Monthly electronics recycling notice

Habitat can once again take TVs

[September 06, 2012]  Habitat for Humanity of Logan County will host its monthly electronics recycling collection on Saturday from 9 a.m. to noon at the Habitat for Humanity warehouse, 915 Woodlawn Road. Habitat for Humanity of Logan County has entered into a new partnership with Advanced Recycling of Pontiac to provide electronics recycling to the area. Televisions will continue to be accepted for recycling under this new partnership.

The collection remains free of charge to the public.

The following items will be accepted:

• Computer equipment, including laptop and desktop personal computers, hard drives, monitors, keyboards, printers, scanners, CD-ROM, DVD, Zip and tape drives, cords and cables.

• Entertainment equipment, including TVs, radios, stereo and game systems, game controls, VCR and DVD players, and cameras.

• Small business equipment, including phones, copiers, typewriters, fax machines and calculators.

• Small household and countertop appliances will also be accepted, as well as aluminum, copper, brass and stainless steel items.

Electronic equipment is not to be left at the site and is not collected outside of the hours of the collection.

Information on the electronics recycling program is available through Habitat for Humanity of Logan County by contacting the office at 217-732-6412 or visiting the agency website at http://habitatlogan.org/.

[Text from file submitted on behalf of Logan County Habitat for Humanity by Mitzi Rohlfs, coordinator of the Logan County Joint Solid Waste Agency]