Illinois EPA Announces Household Hazardous Waste Collections
For Immediate Release
Aug. 19, 1997 |
Technical Contact: G. Tod Rowe, 217-785-8604
Hearing Impaired: TDD, 217-782-9143 |
Springfield, Ill. -- The Illinois Environmental Protection Agency
(EPA) is cosponsoring 12 household hazardous waste collections, from late August to early
November 1997. Five events are planned to take place in central and southern Illinois,
seven in the metropolitan Chicago area.
"These collections allow citizens to rid their homes of unused or unwanted
household products that are potentially harmful to the environment," said Illinois
EPA Director Mary A. Gade. "Over the past eight years, the Agency has completed 178
collections, served more than 182,000 households and safely disposed of nearly 35,000
drums of hazardous waste."
Collections are scheduled on Saturdays, from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m., for greatest convenience
to working families. Citizens are asked to bring harsh chemical cleaners, paints,
thinners, antifreeze, weed killers, insecticides and pesticides, and similar household
hazardous products. Participants are urged to take used motor oil and auto batteries to
local recyclers. Explosives, propane tanks, fire extinguishers, smoke detectors,
agricultural chemicals and business wastes will be turned away.
Household hazardous waste collections are conducted each spring and fall and 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. Following are
dates, cities, collection points, co-sponsors and local contacts for forthcoming
collections:
| DATE |
LOCATION |
SITE ADDRESS |
CO-SPONSOR |
| Aug. 23 |
Chicago |
University of Chicago |
- Chicago Department of Environment
|
| Aug. 23 |
Wauconda |
109 W. Liberty St. |
|
| Sept. 6 |
Palatine |
Public Works Facility
148 W. Illinois St. |
- Village of Palatine
- Solid Waste Agency of Northern Cook County
|
| Sept. 13 |
St. Charles |
Kane County Fairgrounds |
- Kane County Department of Environmental Management
- City of St. Charles
|
| Sept. 20 |
Monticello |
427 W. Marion St. |
- Monticello Rotary Club
- Piatt County Farm Service
|
| Sept. 20 |
Galena |
312 N. Main St. |
- Jo-Carroll Cooperative Extension Service
|
| Sept. 27 |
Romeoville |
Romeoville Community Park
900 W. Romeo Road |
|
| Oct. 4 |
Griggsville |
Western Illinois Fairgrounds
(off Route 107) |
- Pike County Health Department
|
| Oct. 18 |
Elgin |
Elgin Community College
1700 Spartan Drive |
- Kane County Department of Environmental Management
- City of Elgin
|
| Oct. 18 |
Hillsboro |
Hillsboro Community High School
522 E. Tremont |
- Montgomery County Solid Waste Department
- Illinois Power Co.
|
| Oct. 25 |
Palos Hills |
Amos Alonzo Stagg High School
111th Street and Roberts Road |
- Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago
- Village of Palos Hills
- Amos Alonzo Stagg High School
- Southwest Conference of Mayors
|
| Nov. 1 |
Scott Air Force Base |
Mascoutah Gate |
|
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