Wild Onion - 2nd Quarter 2008
Recycling Mega Drop-Off Day!!
Plus Tour of Chicago
Household Waste Recycling Facility
April 5, 9:00 a.m.
1150 N. North Branch St. on Goose Island
If all 9,000 (or even just
half) of Chicago Group members gather up all hazardous household wastes,
computers and cell phones and computers in their homes for recycling, we’ll help
the year-old Chicago Household Chemical and Computer Recycling Center SHATTER
its previous one-day waste stream record.
Make April 5 your PERSONAL EARTH DAY by committing to bringing your household e-waste and chemicals in for safe recycling.
And besides basking in the knowledge that you have a clean house and responsibly recycled electronics and haz mat stuff, you’ll also get to tour the center. It’s small and deceptively simple in appearance, but all three of our previous tours have been SOLD OUT. Everyone came away impressed with the ingenuity of the city’s Department of the Environment staff in finding ways to recycle tons of electronics and hundreds of gallons of potential pollutants.
The facility accepts the
following for recycling or safe disposal: antifreeze, used motor oil, old
gasoline, oil-based paints, paint thinners, aerosol paints, herbicides,
insecticides, pesticides, lawn chemicals, solvents, drain cleaners, cleaning
products, pool chemicals, hobby chemicals, mercury, fluorescent lamps and bulbs,
computers and cell phones. There’s also a swap room where you can take away
partially used chemical products and paint.
You’ll get one entry to the Environmental Activist Awards Program for participating in this activity. You’ll get more chance to win if you bring TONS of recycling to the center at the trip leader’s discretion.
Please RSVP for the tour to event leader, Christine Williamson, birdchris@aol.com or evenings 773/935-8439.
See also website: wrdenvironmental.com/projects/chicagorecyclingcenter.html