The Northwest Cook County Group of the Sierra Club is continuing their restoration work at Spring Valley Nature Sanctuary in Schaumburg. Any who wish to participate should meet in the Spring Valley parking lot on Saturday, November 21 at 8:45 a.m. Work will proceed until 11:30. Gloves and tools will be provided.
Helping restore this native habitat is the Group’s way of saying thank you to Spring Valley for the use of their meeting room.
Recycling your household and business waste is only part of the process. Consider buying recycled products to complete the cycle. Check out SWANCC’s website to find ecofriendly products, links and programs.
Everything from a list of green hotels, energy efficient appliances, safe cosmetics to green office supplies is given.
For the average household, there are multiple, advertised environmental fairs, hazardous waste collections, dropoffs and recycling events that are all FREE. For the average business it can be difficult to find a way to be green and operate economically.
The Illinois EPA has one way to help. They have set up an Industrial Material Exchange that allows businesses to post both the materials they have available for recycling or materials they would like to obtain for their own uses. Check out the website here.
Since most smoke detectors contain small amounts of radioactive materials, they are not readily accepted at most hazardous waste dropoffs. Federal regulations stipulate that all smoke detector packaging must contain the company’s mail back address so that they may be disposed of properly. Please call the company for instructions on mailing the detctors back properly.
BRK ELECTRONICS:
Accepts BRK and First Alert smoke and carbon monoxide detectors. Will accept 4 for free and then charge $1 per additional unit.
www.brkelectronics.com
1-800-323-9005
Based in Aurora, IL
For more info: www.epa.gov/radtown/smoke-detector.html
