Volunteers Wanted: Downers Grove Recycling Extravaganza, Sept. 20

Image: Toby Green, courtesy of the Downers Grove page on Facebook.

The Downers Grove Recycling Extravaganza will collect unwanted and hard to recycle items from residents on Sept. 20, from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Many electronics can’t be brought to Illinois landfills, but the town’s event will help collect them for recycling.

The event is still seeking volunteers, according to a post Monday on the Downers Grove page on Facebook. Those interesting in helping out should call Mary Pratt at 630-434-5559 or Megan Gaw at 630-434-6811.

The Recycling Extravaganza will take place in Lot H of the Belmont Road Train Station. You can enter from Chase Avenue from Curtiss Street. Volunteers will be available to direct traffic and help customers.

According to the Downers Grove website, the following items will be accepted at the Recycling Extravaganza.

• Paper Shredding: Limit of 2 brown paper grocery bags per vehicle. Paper will be collected and shredded off-site by a certified National Association for Information Destruction (NAID) document destruction company.
• Lead acid batteries: automotive-size battery cores – car, boat, truck, motorcycle, computer, sump pump
• Rechargeable Household Batteries, only. Alkaline batteries will not be accepted.
• Electronics: Large and small electronics, TVs, VCRs, DVD players, cameras, computers, laptops, copiers, cords, discs, electric typewriters, fax/adding machines, hard drives, keyboards, mice, monitors, PDAs, printers, scanners, small kitchen appliances, radios, speakers, stereos, telephones, zip drives, hair dryers, and more.
• Cell phones and accessories
• Textiles and gently-used clothing
• Scrap Metal
• Bicycles, in any condition
• Ink cartridges
• New and gently used building materials, tools, and appliances
• Furniture, in gently used condition: dressers, kitchen tables (with or without chairs), coffee and end tables.
• Musical instruments
• Buttons, rulers, yarn
• Compact Fluorescent Light Bulbs, only.
• American Flags
• Fire Extinguishers

The following items will not be accepted:

• Alkaline batteries
• Refrigerators and large household appliances
• Air conditioners and dehumidifiers
• Smoke alarms
• Incandescent light bulbs and fluorescent tubes
• Thermostats
• Paint of any kind
• Household hazardous waste such as cleaning agents, chemicals

For more information, visit the Recycling Extravaganza website or contact Megan Gaw