Sustainability & Natural Resources

It is important to recycle unwanted and unused medication properly. The Village of Glenview offers options to safely dispose of medications and sharps.

Bring unused and expired prescription and pharmaceutical drugs to the Glenview Police Department lobby, 2500 East Lake Avenue (east side entrance) for safe, anonymous disposal -- free of charge 24/7. The collection receptacle is offered as part of the Cook County Sheriff's Department Prescription Drug Take-Back Program. No sharps accepted.

OTHER OPTIONS

• Drop-off locations for sharps and needle disposal in Glenview and surrounding areas can be found on the Safe Needles Disposal website.
• Learn about Walgreens safe medication disposal programs
• The U.S. Food and Drug Administration offers information on its "Where and How to Dispose of Unused Medicines"
• VIDEO: "How to Manage Medications ​and Sharps"

A-Z Recycling Roundup

Wondering where to recycle that old American flag or your unused batteries? How about old shoes, eyeglasses, paints or metals? Visit the Solid Waste Agency of Northern Cook Country's Reuse and Recycle Directory.

SWANCC Electronics Recycling

SWANCC (Solid Waste Agency of Northern Cook County) works with Com2 Recycling Solutions to provide environmentally responsible recycling for certain end-of-life electronics. Learn more about the program here.

Northfield Township Recycling Program

The Northfield Township Recycling program offers residents of Northfield Township the opportunity to safely dispose recyclable materials that may not be allowed in standard recycling bins such as paint, tires, batteries and more.

The 2024 Northfield Township Recycling program will open on Monday, April 8, 2024 during the normal Road District business hours of 7AM to 3PM, Monday - Friday, excluding holidays, at 237 Melvin Drive in Northbrook. The program will end for the year on Friday, November 1, 2024 at 3PM. For instructions and a list of accepted materials, click here.

Northfield Township also offers occasional paper shredding events to allow residents the opportunity to safely destroy sensitive paper documents. For a list of dates, click here.

The Township also has a limited Household Hazardous Waste Program for homeowners in Northfield Township to safely dispose of their unwanted household cleaning and maintenance products like antifreeze, cleaning products that are consumer commodities only, charcoal lighter fluid, driveway sealer and more. For more information, click here.

Electronics Recycling

Illinois became the 16th state to adopt an electronics recycling law known as the Electronics Products Recycling and Reuse Act (SB2313) in September 2009.

This legislation initially banned televisions and monitors from entering Illinois landfills effective Jan. 1, 2012. Then, legislation was passed amending the Illinois Product Recycling and Reuse Act to expand the number of electronic products banned from Illinois landfills from four to 17. As of 2019, the list of banned items was amended to include:

• Televisions
• Monitors
• Printers
• Computers (including tablet computers)
• Electronic keyboards
• Facsimile machines
• Videocassette recorders
• Portable digital music players
• Digital video disc players
• Video game consoles
• Small scale servers
• Scanners
• Electronic mouse
• Digital converter boxes
• Cable receivers
• Satellite receivers
• Digital video disc recorders

Obsolete toxic electronic products are the fastest growing component of landfill waste. Discarded electronic products contain toxic materials such as lead, mercury, arsenic, cadmium, beryllium and other toxic materials that pollute the soil and may leach into ground water, posing a risk to human health and the environment. Obsolete electronic products contain valuable materials that can be recycled for reuse such as copper, gold and circuit chips – just to name a few of the reusable materials. The reuse of these products conserves energy and natural resources.

Abt and Best Buy offer electronics recycling programs during business hours.

Explore this interactive map of green development projects that have recently been completed throughout the Village.

Interactive map

The Village's Environment and Natural Resources Commission sponsors an environmental sustainability awards program to recognize organizations in Glenview that are taking the lead with environmental stewardship, innovative best practices and community outreach. Nominees can be any organization, including businesses, schools, houses of worship and volunteer groups, that serve the Glenview community. For more information, click here.

The Village first adopted A Plan for Nature in Glenview in 2008, a two-volume report inventorying and detailing the ecological condition and potential of 99 open space areas of one acre or larger in the Village of Glenview.

The goal of Glenview’s Plan for Nature was straightforward: To enhance, improve and protect the natural areas and open spaces of Glenview, including prairie, wetlands, rivers and streams, shorelines and detention basins. These resources enrich our quality of life, and the Village, its residents and local businesses can all play a part in contributing to their preservation.

In 2022, the Village engaged with a consultant to update its Plan for Nature, including a re-evaluation of all the sites included in the original plan in addition to new sites throughout town. The updated Plan identified more than 20 additional sites with potential for improved habitat.

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Green spaces and backyards in Glenview and throughout the area are being invaded by plant species that are not native to Illinois and can cause environmental damage.

These invasive species crowd out many native wildflowers and gain an ecological edge that impacts natural landscapes, including woodlands, savannas, prairies and wetlands.

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The Village of Glenview and Environment & Natural Resources Commission encourages residents to participate in the “No Mow ‘Til Mother’s Day” initiative.

This program invites residents to avoid mowing their lawn – or a portion of their lawn – through Mother's Day to help support the local ecology, the habitats of pollinators and area wildlife.

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Learn more about the threats to monarch butterflies, the habitat range of monarch butterflies, the importance of monarch butterflies to Glenview and more.

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• Northfield Township Recycling Center
• Earth 911
• Solid Waste Agency of Northern Cook County (SWANCC)
• Eco-Friendly Marketplace
• Illinois Environmental Protection Agency
• Groot recycling services