An Electronics Recycling Collection Event will take place October 13, with online registration opening September 10 at 8 a.m.
There are free YEAR-ROUND local electronic recycling options (with the exception of most TV’s) Click here for more details: Year-Round Recycling Options
REGISTRATION & UPCOMING EVENT DETAILS:
Once you register for the Oct 13th event, you will receive a postcard in the mail approximately two weeks before the event (the postcard will serve as your ticket into the event). If you do not receive your postcard by Oct 10th, you can just show your confirmation email/text at the event when you arrive -OR- if you do not have a postcard or a confirmation email/text, please call 217.403.4780 before the event.
At the collection events, there is a 2 TV limit per person/postcard (ALL TYPES, MODELS, AND SIZES OF TV’s, INCLUDING CRT TUBE TV’s, ARE ACCEPTED!) & 10-item total limit per postcard. Small items (cords, charges, mice, etc.) can be bundled or put into a small box & counted as only 1 item. (Electronics ONLY, so NO vacuums, blenders, etc.) (And a computer monitor is NOT considered a TV.) CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL LIST: Accepted and Non-Accepted Items List
These events take place at Parkland College, 2400 W. Bradley Ave, Champaign; we ask that residents use the DUNCAN ROAD ENTRANCE & then follow the signs. Car pooling is allowed & encouraged (you can use multiple postcards for one vehicle). ASSISTANCE IS PROVIDED removing items from your vehicle; please do not have anything surrounding your electronics that you do not want taken out of your vehicle! The events go ahead rain or shine, that includes thunder & lightning. Keep in mind that rain will slow things down, but the wait is still minimal. The weather would have to get very severe before we cancel.
*COMMUNITIES PARTICIPATING IN FALL 2018 EVENT: Bondville, Broadlands, Champaign, Fisher, Gifford, Homer, Ivesdale, Ludlow, Mahomet, Ogden, Pesotum, Rantoul, Royal, Sadorus, Savoy, Sidney, Thomasboro, Urbana, & Unincorporated Champaign County.
(Communities NOT participating: Allerton, Foosland, Longview, Philo, St. Joseph, Tolono(So if you live in one of these communities, please do not register for this event, unless you live in ‘unincorporated Champaign County’.)
You can email recycling@champaignil.gov or call 217.403.4780 with any questions.
