Electronics Recycling & Document Desctruction Event

The Palatine Park District Environmental
Committee will present an Electronics

Recycling and Document
Destruction Event in cooperation with SWANC, the Solid Waste Agency of Northern
Cook County. Items will be collected on Saturday, August 10 from 9:00am to 12:00pm
in the Community
Center Back Lot, 250 E. Wood Street, Palatine. This event is for resident
household items only. Residents from any SWANCC community can participate; a
complete list of communities can be found at www.swancc.org
under “Who Is SWANCC.” Business and institutional groups are not allowed. Hazardous
waste and other unlisted materials will not be accepted, proof of residency
will be checked, and no vehicle will be allowed to enter the event line after
12:00pm.

Document Destruction

This service is provided as a courtesy
to residents who have sensitive documents to recycle, such as medical records,
tax forms, bank statements, etc. Documents are loaded into a shredding truck on
site. The paper is then cross-shredded, baled and recycled. Documents must be
brought to the event in either paper shopping bags or cardboard boxes. No
plastic bags please. There is a limit of six file-size boxes or paper shopping
bags per vehicle. Paper clips and staples do not need to be removed, but please
remove binders.

Electronics
Recycling

New legislation in Illinois bans
televisions and computer monitors from going into public landfills. SWANCC
contracts with Supply-Chain Services, Inc. (SSI) to responsibly recycle
electronics. Visit the SWANCC site at www.swancc.org
to view a video that shows how your electronics’ hard drives are erased,
demanufactured and processed. Hazardous waste and other unlisted materials will
not be accepted.

Items that will be accepted include: cable
receivers, computers, computer cables, computer monitors, converter boxes, fax
machines, mobile telephones, mouse or keyboards, MP3 players, portable digital assistants,
printers, satellite receivers, scanners, televisions, video game consoles, video
recorders/players, and zip drives.

For additional information please
contact Joshua Ludolph at 847-496-6242 or ludolph@palatineparks.org.

This
event is presented by the Environmental Committee of the Palatine Park
District. The mission of the committee is to research and implement practical
ways to save energy and promote environmental stewardship. Staff members on the
committee include Linda Freitag, Brad Helms, Joshua Ludolph, Dan Mangum, Robert
“Dutch” Schultz, Joan Scovic, and Ed Tynczuk.

The
mission of Palatine Park District is to provide a variety of safe, enjoyable
and affordable parks and recreation facilities and activities that will enhance
the quality of life by promoting good health and well-being for all residents
and visitors of the Palatine Park District.

The
Solid Waste Agency of Northern Cook County (SWANCC), a nonprofit
intergovernmental agency, has provided solid waste management services,
programs and resource materials to its 23 member communities since 1988.
SWANCC’s focus is to reduce the volume and toxicity of solid waste through
responsible waste reduction solutions and includes collections for special
materials.