Interfaith Earth Healing Initiative » Participating Cities
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Description: The Interfaith Earth Healing Initiative is an interfaith environmental project for the Great Lakes basin in cooperation with the United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA).
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# Interfaith Earth Healing Initiative

An Interfaith environmental project for the Great Lakes basin.

# Participating Cities

Illinois Alton, Illinois Beecher, Illinois Bellwood, Illinois Bolingbrook, Illinois Carol Stream, Illinois Channahon, Illinois Chicago, Illinois Elk Grove Village, Illinois Elmhurst, Illinois Glenview, Illinois Joliet, Illinois Lockport, Illinois Lombard, Illinois Mount Prospect, Illinois Northbrook, Illinois Park Ridge, Illinois Romeoville, Illinois Shorewood, Illinois Villa Park, Illinois West Chicago, Illinois Wheaton, Illinois Woodstock, Illinois Indiana Columbia City, Indiana Fort Wayne, Indiana Hammond, Indiana Knox, Indiana LaPorte, Indiana Rushville, Indiana Valparaiso, Indiana Michigan Bay City, Michigan Benton Harbor, Michigan Bloomfield Hills, Michigan Dearborn Heights, Michigan East Lansing, Michigan Farmington Hills, Michigan Goodells, Michigan Grand Rapids, Michigan Hancock, Michigan Harbor Springs, Michigan Kalamazoo, Michigan Lansing, Michigan Midland, Michigan Monroe, Michigan Royal Oak, Michigan Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan Southfield, Michigan Traverse City, Michigan | Minnesota Blaine, Minnesota Brooklyn Park, Minnesota Duluth, Minnesota Eagan, Minnesota Eden Prairie, Minnesota Madison, Minnesota Maple Grove, Minnesota New Ulm, Minnesota Saint Cloud, Minnesota Shakopee, Minnesota St. Louis Park, Minnesota St. Paul, Minnesota New York Brockport, New York Buffalo, New York Fredonia, New York Rochester, New York Syracuse, New York Ohio Cleveland, Ohio Grove City, Ohio Kent, Ohio Perrysburg, Ohio Sandusky, Ohio Springfield, Ohio Toledo, Ohio Warren, Ohio Pennsylvania Erie, Pennsylvania Lancaster, Pennsylvania Wisconsin Appleton, Wisconsin Brillion, Wisconsin Chilton, Wisconsin Crandon, Wisconsin Green Bay, Wisconsin Keshena, Wisconsin Manitowoc, Wisconsin Milwaukee, Wisconsin New Holstein, Wisconsin Oshkosh, Wisconsin Plover, Wisconsin Racine, Wisconsin Superior, Wisconsin Waupaca, Wisconsin

Alton, Illinois

Date: April 19, 2008
From 9 am to 4 pm

Sponsor/Contact: Sierra Club
Christine Favilla
618-462-6802

Type of Event: e-Waste

Details:

223 Market Street
Sixth annual computer and electronic recycling drive. We take anything that has a circuit board or motor. Most everything is free, but some items carry a small fee for lead glass recycling of CRT tubes.

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Beecher, Illinois

Date: All of April on Tuesdays and Thursdays
from 9 am to 3 pm

Sponsor/Contact: Will County Land Use – Waste Services
Marta Keane
815-774-4343

Type of Event: e-Waste

Details:

Washington Township/Beecher
30200 Town Center Road

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Bellwood, Illinois

Date: April 26, 2008
From 9:30 am to 2:30 pm

Sponsor/Contact: Bellwood Public Library
Kristin Schultz
708-547-7393 x 12

Type of Event: e-Waste

Details:

600 Bohland Ave
Don’t throw your old electronics away! Bring them to the Library on Saturday, April 26 for recycling and responsible disposal by Unitec Corp. of Villa Park. There is a small fee for computer monitors only. 15″ -$5. 17″ – $8. 19″ and up – $10. Everyone who brings in a monitor will receive a tote bag (while supplies last) and a 10% off coupon for a refurbished computer from Unitec. Unitec is also donating $1 of the fee for each monitor to the Friends of the Bellwood Library.

