Residential Recycling and Document Shredding Event

• Electronics & holiday light-strings (no large household appliances “white goods” or Freon-containing appliances)
• Books (any age or condition, hard cover or paperback)
• Bikes, bike parts, helmets, bike baskets, crutches, wheelchairs, sewing machines
• Fluorescent Lamps (4 foot tubes) from residential sources only; please no CFLs (most hardware stores take them)
• Carpet We’ll be accepting used residential carpet (and carpet tiles) and ‘Rebond’ carpet padding (the speckled kind) No rubber or felt padding please, as it is not recyclable.
• Latex Paint: Latex paint is non-toxic but difficult to dispose of because you have to dry it out before placing it in your landfill trash. However, it can be easily recycled into new products with no drying out necessary! Earth Paint Collection Systems will be collecting latex paint for recycling. No oil based product will be accepted. Latex Paint will be the only item that has a recycling fee* per container, payable by the resident with cash or check.
• <a >Confidential Document Shredding:for residential use (no businesses please).
•    This service provides on-site shredding trucks, where you can watch your documents being shredded if you wish. This is for residential material only, not for businesses (see list below for business service), thank you.
•    No quantity limit as long as it is residential.
•    Staples, paperclips, spiral bindings, file folders without metal, and cellophane envelope windows are fine to leave in.
•     Please REMOVE all binder clips, three-ring plastic binders and any larger metal pieces.
•     Please do not bring periodicals, magazines, and other paper that does not contain      confidential information. Those materials can go in your household recycling bin. See below for more info

More to be added. Please check back closer to the event!

What we will NOT be collecting:

• Oil paint or other Household Hazardous Waste will not be accepted at this event.
• Tires and motor oil will not be accepted at this event.
• Anything that is not onthe list above will not be accepted.
• No landfill garbage please.

Questions?   Call 630-208-3841 or go to: www.countyofkane.org/pages/recycling

Partners Include: Kane County Environmental Resources, eWorks Electronics Services, Pacesetter Books, Working Bikes, Earth Paint Collection Systems, Midwest Carpet Recyclers, Fluorecycle, and Cintas.

See here for more details: www.countyofkane.org/Recycling

Thank you for recycling!