Champaign County (IL) will be hosting a FREE residential electronics collection event on Saturday, April 12, 2014 from 8 a.m. to noon at Parkland College (parking lot M-4). Parkland College is located at 2400 W. Bradley in Champaign. See http://www.parkland.edu/about/maps.aspx for directions to Parkland, as well as a map of the parking lots.
Electronic items to be accepted include:
- Televisions of any type*
- Computers, laptops, monitors*
- Home entertainment electronic items (VCRs, Betamax, DVD players, cassette players, Blue Ray players, 8‐track players, turntables, etc.)
- Kitchen electronic items / kitchen appliances (blenders, food processors, toasters, microwaves, etc.)
- Bathroom electronic items (curling irons, flat irons, night lights, electric razors, electric toothbrushes, clocks, blow dryers, etc.)
- Office electronic equipment (printers, scanners, copiers, etc.)
- Dehumidifiers
* no broken glass accepted!
Items which will NOT be accepted include:
- Broken glass televisions / broken glass monitors
- White goods: refrigerators, freezers, air conditioners
- Stoves, washer/dryers, dishwashers
- Treadmills
- Fluorescent lighting, CFLs, ballast and other devices containing PCBs
- Thermostats, fire detectors
- Alkaline batteries, other than installed in equipment
- Household hazardous waste
- Medical waste
- Gas powered equipment or lawn equipment
For more information on electronic devices which are BANNED from disposal in Illinois landfills, as well as a list of local businesses which accept electronics for recycling year-round (with devices accepted and any restrictions for each location), please see the Champaign County Electronics Recycling Guide. For questions related to the 4/12/14 electronics collection event, you may call 217-328-3313.
The Champaign County Regional Planning Commission has a list of electronics recycling options posted on their web site. It doesn’t appear that they have any events currently scheduled for 2015.
Hi,
Will there be another recycling event in 2015?