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Bolingbrook, Illinois

Date: All of April, Mondays thru Fridays from 7 am to 3:30 pm

Sponsor/Contact: Will County Land Use – Waste Services
Marta Keane
815-774-4343

Type of Event: e-Waste

Details:

Village of Bolingbrook
299 Canterbury Lane

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Carol Stream, Illinois

Date: Weekends from 11 am to 2 pm starting April 11, 2008

Sponsor/Contact: Com2 Computers & Technologies
Saheem Baloch
630-653-2662

Type of Event: e-Waste

Details:

195 E. Keho Blvd., Suite 7
We accept all kinds of electronics every weekend.

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Channahon, Illinois

Date: All of April on Saturdays from 8 am to 2 pm

Sponsor/Contact: Will County Land Use – Waste Services
Marta Keane
815-774-4343

Type of Event: e-Waste

Details:

Channahon Township
25461 S. Fryer St.

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Elk Grove Village, Illinois

Date: April 20, 2008

Sponsor/Contact: Elk Grove Park District
Noreen Newton
847-228-3518

Type of Event: e-Waste and Unwanted Medications

Details:

It’s an Earth Day celebration commemorating the opening of the Olmstead Nature Shack! This event is free, but we encourage all who attend to help us RECYCLE by bringing in one of the following items: Personal Computers and electronics, Cell Phones recycled by Elk Grove Village, Old Medication recycled by Elk Grove Village. (several other materials listed; other activities concurrent at same location)

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Elmhurst, Illinois

Date: May 3, 2008
From 8 am to 3 pm

Sponsor/Contact: DuPage County, Elmhurst and IEPA
Joy Hinz
630-407-6700

Type of Event: e-Waste and Unwanted Medications

Details:

985 S. Riverside Drive
Household Hazardous Waste Collection Event.

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Glenview, Illinois

Date: April 11 – 22, 2008
From 2 pm to 7 pm

Sponsor/Contact: Abt Electronics
Mike Abt
847-967-8830

Type of Event: e-Waste

Details:

1200 Milwaukee Rd
Abt’s new Recycling Center is now open Thursday through Saturday from 2pm-7pm. Customers and any other individuals concerned about the environment may drop off cardboard, polystyrene, appliances, and electronics with no appointment necessary. Please bring your recyclables to our freestanding building located just west of our main building. We charge the following fees to help offset storage, handling, and transportation costs: TVs over 32 inches–$30; TVs under 32 inch –$10; All computers, fax machines, VCRs, and DVD players–$5; Refrigerators–$29; Air Conditioners– $15. Everything else is free to drop off, and we will make sure all equipment and materials are recycled properly.

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Joliet, Illinois

Date: All of April, Hours and Days vary by individual pharmacy

Sponsor/Contact: Will County Land Use – Waste Services
Marta Keane
815-774-4343

Type of Event: Unwanted Medications

Details:

Medication Take-Back of Non-narcotic prescription & over-the-counter medications at all Joliet Basinger’s Pharmacies (2130 W Jefferson, 300 N Ottawa, 2202 Essington, 2025 S Chicago)

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Lockport, Illinois

Date: May 18, 2008 From 10 am to 4 pm

Sponsor/Contact: Citizens Against Ruining the Environment ~C.A.R.E
Ellen Rendulich
815-834-1611

Type of Event: e-Waste

Details:

Earth Day @Historic Dellwood Park, Lockport, Will County IL Enviromental Speakers, Exhibits, Childrens activities, Live Wolf Presentation, Residential Electronics, shoe, and eyeglass recycling, food & Much more! call 815-834-1611 or 815-838-1483 for more info.

