All building materials over $2500.00 purchased at the Darien Home Depot will automatically be placed in the "bid room" to see if it qualifies for volume discount.  In addition, all new project orders over $2500.00 will receive free curbside delivery of all their project materials.  For more information please contact the Pro Desk.

At the March 18th, 2013 Council Meeting the City Council approved a resolution to waive certain building permit fees.  The goal is to encourage home improvements and provide a financial incentive to those residents that are planning home projects. A similar program was successfully initiated in 2001 & 2011. The proposal waives the building permit fee for residents and business/property owners. Permits must still be obtained, and fees paid to outside vendors necessary to ensure the safety of the project are still applicable. Below is an example of permits that will have permit fees waived now thru December, 2013.  For more information please call the Building Department at 630-353-8115.
 
Air Conditioner Replacement            
Deck
Demolition
Driveways/Sidewalks
Fence
Landscape
Lawn Sprinkler
Patio
Roof
Shed
Parking Lots

In conjunction with the street replacement program, the City of Darien will again offer reduced pricing to residents interested in replacing their sidewalks, driveways and aprons.  Suburban Concrete was awarded the bid for 2013.  The prices are as follows:
 
Driveways - $5.90 per square foot
Sidewalks - $3.95 per square foot
Apron - $3.95 per square foot
Apron w/fiber mesh - $4.25 per square foot
Curb & gutter - $12.75 per square foot
Sealer - $0.95 per square foot
 
Resident wishing to replace their driveways should call Suburban Concrete directly at 847-837-8805, and inform them you are a Darien resident.  Suburban Concrete will invoice you for the work.

The deadline to participate in this year's program is July 1st.

Residents of Darien and DuPage County may dispose of Household Hazardous Waste (except latex paint) at the DuPage County Household Hazardous Waste collection site in Naperville at Fire Station 4. The hours are Saturdays and Sundays (except holidays) from 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. For information about the site and accepted items, visit the City of Naperville HHW Collection Site webpage or contact Naperville's Department of Public Works.
 
The DuPage County Recycling Guide answers questions regarding household hazardous waste, how to safely dispose of these products, and how to recycle many other household items.  For more information about hazardous waste disposal, please contact the DuPage County Hazardous Waste hotline or visit their website.
 
Contact                                                          Telephone/Address
Naperville Fire Station 4                                 1979 Brookdale Road, Naperville
Naperville Public Works                                 (630) 420-4190
DuPage County Hazardous Waste Hotline    (630) 510-2810 or (630) 407-6760
 
Special Events/Electronics Recycling
The Village of Downers Grove and Creative Recycling offer electronics recycling on the first Saturday of the month from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. The drop-off location is at Village Hall, 801 Burlington Ave., in the employee parking lot at the rear of the building, off Curtiss St. MAP.
Because the site is staffed by community volunteers, gates will be opened at 9:00 a.m. and closed promptly at noon.
 
Beginning on Friday, May 11, 2013, the Village of Westmont will offer electronics recycling every second Friday of the month through December 2012. Drop-off hours will be from 7 a.m. to 1 p.m. The electronics recycling program drop-off location will be Ty Warner Park in the parking lot on the southwest corner of Blackhawk Drive and Plaza Drive. For more information regarding this electronics recycling program, contact the Village of Westmont at (630) 981-6200.
 
The Downers Grove Township Highway Department accepts electronics from 8:00 a.m. to Noon on the third Saturday of the month (except holiday weekends) at 318 E. Quincy, Westmont. Call (630)-719-6620 for more information.
 
Latex Paint
Latex paint can be dried with cat litter, oil absorbent, sawdust or another absorbent material. Once the paint is dried, it can be scooped out and disposed of with regular garbage. The can may be rinsed out and put with curbside recycling.
Kin-ko Ace Hardware, 6216 Main St, Downers Grove, (630) 968-4355, will accept latex paint for recycling. A small fee will be charged for the service; $1.50 per quart, $2.50 per gallon, $8.00 per 5 gallon bucket. The service is provided by Earth Paints Collection Systems.
Please Note: As of 2010, DuPage County has discontinued the summer latex paint recycling program at the Woodridge Wastewater Treatment Facility.