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Electronics recycling event set for October in Ottawa

Event open to only La Salle County residents

By Shaw Local News Network
Televisions, microwaves, and computer towers were some of the items collected during the Ogle County Solid Waste Management Department's electronic recycling event in Oregon on Friday, Jan. 26, 2024. The recycling events are held monthly for Ogle County residents. A free permit is required prior to the collection day.

FILE – Televisions, microwaves, and computer towers were some of the items collected during a different electronic recycling event earlier this year. (Earleen Hinton)

A free electronics recycling event will be Oct. 5 at the La Salle County Government Center, 707 E. Etna Road in Ottawa.

The event will run from 8 a.m. to noon, and registration where a time slot is selected is required. It is open to La Salle County residents only.

Among the accepted items are cable and satellite receivers, cameras, cash registers and credit card readers, cellphones and accessaries, circuit boards, computers and associated accessaries, DVD and VHS players, ink cartridges, microwaves, MP3 players and iPods, projectors, rechargeable batteries, stereos and radios, video game consoles and Christmas lights.

Televisions also are accepted, but there is a limit of two per vehicles.

The event is not open to businesses, and oversized loads may be refused. Not accepted are loose alkaline batteries (OK if in a device), items containing liquid or freon such as air-conditioning units and dehumidifiers, refrigerators, freezers, thermostats and light bulbs.

Registration can be completed online at lasallerecycling.as.me or, if necessary, by phone from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Mondays through Thursdays and from 8 a.m. to noon Fridays at 815-630-4308.

For non-registration questions, call the La Salle County Land Use Department at 815-434-8666.

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