Event calendar

Recycle Your Bicycle

Event information

Date: Saturday, September 13, 2025

Time: 8:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.

Fee: Free!

Age: All ages.

Contact: 815-727-8700

A collection of bikes lined up on the grass next to a parking lot. Photo by Chad Merda

Event details

This ongoing program runs from Saturday, Sept. 13, through Sunday, Sept. 28. 

Clean out the garage and make a difference by recycling your bicycle! The Forest Preserve District is collecting for Working Bikes, an organization that refurbishes and distributes bikes globally to individuals with disabilities and in developing countries for transportation. No bike is too old or rusty!

Bikes can be dropped off at the following Will County preserves:

  • Hidden Oaks Preserve: 8 a.m.-sunset. The bike drop is located on the southwest side of the parking lot on a flat, accessible surface.
  • McKinley Woods — Kerry Sheridan Grove: The bike drop is centrally located in the preserve parking lot.
  • Monee Reservoir: 6 a.m. to sunset. The bike drop is centrally located in the Monee Reservoir Concessions parking lot.
  • Sugar Creek Preserve: 8 a.m.-sunset. The bike drop is located in the far west parking lot on a flat, accessible surface.

Event requirements

No registration is required. 

Anyone who requires an auxiliary aid or service to participate in this program should mention their request when registering or submit a request online no later than 48 hours before the program.