Calendar

June 28, 9am-11:30am
Yard Smart Garden Walk

June 28 9:00am-1:00pm
P2D2 Green Day
Prescription drug disposal program at OSF St. Joseph Medical Center

July 19
9am-12pm
Storm Drain Stenciling
If you are interested in volunteering, contact Matt Garmon at (708) 828-1448 or via email.

July 22, 5:30pm
Rain Barrel Workshop
WORKSHOP FULL

July 26, 10am
Rain Barrel Workshop
WORKSHOP FULL

July 26, 1pm
Rain Barrel Workshop
WORKSHOP FULL

August 4, 7pm
Rain Garden Workshop
by Stacy James, Water Resources Scientist with the Prairie Rivers Network.
Normal Public Library Community Room



Special Disposal Items

Computers and Electronics

Items Accepted:
  • Computers, monitors, computer components, televisions, copiers, phone systems, all types of radios, VCRs, microwaves, cameras, blenders, and other small appliances. Damaged or non-working items accepted.
  • All forms of electronic media and their cases: diskettes, zip disks, CDs, CD-Rs, CD-RWs, DVDs et al, video tape (i.e. VHS), audio tape, game cartridges, DAT, DLT, Beta or Digibeta, and virtually all other type of computer tapes.
  • All forms of printer cartridges including both inkjet and toner.
  • All types of cell phones, pagers, PDAs  and their chargers, cables, and headset accessories
  • All types of rechargeable batteries (not regular alkaline ones) and their chargers
  • All of the small computer accessories such as MP3 players, iPods, digital cameras, hand-held scanners, handheld games and other connected devices. 
Location: Normal Public Works Garage, 1301 Warriner St., Normal
Time: Mon-Fri 7am to 2pm
Provider: Items are a donation to Recycling for Illinois of Peoria to be refurbished and given to low-income individuals with disabilities to enrich their lives.

Items Accepted: Cell phones only.
Location: Wal-Mart, 300 Greenbriar Dr., Normal (near recycling drop-off bins)
Time: 24-hour drop-off
Provider: Verizon Wireless donates phones to social service agencies with domestic violence issues.

Items Accepted: Diskettes, zip disks, CDs, DVDs, video tapes, game cartridges, hard drives, jump drives, printer cartridges, cell phones, pagers, PDAs and their chargers, cables, headset accessories, rechargeable batteries, chargers, small computer accessories such as MP3 players, iPods, digital cameras, hand-held scanners, handheld games, cords, cables, boards, chips, etc. attached to or removed from a computer, laptops, monitors, keyboards, mice, etc.
Location: www.greendisk.com; ship items from your home for recycling
Provider: GreenDisk safely and securely disposes of electronic technotrash, which they reuse, refurbish, or recycle.