Nuisance & Solid Waste Overview
Nuisance and solid waste conditions may result in the spread of disease and can endanger the safety, health, comfort and well-being of the public. The Health Department assists with enforcement of the County Nuisance Ordinance in unincorporated areas. Investigations are handled on a complaint basis only. Complaints must be made in writing on forms provided by the Health Department. All complaints are confidential.
Nuisance complaints for properties located within a municipality fall under the jurisdiction of the municipal government in which it resides in. Please refer these complaints to the appropriate city hall.
Recycling
Fortunately, most towns in Clinton County have some type of recycling service offered through a solid waste sanitation company. Residents that live in unincorporated areas that have no recycling services can bring their recycling to several local recycling centers.
- Boy Scouts Electronic Recycling:
Breese Troop – Saturday 9am to 12pm; No TV’s
Albers & Aviston Troops – accepts TV’s for a fee - Centralia Recycling Center, 618-532-3138
- Eagle Recycling Services, Shattuc 618-226-3478
- Grapperhaus Metal Company, Highland 618-654-3521
- Highland Recycling, 618-654-3293
- 1st Street Recycling, Beckemeyer 618-606-7878
Please view the resource links below for other recycling centers in the metroeast area accepting a wide range of recyclable items. Household hazardous waste is not accepted by recycling centers; view the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency website link below for disposal information.
Forms
Documents
Resources
Illinois Environmental Protection Agency, Household Hazardous Waste
http://www.epa.illinois.gov/topics/waste-management/waste-disposal/household-hazardous-waste/index
Madison County Illinois, Recycling Resource List
http://www.co.madison.il.us/departments/planning_and_development/sustainability.php
St. Clair County Illinois, Recycling Directory
http://www.health.co.st-clair.il.us/environmental/recycle/Pages/default.aspx
Clinton County Nuisance Ordinance
County’s Ordinances, Chapter 25, Articles I – IV