Get rid of old electronics that you replaced over the holidays this coming Saturday, February 6th, 2016 in both DeKalb and Genoa. Clean out that old garbage before you bring more ‘stuff’ into your home!
Recycling events take place in DeKalb the first Saturday of each month in DeKalb at City Lot #3 at Grove and S. 4th St. from 9am to 11am. There will be no event 7/2/16 or 9/3/16. The same is the case for Genoa, who hold their events at Genoa’s City Hall, East Lot from 12:30 – 2:30pm.
Items accepted include any object that plugs into a wall socket or has a battery (ie: phones, cameras, satellite receivers, refrigerators, computers, VCR’s, lamps, etc.); Cardboard, Plastic, Scrap Metal, CRT Monitors / Flat Screen Monitors, etc.. Due to recent changes in the electronics recycling industry statewide, New Life Electronics Recycling is no longer accepting Cathode Ray Tube Televisions (older Tube Televisions). Flat screen televisions will be accepted.
Best Buy no longer accepts CRT Tube televisions or monitors either. The Illinois Product Stewardship Council is advocating for legislation to facilitate disposal of TVs, according to Michelle Gibson, Solid Waste Specialist. For more information please visit health.dekalbcounty.org (click on Environmental Health, then Solid Waste and Recycling) or call Ms. Gibson at 815-748-2408.
The electronics collections are sponsored by each individual municipality. Please contact your local municipality if you have any questions regarding pick up dates around the holiday weekends. The contractor reserves the right to limit quantities.
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