A community effort to help organizations in need
by reusing and recycling unwanted items
The 2012 Great Donation Day has not been scheduled yet. Check back for more details.
Following are details from the 2011 event:
ITEMS COLLECTED:
COMPUTERS & ELECTRONICS
• Computers
• Copy machines
• DVD players
• Fax machines
• Monitors
• Phones
• TVs
• VCRs
• Video game systems
• Small appliances - one person must be able to carry the item unassisted
OTHER ITEMS
• Gently worn shoes
• Cell phones
• Pop tabs
• Batteries - no car batteries accepted
• Eye glasses
• Ink cartridges
• Books - good condition only; no magazines, encyclopedias, or textbooks over 5+ years
• Musical instruments
SCHOOL SUPPLIES
• Crayons
• Pencils
• Pens
• Markers
• Scissors
• Pencil cases
• Rulers
• Folders
• Backpacks
• Glue (bottles and sticks)
• Highlighters
• Notebook paper
• Lunch boxes
FREE DOCUMENT SHREDDING
ITEMS ACCEPTED FOR SHREDDING: Copy paper, note pad paper, folders, staples, paper clips, binder clips.
SHREDDING RESTRICTIONS: No magazines, newspapers, cardboard, 3-ring binders, hazardous waste, wet waste, styrofoam, accordian folders, redwells, boxes, plastics, metal, trash, x-rays, CD's, diskettes, glass.
Organizations receiving donations from The Great Donation Day Collection Event: Schools Count, Share Your Soles, Soles for Africa, domestic violence shelters, Ronald McDonald House Charities, Lions Club, & AAUW. Proceeds from recycled ink cartridges will go to CUSD 205 PTAs. Electronics collection provided by Unitec Recycling Corp. Shredding services provided by ShredX. ShredX will give away one (1) Kuerig coffee brewer to one Elmhurst resident and three (3) months of free contract shredding to one Elmhurst commercial customer.
NOTE: The following school locations will accept school supplies from enrolled students and their families only: Bryan, Churchville, Sandburg Middle Schools; Edison, Emerson, Field, Hawthorne, Jackson, Jefferson, Lincoln Elementary Schools
For event information, contact Barbara Lonergan: 630-415-4229
Contact Unitec Recycling Corp. with specific questions about electronics recycling processes. 630-562-5220
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