All of us have accumulated stuff! Some of us more then others, and in todays gadget rich society we have many things we may not want or use anymore.
So the Round Lake Public Works Department is hosting a
Household Electronic Collection at the Public Works Facility on Monday July 10, from 8am to 5pm. The Public Work's facility is at the corner of Bacon and Townline Road. What follows is a list of things that we are accepting.
Adding Machines, Main Frames, Answering Machines, Mice (Computers), Blenders, Microwaves, Calculator,s Modems, Cameras (film, magnetic tape, digital), Monitors, CB’s/Two-way Radios Pagers, CD ROM/Zip/Tape Drives Palm Organizers/Hand Held Games, Cell Phones, Paper Shredders, Coffeemakers, Portable Radio/CD Players, Copy Machines, Postage Machines, Cordless Telephones, Power Tools Cords and Cables (power, USB, etc.), Printers (laser, ink jet), Curling Irons, Radio Controlled Toys, Desk Top PC’s (CPU), Radios/Stereo Systems, Electric Razors, Scales, Electric Tooth Brushes, Scanners, Electric Toy Slot Cars, Sewing Machines, Electric Toy Trains, Speakers, Fans, Telephones, Fax Machines, Toasters, Hair Dryers, TV’s, Hard Drives, Typewriters/Word Processors, Humidifiers/Vaporizers, UPS Battery Backups, Irons, Vacuums, Joysticks/Game Controls VCR, DVD, Laser Disc Players, Keyboards, Video Game Players, Lap Top PC’s, Waffle Irons, and a partridge in a pear tree.
Round Lake is a member of
SWALCO (the Solid Waste Agency of Lake County) and we plan on having more of these programs in the future.
This month’s household electronics collection was a huge success! We had a total of 178 people drop off their electronic equipment for recycling. The result is a pile of computers, monitors, TV’s and stereos that is 60 feet long, 18 feet wide, and averages 4 feet high. I have written about collections in the past and have a great picture here.
Here are the lists of dates the Round Lake Public Works department will be holding the Household Electronics collections for 2007. (The second Tuesday of every other month). The times will be from 8am to 5pm.
The Village of Round Lake in conjunction with the Solid Waste Agency of Lake County (SWALCO) will be hosting a Household Chemical Waste collection at the Round Lake Public Works Facility on Saturday October 7, 2006 starting at 8am and running until 2:30pm. This event will be held rain or shine. Below are lists of materials that will be accepted as well as materials that will not be accepted. Further information may be found at www.swalco.org
Davis Clark our Public Works Director sent me an email and the above picture updating me on how much was collected during our SWALCO recycling drive.
All of us have accumulated stuff! Some of us more then others, and in todays gadget rich society we have many things we may not want or use anymore.
Before you throw away a piece of electronic equipment, please consider the following recycling and safe disposal options. It is important to keep toxic and reusable materials out of our landfills.
I was able to present an Earth Day flag to Village School yesterday, on behalf of SWALCO. Chris Geiselhart a HIGHLY committed employee for SWALCO coordinated the whole thing. There was a full house of kids and you would be amazed to know that the kids led by teacher coordinator and bundle of recycling energy Monica Dobre collected 50 sports shoes (sneakers, etc) for the Reuse-a-Shoe program. These are processed into sports surfaces such as track, basketball courts, football and soccer fields, keeping them out of landfills and making something new.
Three years ago the Village adopted a new program for recycling. The yellow topped containers (sort of Packer-like colors) that are slightly smaller are designed solely for use on recycled material. The program was quite well received because it did away with the old open bins, which had paper flying around the neighborhoods. Plus it was bigger.