Residents of Village of Mokena, IL Will Enjoy FREE
Electronics Recycling Pick-up as of January 1st, 2012
A law banning the pick-up of discarded electronics by waste haulers will soon go into effect in Illinois. As of January 1st, 2012, it will be unlawful for electronic items to be picked-up during the weekly trash pickup.
Under this new 2012 Illinois law, electronic product manufacturers will have to recycle the weight equivalent of the electronics products they sold within the State of Illinois during the year 2010. After the year 2012, manufacturers will then have to recycle the weight of 50% of the products they sold within the State each 2 years prior. The residents of the Village of Mokena, Illinois ... thanks to the progressive thinking of its leaders ... will begin enjoying the benefits of a new program designed to continue and expand electronic recycling within their Village. This new 2012 recycling program is to be entirely funded through disposal fees collected from commercial businesses within the Will County area.
To take advantage of the benefits of this new program, Mokena residents just need to call 708.479.3927 to arrange an appointment for pick-up of their electronic items. Residents will be able to arrange for a minimum of 2 items to be carried away ... and a maximum of 10 items, at one time.
Should making an appointment prove inconvenient for the resident, the recycling drop-off contained/location established 3 years ago will remain open for use. That drop-off container is located at the Village of Mokena (IL) Public Works Garage (Ken Heims Facility), 19004 Wolf Road (191st S
treet and Wolf Road), in Mokena.
treet and Wolf Road), in Mokena. Hours for the recycling drop-off container/location are: Monday through Friday, 7:30 AM to 4:00 PM.
Items accepted from residents for recycling within the Village of Mokena are:
(Broken or Obsolete)
• Adding Machines
• Answering Machines
• CB's/Two -way radios
• Calculators
• Cameras (film, magnetic tape, digital)
• CD ROM/Zip/Tape Drives
• CDs, DVDs, Floppies, etc
• Copy/Fax/Scanner Machines
• Cords & Cables (power, USB, etc.)
• Digital Clocks
• DVD
• Electronic Mice
• Hand Held Games
• Hard Drives
• Joysticks/Game controls
• Keyboards
• Laptops
• Laser Disc Players
• Microwaves
• Modems
• Monitors
• Pagers
• Palm Organizers
• Paper shredders
• Personal Computers (PCs)
• Portable Radio/CD Players
• Postage Machines
• Printers (laser, ink jet, dot matrix, etc.)
• Speakers/Stereo Systems
• String Lights (holiday lights on wires)
• Telephones/Cell Phones
• Televisions
• Typewriters/Word Processors
• UPS (Battery Backups)
• VCR
• Video Game Players
As a safety reminder, Village of Mokena Mayor Joseph Werner asks residents to discard or clean computer hard drives thoroughly prior to leaving them for recycling. Reformatting the hard drive or rewriting the disc is greatly recommended.
Those residents seeking further information or having questions can contact either the Village of Mokena at 708.479.3927, or Vintage Tech Recyclers at 877-540-7269 or 866-631-1707 for assistance or more details.
This recycling pick-up service is for residents only. Businesses wishing to recycle electronics must contact Vintage Tech Recyclers (recycling organization providing Village of Mokena recycling services), at 877-540-7269 or 866-631-1707, for further information or to make arrangements for recycling services.
Just this year alone, between the months of January 1st and October 1st, Mokena residents recycled 143,000 pounds of electronics. With this new expanded service taking place at the beginning of the New Year 2012, the Village of Mokena (IL) and Vintage Tech Recyclers hope to expand the numbers of electronics saved from ending-up in landfills.
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