From the McHenry County Health Department:
Residential Recycling Event
Woodstock – McHenry County Department of Health (MCDH), Elgin Recycling, and The Environmental Defenders of McHenry County are partnering to bring you the third of our four recycling events in 2019.
On Saturday, September 7, 2019, from 8 until noon, McHenry County residents may drop off electronic devices at the Grafton Township Road District Building, 10109 Vine St, Huntley.
The following electronic devices will be accepted:
- Televisions and Computer Monitors (fee applies)
- Computers (desktop, laptop, netbook, notebook, tablet), Keyboards, and Mice
- Printers, Fax Machines, Scanners, Small Scale Servers
- DVD Players, DVD Recorders, VCRs
- Video Game Consoles, Portable Digital Music Players
- Digital Converter Boxes, Cable and Satellite Receivers
Fees apply to recycle TVs and Computer Monitors ($15 up to 20 inches and $25 dollars for 21 inches or larger). Elgin recycling will accept credit cards or cash onsite. Please visit the Elgin Recycling webpage at www.elginrecycling.com or contact Elgin Recycling by telephone at 847-741-4100 regarding additional items that may be accepted.
The Environmental Defenders of McHenry County will also be collecting fluorescent tubes (50 cents to $1 each); clean Styrofoam; packing peanuts; re-useable bubble wrap and cloth items (clothing, linens, rags, and shoes tied together by the laces).
Electronic devices can also be dropped off at Elgin Recycling, located at 5114 E Terra Cotta, Crystal Lake Monday to Friday from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and Saturdays 8:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
An additional recycling event is scheduled for October 19, 2019 at McHenry County College. Visit the Health Department’s webpage: www.mcdh.info for details.
I somehow don’t think townships should be expanding into these non-mandated functions at taxpayer expense just to bloat township government and allow township idiots to claim townships are so damn vital to anything.
Behr recycling in Woodstock takes computers and pays you a little too.
Are all of those goods put in recycling containers actually being recycled or are they just being dumped in the landfills?
The price for recycled goods has plummeted in the last couple of years making recycling generally unprofitable.
I’m curious if anyone knows the answer to this question.
They get dumped in landfills …. sometimes the iron/steel is magnetized out and aluminum culled. Depends on waste co. You can tell landfill garbage when the same truck picks up both trash and ‘recyclables.’ Those get dumped in same fill. You are only fooling yourselves with those …. rinsing cans and glass. An effort in futility, and feel good liberalism. Look at the ‘recycler’s’ employee numbers. They laid off all of them 3-4 yrs ago. Who’s supposedly doing the sorting?
Answer: nobody.
Shocking