Burn Bans
Burn bans change week to week.Track burn bans in the free LawLert iPhone app and it alerts you when one is imposed or lifted where you live or where you are. No account.Get the appIllinois has no statewide burn-ban system — restrictions are local. Standing state law (Illinois EPA open-burning page, re-read October 1, 2026): open burning of refuse is generally prohibited; in any town, or within 1 mile of a town of 1,000+ people, only landscape waste may be burned and only on the premises where generated; outside those areas household waste from normal activities may be burned except food, food scraps and packaging. Commercial/trade waste burning is illegal statewide, and tires, furniture, commercial waste and construction/demolition debris can never be burned. Cities and counties may restrict or ban landscape-waste burning outright — check your local ordinance first.
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