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Environmental Progress - Spring 1996

Spring Household Hazardous Waste Collections Scheduled

These popular events help rid kitchens, basements and garages of dangerous materials, safely and efficiently.

The Illinois EPA and local communities and organizations are cosponsoring the spring round of household hazardous waste collections through June 1996.

Collections are scheduled on Saturdays, from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Residents of cosponsoring communities are urged to bring weed killers, drain cleaners, paints, thinners, anti-freeze, pesticides and similar household products. Explosives, propane tanks, fire extinguishers, agricultural chemcials and business waste will not be accepted. Also, residents are asked to take used motor oil and auto batteries to local recyclers.

"These popular events allow citizens to properly dispose of potentially hazardous household products," said Illinois EPA Director Mary A. Gade. "To date, the Agency has assisted in 133 successful collections, which filled 21,873 drums with hazardous wastes gathered from more than 122,370 households."

Household hazardous waste collections are free to the public. A contractor hired by the Illinois EPA correctly disposes of all collected wastes. The program is funded by statewide fees on landfilled solid waste.

The accompanying table lists dates, cities, collection points, cosponsors and local contacts for collections scheduled in May and June. Another series of collections is planned for the fall.

Household Hazardous Waste Collections, Spring 1996
Date	City	Collection Points	Cosponsors and Local Contacts
May 4	Glen Ellyn	College of DuPage 22nd St & Lambert Road	Village of Glen Ellyn David Cox
May 4	Plainfield	Indian Trail Jr. High 1005 N. Eastern St.	Village of Plainfield Pat McDonald
May 11	Zion	BFI-Zion Landfill 701 Green Bay Rd.	BFI and City of Zion Mike Williams
May 11	Belvidere	Belvidere Street Dept. Locust St.	Boone Co. EMA Dale Steinke
May 18	Westmont	Village Right-of-Way 825 Willow Oak Drive	Village of Westmont Ron Searle
May 18	Galesburg	Galesburg High School 1135 W. Freemont St.	City of Galesburg Julie Main
June 1	O'Fallon	Township Office 801 E. State	City of O'Fallon Frank Miles
June 8	North Aurora	North Aurora Fire Dept. 2 N. Monroe	N. Aurora Fire Protection Dist. Lt. Mark Bozik
June 8	Carpentersville	Meadowdale Shopping Center (rear) Route 25	Village of Carpentersville Curt Carve