43rd Ward Electronics Collection
August 21, 2010

Alderman Vi Daley will host a ward-wide electronics collection. All residents in the 43rd Ward can leave their unwanted electronics near the curb in front of their residence before 8 a.m. Trucks will be sweeping the neighborhood picking up equipment from 8 a.m. - 12 p.m. or until they complete a thorough sweep.

PC Rebuilders & Recyclers (PCRR) keeps computers out of the landfills and puts them into the hands of needy school children through its Computers for Schools program.
Electronics that will be accepted include: TVs, DVD players, VCRs, PDAs, MP3 players, Video Equipment, Mobile Phones and, of course, Computers.

The primary goal is to reuse as much of the equipment as possible. If a piece of equipment is not suitable for reuse they will try to harvest parts for reuse or finally they will send the equipment off for material recovery. They have adopted the Responsible Recycling (R2) best management practices that are being promoted by the U.S. EPA as their standard for processing materials.

Residents who don't want to leave their equipment near the curb can drop it off on Kingsbury at Cortland (just west of Clybourn) between 8 a.m. - 12 p.m.