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Western Springs trash pickup: cost and carts

Trash service in Western Springs costs about $20 a month ($243 a year) for the usual option (65-gallon cart, curbside (garbage and recycling)); by size, service runs $19 to $22 a month. Estimated from public rates, not anyone's actual bill.

Lakeshore Recycling Systems (LRS). Billed by: LRS bills residents directly; invoices come around the middle of the month before each quarter..

Pay or manage it

CartA monthA year
35-gallon cart, curbside (garbage and recycling)$18.72$225
65-gallon cart, curbside (garbage and recycling)$20.28$243
95-gallon cart, curbside (garbage and recycling)$22.36$268

Ways to pay less

  • Seniors over 65: 10% off the 35-gallon curbside cart. The LRS rate sheet lists a 10% senior discount for the 35-gallon curbside cart for residents over 65, at $16.85 a month for 2026. How: Ask LRS for the senior rate.

Checked October 30, 2026. Every number here comes from the public sources listed, matched by our checker.

Rates change every year; this page shows when it was last checked. Nothing here is legal, tax or insurance advice.

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