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Lombard, Illinois

Date: Weekends from 11 am to 2 pm starting April 11, 2008

Sponsor/Contact: Com2 Computers & Technologies
Saheem Baloch
630-653-2662

Type of Event: e-Waste

Details:

1196 South Main Street, Suite D
We accept all kinds of electronics every weekend.

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Mount Prospect, Illinois

Date: April 26, 2008
From 1pm to 4pm

Sponsor/Contact: River Trails Park District
Dan Fischer
847-394-0540

Type of Event: e-Waste and Unwanted Medications

Details:

1500 E. Euclid Ave
We are having a Earth Day/Arbor Day Celebration. Along with our festivities we will be planting trees in our park and Collecting Electronic Waste and Pills and Medicine to be incinerated.

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Northbrook, Illinois

Date: April 26, 2008
From 8:30 am to 2:30 pm

Sponsor/Contact: Village of Northbrook & Northbrook Park District
Mary Bernier
847-272-5050, x4247

Type of Event: e-Waste

Details:

1810 Walters
Earth & Arbor Day celebration with local and regional venders, organic foods and cleaning & earth friendly products and Green Building exhibits and products Activities for children.

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Park Ridge, Illinois

Date: April 19, 2008
10 am to 2 pm

Sponsor/Contact: Maine East High School
Shelby Childress
630-362-1600

Type of Event: e-Waste

Details:

2601 W. Dempster

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Romeoville, Illinois

Date: April 26, 2008
From 8 am to 3 pm

Sponsor/Contact: Will County Land Use – Waste Services
Marta Keane
815-774-4343

Type of Event: Unwanted Medications

Details:

Unwanted medications will be collected along with Household Hazardous Waste.
Romeoville High School
Route 53 & Taylor Street

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Shorewood, Illinois

Date: All of April, Mondays thru Fridays from 7 am to 3 pm

Sponsor/Contact: Will County Land Use – Waste Services
Marta Keane
815-774-4343

Type of Event: e-Waste

Details:

Troy Township Highway Dept
25358 Seil Road

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Villa Park, Illinois

Date: May 3, 2008
From 10 am to 3 pm

Sponsor/Contact: Villa Park Environmental Concerns Commission/ Unitec Recycling Corp.
Bob Wagener
630-279-3499 or 630-279-5750

Type of Event: e-Waste

Details:

100 Home Ave.
Public Works Yard
Citizens are invited to bring retired computer and other electronic, video, DVD, photo, audio, telecommunications equipment or
machinery. Sorry we can’t accept cathode ray tube Televisions, but computer monitors will be accepted.

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West Chicago, Illinois

Date: April 19, 2008
From 8 am to 2 pm

Sponsor/Contact: Sims Recycling Solutions
Jim Glavin
630-231-6060

Type of Event: e-Waste

Details:

1600 Harvester Road
Sims Recycling Solutions will hold its annual Earth Day Electronics Collection at its West Chicago facility on April 19th from 8 am until 2 pm. All types of computing electronics and small electronics will be collected, please no “white goods”. For more information call Sara Hochhauser at 630-231-6060.

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Wheaton, Illinois

Date: February 1, 2008 to September 30, 2008 Tuesday thru Sunday
From 9 am to Sunset

Sponsor/Contact: Cantigny Park
Lisa Bryant
630-260-8161

Type of Event: e-Waste (cell phones)

Details:

1s151 Winfield Road
We are a collection site for cell phones to run in conjunction with our “green practices” and our Emergency Preparedness Weekend, Sept. 13 & 14. The cell phones will be refurbished and provided to seniors and those without phones for emergency services.

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Woodstock, Illinois

Date: April 19, 2008
From noon to 4 pm

Sponsor/Contact: McHenry County Defenders
Bill Donato
815-338-0393

Type of Event: e-Waste

Details:

Event will be at our Earth Day celebration, held at Prairieview Education Center, 2112 Behan Rd, Crystal Lake, IL, co-sponsored by the McHenry County Conservation District. A fee will be charged for computer monitors and televisions. Also recycling compact fluorescent bulbs and eyeglasses.

