Upcoming 2024 Event Dates
August 3, "Electronics and More" pop-up, in front of Ace Hardware, 994 N. Lake St., Aurora, 9am - noon
September 7, "Electronics and More" pop-up, in front of Ace Hardware, 994 N. Lake St., Aurora, 9am - noon
September 28, "Shredding and More" event, 540 S. Randall Rd., St. Charles, 8am - noon
October 5, "Electronics and More" pop-up, in front of Ace Hardware, 994 N. Lake St., Aurora, 9am - noon
November 2, "Electronics and More" pop-up, in front of Ace Hardware, 994 N. Lake St., Aurora, 9am - noon
November, Campaign Sign Recycling - dates and locations TBD
December 7, "Electronics and More" pop-up, in front of Ace Hardware, 994 N. Lake St., Aurora, 9am - noon
July 20, 2024 "Extravaganza" Event Details
NOTE: We do not have document shredding at this event, but we have seven stations, each collecting "hard to recycle" stuff! Read on for details. The next shredding event is September 28.
When: Saturday, July 20th, 2024, 8am - noon. Rain or shine (will close or cancel for emergency weather conditions)
Where: Circuit Court Building/"Old Montgomery Wards", 540 S. Randall Road, St. Charles. See site map below.
Extravaganza Station Details:
Note: For households bringing multiple materials to recycle, we recommend that you pack in reverse order so that the items for stations 1 & 2 are closest to the doors.
Station 1: Electronics, Clothing, Shoes & Textiles
Vendor: Eworks (Wheeling, IL)
Accepting: All household electronics except large appliances, wood box speakers, any item containing refrigerant chemical, whole exercise equipment. Miscellaneous cords, cables, chargers accepted. Holiday string lights accepted.
Also accepting clothing, shoes and home textiles in clean/dry/sanitary condition. Please, no wet, moldy, or bug-infested materials. We cannot accept pillows, carpet or drapes.
Costs: The only items that carry a cost at this station are TVs and computer monitors. The cost is by screen size: screens less than 21" diagonal are $25, screens 21" and up are $35. Payable to vendor by cash or card.
Station 2: Books
Vendor: PaceSetter Books (St. Charles, IL)
Accepting: Text books, kids' books, hard and soft cover books. We can also accept bags of shredded paper stapled closed at this station.
Costs: None
Station 3: Bicycles
Vendor: Hesed House (Aurora, IL)
Accepting: Adult, children's & youth sized bikes, bike helmets, bike pumps, baskets, bells, etc.
Costs: None
Station 4: Styrofoam
Vendor: Dart Container (North Aurora, IL)
Accepting: Block Styrofoam (marked #6), Styrofoam coolers, clean Styrofoam food packaging. No packing peanuts, no other foam types.
Costs: None
Station 5: Batteries and Bulbs
Vendor: TerraCycle Regulated Waste (Aurora, IL)
Accepting:
- All household batteries <11 lbs. (no car or sump pump batteries). Please sort batteries prior to arrival as follows:
- Type 1: Alkaline (AA, AAA, C, D, 6V, 9V etc.)
- Type 2: All coin and button cells, all small non-rechargeable lithium batteries
- Type 3: All rechargeable batteries
- NOTE: please let staff know if you have any damaged or swollen lithium ion batteries (they will still be accepted).
- Fluorescent light tubes 4-8' please bring loose or in original packaging
- Fluorescent tubes in other shapes (U bends, circles, etc.)
- Bulbs: CFLs, LEDs, HIDs
- No incandescent or halogen bulbs - these can go in regular trash
Costs: Covered by Kane Co. Recycling Program
Station 6: Aerosols & More
Vendor: Flat Can Recycling (Elburn, IL)
Accepting:
- Empty and part-full aerosol containers (no oven cleaner, spray adhesive)
- Small (16oz. or smaller) propane tanks
- Compressed gas in small (24oz or smaller) containers: CO2, MAP gas, butane
- Child car seats and booster seats
- Smoke detectors
- CO detectors
Costs (payable to vendor by cash or card):
- Aerosols: $1 each
- Propane tanks: $4 each
- CO2, MAP gas, butane: $1 each
- Car seats & boosters: $10 each
- Smoke and CO detectors: $1 each.
Station 7: Latex Paint
Vendor: EPaint Recycling (Battle Creek, MI)
Accepting: Liquid latex paint and other latex-based coatings are accepted. Please do not combine cans of paint. Dried out latex paint is not recyclable and can go in regular trash. Oil-based paints should be treated as household hazardous waste.
Costs (payable to vendor by cash or card):
- Quart cans or smaller are $1 each
- Gallon cans are $3 each
- 2 gallon cans are $5 each
- 5 gallon buckets are $15 each
