Kane County recycling events take a break for winter
Kane County's Electronics and Books Recycling event has been once a month on the second Saturday for years, but because the event has grown so much in scale it has become logistically challenging to operate in winter.
"It takes a lot more equipment and up to 30 workers to operate this event now," explains Jennifer Jarland, Kane County's Recycling Program Coordinator "and the extremely cold weather or snowy conditions presents serious issues for this scale of event."
Because of operational difficulties and health risks associated with operating an outdoor event in extreme weather, there will be no collection events during the winter months starting in 2016. There will be no events in January, February or March 2016.
The events will start again as of April 9, 2016. For dates and details on what items will be accepted at each event, see the Electronics Recycling Collection Event page.
Events are held at the Kane County Traffic Court Building at 540 S. Randall Road in St. Charles, between 8 a.m. and noon on these dates:
• Nov. 14, electronics, books
• Dec. 12, electronics, books, document shredding and latex paint
Paint will have a $3.50 per gallon-can fee, payable by the resident. All else is free to drop off.
Document shredding is limited to four banker-boxes per resident, and is not for businesses to use.
The four permanent electronics recycling drop-offs in the county's Electronics Recycling Program will remain open during their regular hours of 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Mondays through Fridays throughout the winter until further notice. For a listing of locations, see the Drop-offs page.
More Kane County recycling information can be found at www.countyofkane.org/recycling.