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The McHenry County Department of Health and the Environmental Defenders of McHenry County have teamed up to hold a recycling event from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday, Oct. 14, at the health department office, 667 Ware Road in Woodstock.
The event will include electronics recycling; document shredding; and the collection of Styrofoam, textiles, light bulbs and batteries.
Elgin Recycling will accept the following electronic devices:
- Televisions and computer monitors
- Computers and small-scale servers
- Printers, fax machines and scanners
- DVD players, DVD recorders and VCRs
- Video game consoles
- Digital converter boxes, cable and satellite receivers
- Electronic keyboards, electronic mice and portable digital music players
Fees to recycle TV monitors are $15 for any size LCD monitor, $25 for all other units up to 20 inches and $35 for all other units 21 inches and larger. Credit cards will be accepted on-site.
Paper Tiger Document Solutions will have its shred truck on-site to securely shred sensitive paper documents. The shredder can only take paper, no CDs or thumb drives.
Staples and paper clips do not need to be removed, but binder clips, three ring binders and the like should be removed before shredding. Participants will be required to take back their empty boxes or bags.
The Environmental Defenders also will collect fluorescent tubes and bulbs, textiles and clothing and clean Styrofoam for free.
It will accept LED bulbs for 50 cents to $1 each and alkaline batteries for $1 per pound.