Recycle your gourds, electronics in Carol Stream

The Village of Carol Stream will be partnering with eWorks, SCARCE, Flood Brothers Disposal, and DuPage County to host a Pumpkin and Electronics recycling event from 8 a.m. to noon Saturday, Nov. 2, at the Water Reclamation Center, 245 Kuhn Road.

Drop off your pumpkins for composting at this event. Composting is nature's form of recycling. It promotes healthy soil, water and air; saves landfill space; and reduces your climate change impact.

There is a per-unit fee for recycling televisions and monitors: $25 for under 21 inches or $35 for 21 inches and over. Cash and credit cards accepted; no checks.

All items should be delivered unboxed and free of excess packaging materials.

Items not accepted include: large and small appliances, hazardous and chemical waste, smoke detectors and wooden speakers.

It is open to passenger vehicles only; no box trucks, semis, etc.

If you have more than 50 items (three pallets or greater), contact eWorks to arrange for a special pickup. Donation fee will apply for all televisions and monitors.

Acceptable items include: computers and peripherals (PCs, main frames, modems, printers, monitors, terminals, tape drives, CD-ROM, drives, floppy disk drives, plotters, mouse, keyboards, scanners, cables); office equipment and products (telephones, phone systems, answering machines, fax machines, copy machines, cellular phones, pagers); and home entertainment and other items (TVs, VCRs, DVD players, stereo equipment, joy sticks, cameras, camcorders, video game players).

For details, visit www.carolstream.org.