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Illinois EPA Schedules 13 Household Hazardous Waste Collections
For Immediate Release
February 2, 1998 |
Media Contact: Geoff Sutton, 217-785-4428
Technical Contact: G. Tod Rowe, 217-785-8604
Hearing Impaired: TDD, 217-782-9143 |
Springfield, Ill. -- The Illinois Environmental Protection Agency
(EPA) is cosponsoring 13 household hazardous waste collections, from mid-March to mid-June
1998. Six events are planned in central, western and southern Illinois, and seven in the
metropolitan Chicago area.
"These popular events allow citizens to rid their homes of unused
or leftover household products, which improperly disposed of, could seriously harm human
health or the environment," said Illinois EPA Director Mary A. Gade. "To date,
the Agency has completed 191 successful collections, filling 37,270 drums with hazardous
wastes from nearly 195,000 households."
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. They may also bring fluorescent and other
high-intensity-discharge lamps to collections. 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 and cosponsors for forthcoming
collections:
| DATE |
LOCATION |
SITE ADDRESS |
CO-SPONSOR |
| Mar. 21 |
Marion,
Williamson County |
Marion High School
1501 South Carbon Street |
Williamson County Soil and Water Conservation District |
| Mar. 28 |
Rushville,
Schuyler County |
Schuyler - Brown FS
Brown at Mason Street |
Rushville Lions Club |
| Apr. 4 |
Tuscola,
Douglas County |
East Prairie Middle School
409 South Prairie Street |
Douglas County Rotary Clubs of Tuscola, Arthur, and Villa Grove |
| Apr. 18 |
Moline,
Rock Island County |
Wharton Field House
1800 20th Avenue |
City of Moline |
| Apr. 18 |
Bloomington,
McLean County |
Farm Bureau Interstate Center
2301 West Market Street |
McLean County Solid Waste Management Program & Cooperative Extension
Services Environmental Quality Task Force |
| Apr. 25 |
Wheeling,
Cook County |
Wheeling Park District
Aquatic Center Parking Lot
333 West Dundee Road |
Solid Waste Agency of Northern Cook County and the Villages of Wheeling
and Buffalo Grove |
| May 2 |
Chicago,
Cook County |
DeVry Institute of Technology
3300 North Campbell |
City of Chicago, Department of Environment |
| May 16 |
St. Charles,
Kane County |
Kane County Fairgrounds
Randall Road between Routes 38 and 64 |
Kane County Department of Environmental Management and the City of St.
Charles |
| May 16 |
Elmhurst,
DuPage County |
Public Works Department
200 South West Avenue |
City of Elmhurst |
| May 30 |
Des Plaines,
Cook County |
Oakton Community College
Parking Lot D
1600 East Golf Road |
Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago, City of Des
Plaines, and Oakton Community College District 535 |
| June 6 |
Evanston,
Cook County |
Evanston Civic Center
2100 Ridge Avenue |
City of Evanston and the Solid Waste Agency of Northern Cook County |
| June 6 |
South Holland,
Cook County |
Public Works Department
16226 South Wausau |
South Suburban Mayors and Managers Association and the Village of South
Holland |
| June 13 |
Ottawa,
LaSalle County |
LaSalle County Governmental Complex
707 East Etna Road |
LaSalle County Environmental Services and Land Use |
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