Waste Management Updates Will County Trash Pick Up Times

WILL COUNTY, IL — Waste Management will pick up trash early on Thursday and Friday, the company's website says, because of the extreme heat in the forecast. As the heat index breaks 100 degrees, an earlier pick up time will relieve the collectors from the heat, at least a bit.

The pick up time will begin at 5 a.m. instead of 7 a.m. on July 18 and 19. The change applies to trash, recycling and yard waste containers. Officials initially set the early start time at 6 a.m., but changed it to 5 a.m. across the county.

The National Weather Service said the heat index, which is how hot it feels when humidity is taken into account, will climb up to 110 degrees for most of the area.

See Waste Management's announcement here.

It's the hottest heat index Illinois will have seen in seven years.

Here's what time Waste Management is beginning trash pick up in each county listed:

• Cook County: Start time 5:00 a.m.
• DuPage County: Start time 5:00 a.m.
• Knox County: Start time 4:30 a.m.
• LaSalle County: Start time 5:00 a.m.
• McDonough County: Start time 4:30 a.m.
• Tazewell County: Start time 4:30 a.m.
• Will County: Start time 5:00 a.m.