ELECTRONIC RECYCLING EVENT BRINGS IN MORE THAN 20,000 POUNDS OF WASTE
Freeport residents kept more than 10 tons of electronic waste out of local landfills during the city’s electronics recycling event last month.
City officials say a total of 20,894 pounds of e-waste was collected during the June 6th event, including more than 13,700 pounds of old televisions alone. The annual collection gives residents a safe and legal way to dispose of electronics that can’t be thrown away with regular household garbage under Illinois law…