington, and Normal, Illinois, which was approved by the local governments in 2017. This study is a key step towards a possible permanent facility to accept Household Hazardous Waste materials from central Illinois residents for safe disposal on a regular basis, greatly improving access in order to better safeguard groundwater and surface water supplies in our community.
We now need to demonstrate support from local residents as we work to build a public-private partnership to bring this to reality. Your tax-deductible donation will help pay for design costs, property acquisition, permitting, construction, and other related costs. This could be the first ever HHW facility in central Illinois; the closest existing facilities are in the Chicago area or East St. Louis.
We appreciate your financial support for household hazardous waste disposal in our community and invite you to join us in improving local access for all residents.
