Check out the recycling of Holiday Lights and Extension Cords in Elk Grove Village!
Where: Community Development Counter, Elk Grove Village Hall, 901 Wellington Avenue.
When: During open hours, 8:30 to 5:00 until March 31, 2019
What: Extension cords and holiday light strings. All clips, attachments, garland, greens, etc. must be removed.
Who: This dropoff recycling is available to residents of SWANCC communities, Elk Grove Village and Hoffman Estates. Items from businesses are not accepted.
For additional information, please contact the Elk Grove Village Environmental Health Division at 847-357-4240.
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Where: Hoffman Estates Village Hall, 1900 Hassell Road
When: December 1 – February 8, 2019; During village hall hours
What: Extension cords and holiday light strings. All clips, attachments, garland, greens, etc. must be removed.
Who: This dropoff recycling is available to residents of SWANCC communities, Elk Grove Village and Hoffman Estates. Items from businesses are not accepted.
For more information, call Public Works at 847-490-6800
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Where: Schaumburg Public Works, 714 S. Plum Grove Road
When: Year round, 8-4 business hours
What: Christmas light strands and extension cords
Who: This dropoff recycling is available to Schaumburg residents.
For more information, call Public Works at 847-882-3586
If you live in Hoffman Estates or Elk Grove Village and you have holiday lights that have seen better days or simply aren’t working, here’s a good, green way to get rid of them.
Elk Grove Village residents may drop lights off at:
Elk Grove Village Community Development Counter
901 Wellington Avenue
Elk Grove Village
November 2, 2018 to March 31, 2019
(847) 357-4220
Hoffman Estates residents may drop lights off at:
Village Hall Lobby
1900 Hassell Road
Hoffman Estates
December 1, 2018 – February 8, 2019
Monday through Friday: 8:30 – 5:00
Saturday: 9:00-12:00
(847) 882-9100
Acceptable lights include: mini-lights (or Italian lights), C7 lights, C9 lights, rope lights, LED lights, extension cords, etc. All colors and lengths will be accepted. Garland, live greens, wreathes, or other non-recyclables are NOT accepted. You must live in either one of the two communities listed.
The Village of Hanover Park, in cooperation with Elgin Recycling, Inc. has opened up their recycling to ANY residential household. You are welcome to recycle your holiday lights and extension cords beginning November 1, 2018 and going through the end of March 2019.
Take them to the Public Works Garage at 2121 W. Lake Street for disposal. The hours are Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. This dropoff is for HOUSEHOLDS only.
Now that it’s time to start thinking about taking the holiday decorations down, you might want to consider recycling any of the strands that you’re tired of, didn’t work or those that kept going out intermittently. The Village of Schaumburg can help you keep this out of your trash and give you a convenient location to drop off those light strands.
Take them to:
Engineering and Public Works Building
714 S. Plum Grove Road
Receptacle is in the lobby next to the CFL bulb and battery recycling boxes.
Monday through Friday 8-4
How many times have you strung up your lights for the holiday season only to discover one or more strands aren’t working?
If that happens to you this year–and you live in the SWANCC community of Hoffman Estates–you can safely recycle those strands and their extension cords. Here’s where…
Village of Hoffman Estates (In Village Hall lobby)
1990 Hassell Road
Monday – Friday: 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
November 17 to Februry 4
847-882-9100
Filed under: Light Bulbs
Back in 2010 a posting appeared on this blog regarding the Energy Independence and Security Act passed by Congress of 2007 that would begin the phaseout of incandescent light bulbs in the year 2012. Light bulbs that are 100 watts were destined to go next year, followed by 75 watt bulbs in 2013, and 40 and 64 watt bulbs in 2014.
Republicans in Congress have put a temporary halt to the enactment of this portion of the law. As a result, they have pushed back the time frame for the 100 watt bulbs to October 2012.
Compact fluorescent light bulbs are expected to be the leading replacements for standard incandescent light bulbs, at least at first. These bulbs use less energy to emit the same levels of light as the incandescent bulbs. While more expensive, these bulbs last longer and are more energy efficient.
CFL bulbs must be recycled, however, in a safe manner. The villages of Hoffman Estates and Schaumburg accept their residents’ bulbs for recycling as does any Ace Hardware.
ComEd is partnering with The Home Depot and select Ace Hardware and True Value stores to properly recycle your old CFL bulbs at no charge.
These bulbs contain a small amount of mercury and should not be placed in the trash. Due to the efforts of the stores mentioned above, more than 60,000 CFLs were recycled in 2010.
Take your CFLS to:
The Home Depot
100 Barrington Road
Schaumburg
The Home Depot
600 Meacham Road
Elk Grove Village
Roselle Ace Hardware
821 E. Nerge Road
Roselle
Schaumburg Ace Hardware
560 S. Roselle Road
Schaumburg
The Village of Hanover Park is pleased to announce that they have added Christmas light and extension cord recycling to their household recycling program. In conjunction with Elgin Recycling, they will be accepting the lights and cords through February 2011.
As a reminder, it is also possible to recycle household batteries, electronics, and CFL bulbs at Hanover Park. These items are collected year round and are open to residents and non-residents alike.
As a reminder, the types of batteries accepted are:
Nickel Cadmium
Nickel – Metal Hydride
Lithium – Ion
Alkaline
Non – Spillable Lead Acid
Primary Lithium
All of the above items can be brought to the Public Works facility located at 2041 Lake Street, weekdays, between the hours of 8:00 am and 4:00 pm.
When making the trip, don’t forget that you can also drop off your electronic items. Accepted are: computers, CPUs, monitors, keyboards, televisions, radios, microwaves, laptops, printers, cell phones, UPS systems, PDU’s, fax machines, phones, DVD players, VCR’s and stereo equipment.
Please be aware these recycling options are restricted to households only.
Beginning in 2012, the incandescent light bulb will be phased out over a period of time through 2014 as part of the Energy Independence and Security Act passed by Congress in 2007.
100 watt bulbs will be phased out in 2012.
75 watt bulbs will be phased out in 2013.
60 and 40 watt bulbs will be phased out in 2014.
Compact fluorescent light bulbs are expected to be the leading replacements for standard incandescent light bulbs, at least at first. These bulbs use less energy to emit the same levels of light as the incandescent bulbs. While more expensive, these bulbs last longer and are more energy efficient.
CFL bulbs must be recycled, however, in a safe manner. The villages of Hoffman Estates and Schaumburg accept their residents’ bulbs for recycling as does any Ace Hardware.
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