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Updates
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Refrigerator/Freezer Recycling Rebate Program
Ameren Illinois Utilities
is offering free removal PLUS a $35 rebate for recycling your secondary fridge or freezer.
Guidelines:
* Must be a secondary refrigerator or freezer
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Must be in working (cooling) condition
* Must be manufactured before 1993
* 10-27 cubic feet in size
* Limit two
refrigerators/freezers per customer, per program year
Information:
* Hauled away free of charge within 2 – 7 days
of request
* $35 rebate check mailed to you within 6 weeks after appliance pickup
* Any working window unit air conditioners
can be picked up at same time (no rebate issued for a.c. units)
* Log on to http://www.actonenergy.com/home-refrigerator-program.asp for program guidelines
* Call 1-866-899-9088 to schedule pickup
Electronics Recycling Drop-Off
Every Wednesday, from 9 am to 3 pm, bring your electronic recyclables
to
the Electronic Recycling Drop-Off located at 567 S. Farnham Street
(Galesburg Transit bus garage 300/342-4242). Most
items are accepted
free of charge. Computer monitors and TVs require either a $5 or $25 fee
per item. Pick up can be
arranged for large quantity school and business
customers by calling 309/331-4781.
Acceptable items include:
computer
equipment such as hard drives, monitors, keyboards, printers,
scanners, etc ($5 fee for monitors); entertainment equipment
such as TVs (no consoles), radios, stereos, and VCR/DVD players($5 fee for TVs 27" or less and $25 for TVs 30" and 32"); small
household appliances like microwaves, blenders, toasters, etc; and small business equipment including calculators, fax machines
and printers.
Large appliances are not accepted. These include washers, dryers,
stoves, refrigerators, air conditioners,
water heaters, etc.
This Tri-County Regional Collection Facility is sponsored by the
McDonough County Board, operated
by the Tri-County Resource and Waste
Management Council, and administered by the Western Illinois Regional
Council.
Coordination of this facility by the City of Galesburg.
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Green
Tips – Energy Audits and Energy Performance Contracting
To schedule an energy audit, talk
to your local utility company or find an energy service company (ESCO) that provides energy audit services by visiting the
National Association of Energy Service Companies website at http://www.naesco.org/.
To view a PowerPoint presentation
about energy performance contracting, visit Lt. Governor’s Green Solutions website at http://www.GreenSolutions.il.gov (then go to the school page) to view
a presentation created by the US Green Building Council and the Clinton Climate Initiative.
Test your home for radon. Radon is an invisible radioactive gas that causes lung
cancer. The only way to know if your home contains high radon levels is to test for it. http://www.epa.gov/radon/radontest.html
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