The Environmental Protection Agency puts a higher priority on waste reduction than they do on recycling 


 

Each Carol Stream household generates almost 2,700 pounds of refuse every year.  That’s over 35 million pounds for the Village!

 
This does not even include industrial, commercial and office waste.  All of this trash must be properly landfilled in order to protect our environment from being contaminated.  This can become costly as landfills must be designed and operated with ever increasing restrictions, and as garbage is being trucked to increasingly distant landfills.

Carol Stream has employed two paperless technology programs to significantly reduce the amount of waste generated by the Village.  These programs are the computerized Document Management System and the Electronic Utility Bill Payment System, "e-Stream".


Waste Reduction Topics - Click Links Below to Learn More

 
Paperless Technology   Online Bill Payment