Palatine Park District/SWANCC Present Electronics Recycling and Document Destruction Event
The Palatine Park District Environmental Committee will present an Electronics
Recycling and Document Destruction Event in cooperation with SWANC, the Solid Waste Agency of Northern Cook County. Items will be collected on Saturday, August 10 from 9:00am to 12:00pm in the Community Center Back Lot, 250 E. Wood Street, Palatine. This event is for resident household items only. Residents from any SWANCC community can participate; a complete list of communities can be found at www.swancc.org under “Who Is SWANCC.” Business and institutional groups are not allowed. Hazardous waste and other unlisted materials will not be accepted, proof of residency will be checked, and no vehicle will be allowed to enter the event line after 12:00pm.
Document Destruction
This service is provided as a courtesy to residents who have sensitive documents to recycle, such as medical records, tax forms, bank statements, etc. Documents are loaded into a shredding truck on site. The paper is then cross-shredded, baled and recycled. Documents must be brought to the event in either paper shopping bags or cardboard boxes. No plastic bags please. There is a limit of six file-size boxes or paper shopping bags per vehicle. Paper clips and staples do not need to be removed, but please remove binders.
Electronics Recycling
New legislation in Illinois bans televisions and computer monitors from going into public landfills. SWANCC contracts with Supply-Chain Services, Inc. (SSI) to responsibly recycle electronics. Visit the SWANCC site at www.swancc.org to view a video that shows how your electronics’ hard drives are erased, demanufactured and processed. Hazardous waste and other unlisted materials will not be accepted.
Items that will be accepted include: cable receivers, computers, computer cables, computer monitors, converter boxes, fax machines, mobile telephones, mouse or keyboards, MP3 players, portable digital assistants, printers, satellite receivers, scanners, televisions, video game consoles, video recorders/players, and zip drives.
For additional information please contact Joshua Ludolph at 847-496-6242 or ludolph@palatineparks.org.
This event is presented by the Environmental Committee of the Palatine Park District. The mission of the committee is to research and implement practical ways to save energy and promote environmental stewardship. Staff members on the committee include Linda Freitag, Brad Helms, Joshua Ludolph, Dan Mangum, Robert “Dutch” Schultz, Joan Scovic, and Ed Tynczuk.
The mission of Palatine Park District is to provide a variety of safe, enjoyable and affordable parks and recreation facilities and activities that will enhance the quality of life by promoting good health and well-being for all residents and visitors of the Palatine Park District.
The Solid Waste Agency of Northern Cook County (SWANCC), a nonprofit intergovernmental agency, has provided solid waste management services, programs and resource materials to its 23 member communities since 1988. SWANCC’s focus is to reduce the volume and toxicity of solid waste through responsible waste reduction solutions and includes collections for special materials.