The Ecology Action Center presents the annual McLean County Green Awards to recognize local efforts to improve our environment. Nominations are now being accepted for the 2021 awards, with recipients being named at an online event on February 9, 2022. The McLean County Recycling and Waste Reduction Award identifies businesses,…
Join the local chapter of the JWP Audubon Society for a bird walk at Ewing Park in Bloomington! You don’t have to be a “birder,” you just have to like taking a nice walk outside with nice people. We are moving into the exciting season of fall migration, when birds…
Join the local chapter of the JWP Audubon Society for a bird walk at Ewing Park in Bloomington! You don’t have to be a “birder,” you just have to like taking a nice walk outside with nice people. We are moving into the exciting season of fall migration, when birds…
Solid Waste Collection for Christmas Eve and Christmas Day Bulk waste and brush will not be collected, and the Citizen Convenience Center will be closed, on Thursday, December 24, for Christmas Eve. Garbage and recycling will be collected on the regularly-scheduled collection day. Garbage and recycling must be placed in…
The holidays shouldn’t leave you feeling trashed! Here are collection schedule updates, plus some better options for many of the items on your post-holiday clean-up list. Collection schedule updates for Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, and New Year’s Day: For residents enrolled the Town of Normal waste collection program For residents…
Do you want to power your home with clean, renewable solar energy but can’t or don’t want to bother with a rooftop installation? Community Solar may be for you! Companies managing community solar arrays approved by the Illinois Power Agency in early 2019 are now actively seeking customers for community…
Proper Leaf Management For many Bloomington-Normal residents, leaf-raking efforts are already underway. While raking leaves isn’t rocket science, some leaf-raking practices can be harmful. Raking leaves into the street clogs storm drains, causing street flooding; if they don’t clog but rather wash down into the storm drains they become a…
Explosive. Corrosive. Flammable. Toxic. A comprehensive description of 2020? No. Well, maybe. But these terms do capture another topic of imminent concern: Household Hazardous Waste. Household hazardous wastes are substances that can harm human health or the environment. This year McLean County residents have been carving out space for home offices…
