New recycling rules for 2012
The new year – 2012 – brings new rules regarding what can be recycled in Illinois.
Illinois became the 16th state to adopt an electronics recycling law known as the Electronics Products Recycling and Reuse Act (SB2313) in September 2009. This legislation initially banned televisions and monitors from entering Illinois landfills beginning Jan. 1, 2012. Then, Governor Quinn signed legislation that expanded the Illinois Product Recycling and Reuse Act to expand the number of electronic products banned from Illinois landfills from four to 17. The list will include:
- Televisions
- Monitors
- Printers
- Computers (including tablet computers)
- Electronic keyboards
- Facsimile machines
- Videocassette recorders
- Portable digital music players
- Digital video disc players
- Video game consoles
- Small scale servers
- Scanners
- Electronic mice
- Digital converter boxes
- Cable receivers
- Satellite receivers
- Digital video disc recorders
Obsolete toxic electronic products are the fastest growing component of landfilled waste. Discarded electronic products contain toxic materials such as lead, mercury, arsenic, cadmium, beryllium and other toxic materials that once landfilled pollute the soil and may leach into ground water posing a risk to human health and the environment. Obsolete electronic products contain valuable materials that can be recycled for reuse such as copper, gold and circuit chips – just to name a few of the reusable materials. The reuse of these products conserves energy and natural resources.
Since 1999, the Solid Waste Agency of Northern Cook County (SWANCC) has worked with its member communities to provide environmentally-sound recycling for end-of-life electronics through one-day collection events, permanent drop-off locations and the At Home Pick Up Program. One of SWANCC’s permanent electronics drop-off location for residents that live in a member community is the Glenview Transfer Station, 1151 N. River Road, across from the Maryville Academy. It is open most Saturdays from 9 to 11:30 a.m.
Additionally, residents are able to utilize many retail store drop-offs during evening and weekend hours.
Here is a complete list of options.
Find more information on the new state regulations
here.
Village Receives Tree City Growth Award
For 26 years, the Village of Glenview has been proud to be named a “Tree City USA” by the National Arbor Day Foundation and the Illinois Department of Natural Resources. But this year there’s something extra to celebrate!
We’re proud to announce that the Village has received a Tree City Growth Award for going “above and beyond” the basic Tree City USA requirements. Sponsored by the the Arbor Day Foundation, in cooperation with the National Association of State Foresters and the USDA Forest Service, Growth Awards are designed to recognize exceptional achievement, to communicate new ideas and to help the leaders of all Tree City USAs plan for improving community tree care.
In singling out the Village for this special award, the Foundation recognized a number of things, including:
- Updating the content and distribution of information residents can use regarding tree replacement, should the Village require replacements following the removal of an existing tree on their property.
- The Village’s joint tree trimming contract with Wilmette, and
- Its wildlife habitat improvements, including extensive detention basin plantings.