Find out what you can recycle at Elgin Alive Series April 9

The Elgin Community Network's "Elgin Alive Series" continues with "Moving from 'Think Green' to 'Act Green': What Can I Recycle?" from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 9, in the Meadows Community Rooms at Gail Borden Public Library, 270 N. Grove Ave. in downtown Elgin.

Have you ever heard the phrase, "one bad apple spoils the bunch?"

The same is true for recycling, where one nonrecyclable item can spoil an entire batch of otherwise good materials. It may seem like such a small detail - a wrong item in the recycling bin - but it represents a problem that's preventing thousands of tons of recyclables from ever seeing a second life.

Learn what you should be recycling at home and at work and get your questions answered by a representative from Waste Management.

The program is sponsored by the Elgin Community Network, City of Elgin, Gail Borden Public Library, Elgin Sustainability Commission, and Waste Management.

To sign up, visit gailborden.info.

For information on the Elgin Community Network or the Elgin Alive Series, visit elgin-ecn.org.

The goals of the Elgin Community Network are: increasing the number and diversity of people who are involved and volunteer in their communities and neighborhoods; strengthening neighborhood and community capacity to build and identity skills, relationships and partnerships; increasing community and neighborhood impact on public decisions; and providing tools and resources to improve neighborhood and community livability and safety.