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Columbia City, Indiana

Date: April 25, 2008
From noon to 4 pm

Sponsor/Contact: Whitley County Solid Waste Management District
Jorell Tucker
260-248-3132

Type of Event: e-Waste and Unwanted Medications

Details:

701 S. Line St.
On Friday April 25th from 12:00pm-4:00pm you can bring in any E-Waste (Non-working Electronics) and any Unused/Expired/Unwanted Medications FREE. There is a limit of no more than 3 CRT Devices (Televisions, Computer Monitors) per Household. This event is for Electronics and Medications only!!

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Hammond, Indiana

Date: Ongoing: Monday thru Friday, From 8 am to 4 pm

Sponsor/Contact: Hammond Recycling Department
Kathy Kazmierczak
219-853-6622

Type of Event: e-Waste

Details:

625 Conkey Street
This is an ongoing program that is free and convenient. We will recycle all your electronics, Monday – Friday at our drop off center. Just give us a call at 219-853-6622 for more information.

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Knox, Indiana

Date: April 26, 2008 From 8:30 am to 1 pm

Sponsor/Contact: Starke County Environmental Management District
Carrie Trent
574-772-7085

Type of Event: e-Waste and Unwanted Medications

Details:

15 North Main Street, PO Box 500
Environment Day – HHW collection event

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LaPorte, Indiana

Date: April 26,2008
From 9 am to 2pm

Sponsor/Contact: Solid Waste District of LaPorte County
Clay Turner
219-326-0014

Type of Event: e-Waste and Unwanted Medications

Details:

2354 N. U.S. Highway 35
Mobile Household Hazard Waste collection where we collect medications and properly dispose of them, and offer educational information. We have seven of these collections through-out the year. We have a permanent collection site for electronics through out the year open 5 days a week from 8am until 2pm. Please check our web site for locations and times of our special collections and our electronics trailer.

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Rushville, Indiana

Date: April 26, 2008

Sponsor/Contact: Rush County Solid Waste Management District
Carole Yeend
765-938-1342

Type of Event: e-Waste and Unwanted Medications

Details:

Collection of electronics (anything with a circuit board) along with non-alkaline batteries. Items are donated to Virtual Scavengers Project who protects the environment by keeping computers and other electronics out of landfills and putting them in the hands of those who need them. In doing so, they provide training and workforce development opportunities for the underserved in order to build community. During April event drugs and sharps will be accepted. (Drugs are accepted year round by local law enforcement during business hours).

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Valparaiso, Indiana

Date: April 14 to December 6, 2008
From 9 am to 4 pm

Sponsor/Contact: Recycling & Waste Reduction District of Porter County
Dawn Garmon
219-465-3694

Type of Event: e-Waste and Unwanted Medications

Details:

2150 W. Lincolnway
Valparaiso Compost site accepts electronics, along with leaves and brush. We also have an ongoing medication collection program in place, along with places to drop off cell phones, household batteries, ink and toner cartridges, and call us about tapes and cd recycling for porter county residents (219) 465-3694. See web site at www.itmeanstheworld.org Earth day Event planned for Saturday, April 19, 2008 at Sunset Hill Park, corner of Meridian & US Hwy 6, Valparaiso, IN from 10 am to 3 pm. Come join us in celebrating the planet Earth & all its precious resources. Activities include: How-to-workshops, Smokey Bear, Children’s Tent, Exhibitors, Interpretive Hikes, Entertainment, and more.

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Bay City, Michigan

Date: April 21 to 25, 2008
From 10 am to 5:30 pm

Sponsor/Contact: Bay County Health Department
Joel Strasz
989-895-2018

Type of Event: e-Waste

Details:

1200 Washington Avenue
The Bay County Health Department in cooperation with Do-All Inc. will be offering a free E-waste collection from Monday, April 21 through Friday April 25. E-Waste collection drop off will be held at Do-All Inc’s Essexville location, at 1465 W. Center Rd.

