One-Day Electronics Recycling Event
When: October 1, 2022 9:00 am – 12:00 pm
Where: Festival Building, 2200 E. Washington St., East Peoria, IL 61611
This event is sponsored by: Tazewell County Green Initiatives
This will be a drive-thru event. Please reman in in your vehicle. Trained staff will collect electronics from your vehicle.
Acceptable items and fees are listed below:
- CRT\LCD Monitors $10
- CRT Televisions $20
- Flat-screen Televisons $20
- Projection Televisions $40
- Console Television $40
- Answering Machines
- Battery Backups and Uninterruptable
- Power Supplies (UPS) – NO BATTERIES
- Camcorders
- Cameras
- Cellular/Mobile Phones
- Christmas tree lights
- Computer Peripherals (keyboards, mice, etc.)
- Desktop Computers
- DVD/CD Players
- Fax Machines
- Ink Cartridges
- Laptops
- Mail-room Equipment
- Networking Equipment and Cables
- Pagers
- Point of Sale Equipment
- Power and Accessory Cables
- Power Tools (including batteries)
- Printers (for large office printers please contact your local store)
- Projectors
- Radios
- Receivers
- Satellite and Cable Equipment
- Shredders
- Speakers
- Smart Phones
- Surge Suppressors and Power Strips
- Tablets
- Telephones (including PBX equipment)
- Toner
- VCRs
- Video Game Consoles
- Walkie-talkies
Download a copy of the flier for printable list.
Riverfront Clean Up
It was great to get back into the ‘clean up and recycle’ state of mind since we had an in person 4th of July fireworks celebration. As in the past East Peoria Green and some of our friends turned out 10 or more volunteers on the 5th of July. We worked for about 3 hours sorting recyclables from trash and put them in the correct containers. The photos show two groups of green volunteers who helped with the HOT messy task. I apologize to the helpers that were there that I missed with the camera. We want to thank the City of East Peoria for arranging their pick up of the trash and recyclables at the riverfront around our schedule.
I must say that the area was in better shape this year, so if you were there, Thank You.
Remember that the Recycling toters are the ones with the single round hole on top. Many of these toters have blue lids, but some do not. We had two members, who suggested we spray paint many tops of the recycle toters a nice blue. Then they would match the blue topped toters we use all around the city. We hope to do that in the cooler fall when the baseball season ends.
Be Patriotic all year! Help someone you don’t know that needs help.
Sustainable Switch
Here is a suggestion on something basic you can work on from our just past Earth Day to Earth Day 2023. Start considering your use of Toilet Paper. Did you know that the average person uses 130 rolls of TP a year? Hard to believe isn’t it. That’s about one roll every 3 days. To make all that toilet paper about 27,000 trees a day are cut down. Since trees, both hardwoods and pine only grow about 3 feet a year it takes 20 years to grow a tree to harvest for toilet paper production. Some of these trees are cut from tree farms, but many are cut from old growth virgin forest in Northern Canada and the rainforests of Brazil. This practice devastates the habitat for many creatures and plants that only live in those locations. It also significantly reduces the number of trees available to hold carbon from our burning of fossil fuels. The solution is to take the long strong fibers needed to bind toilet paper together and make it feel soft from bamboo. As you know bamboo grows very fast, as much as 3 feet per day. So a great supply of bamboo is out there in Asia. Some local Asian farmers already plant a few rows of bamboo around their small farmland plots. The bamboo needs no tending, watering, or fertilizing. The sale of this readily available product would help the family farmers in Asia.
Bamboo toilet paper is very strong and soft, just like the premium brands of tree made toilet paper. Bamboo toilet paper doesn’t cause any problems in septic systems or waste plants. It biodegrades easily and there is no need for harsh chlorine chemicals in the production of bamboo toilet paper, like there is in the production of some brands of tree made TP.
Give it a try and make the switch. I have, and it does its job as well as any toilet paper. You can google bamboo toilet paper and see the brands that are out in the market already. I have purchased a large quantity locally from Costco and UFS.
Energy Efficiency Day Proclamation
East Peoria Mayor John Kahl presented a proclamation in recognition of Energy Efficiency Day on October 6th. Recieving the proclamation are Bob Jorgensen of HOI Sierra Club and Connie Cantabury of East Peoria Green. All citizens need to Remember that energy that is not needed because buildings are emery efficient is the first step in slowing climate change.