Date: April 23, 2008
From 3 pm to 7 pm

Sponsor/Contact: Bay County Health Department
Joel Strasz
989-895-2018

Type of Event: Unwanted Medications

Details:

1200 Washington Avenue
The Bay County Health Department, in collaboration with Bay Regional Medical Center, the Bay County Sheriff’s Department and the Bay City Police Department, is offering local residents the opportunity to dispose of unwanted medicines. There is no charge to this event. The collection will take place at Bay Regional Medical Center’s Lincoln Center, located at 820 South Lincoln in Bay City, Michigan. You can bring expired or unwanted prescriptions, vitamins, veterinary medications, over-the-counter medicines, inhalers, and Epi-pens to the collection site.

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Benton Harbor, Michigan

Date: April 26, 2008

Sponsor/Contact: Berrien County Resource Recovery
Jill Adams
269-983-7111 ext. 8234

Type of Event: Unwanted Medications

Details:

Unwanted medicines will be collected at the Household Hazardous Waste Collection event at the County Environmental Health Department, 2106 M-139, Benton Harbor, from 9 am to 1pm.

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Bloomfield Hills, Michigan

Date: April 19, 2008
From 9 am to 2 pm

Sponsor/Contact: Bloomfield Township
Noah Mehalski
248-594-2808

Type of Event: e-Waste and Unwanted Medications

Details:

4200 Telegraph Rd.
NOTE: Event Open to Bloomfield Township Residents Only.
Bloomfield Township will host our second annual Electronic Recycling, Medication Disposal & Paper Shredding Event. Last year was our first time hosting an electronic waste disposal and recycling event and with over 500 cars attending the event, we considered it a success. This year we have expanded our services to include pharmaceutical waste disposal.

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Dearborn Heights, Michigan

Date: April 19 to 27, 2008
From 11 am to 7 pm

Sponsor/Contact: Design Computers.LLC
Robert Pascoe
313-378-9539

Type of Event: e-Waste

Details:

23622 Van Born Road
Let’s keep the Earth clean and waste free, bring your used unwanted equipment and receive the satisfaction of cleansing the Earth!

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East Lansing, Michigan

Date: April 21 to 22, 2008
From 9 am to 3 pm

Sponsor/Contact: Michigan State University
Nichole VanBlaricum
517 272-1501

Type of Event: e-Waste and Unwanted Medications

Details:

250 Hannah Administration Bldg
Earth Day, Going Green Museum Exhibit on reducing, reusing, and recycling.

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Farmington Hills, Michigan

Date: April 19 to 27, 2008
From 8 am to 5 pm

Sponsor/Contact: O’Brien & Gere Engineering, Inc.
Rachel Ter Mors
248-477-5701

Type of Event: e-Waste

Details:

37000 Grand River Avenue, Suite 260
Earth Day (week)

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Goodells, Michigan

Date: May 3, 2008
From 10 am to 2:30 pm

Sponsor/Contact: St. Clair County Environmental Services
Barbara Barnes
810-989-6981

Type of Event: e-Waste

Details:

8326 County Park Dr.
Free one day computer collection/dropoff held at Goodells County Park in the west exhibit building. We will be collecting CPU, Monitors, Desktop Printers, Keyboards, & Speakers.

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Grand Rapids, Michigan

Date: April 2 to 30, 2008
From 11 am to 10 pm

Sponsor/Contact: Celebration! Cinema at Woodland Mall
Caitlin Hopkins
616-648-3628

Type of Event: e-Waste

Details:

3195 28th St. SE
During the entire month of April, Celebration! Cinema at the Woodland Mall will become a drop off site for all recyclables. Come in anytime during the month with your paper, magazines, books, plastic, batteries, clothes, athletic shoes, pop can tabs, and more!

Date: April 15 to 22, 2008
Monday to Thursday from 9 am to 7 pm, Friday and Saturday from 9 am to 5 pm

Sponsor/Contact: Comprenew Environmental
Lynell Shooks
616-451-4400

Type of Event: e-Waste

Details:

629 Ionia Ave SW
Join Comprenew Environmental in Greening Grand Rapids by joining our Earth Day Celebrations. Bring all unwanted electronics to Comprenew free of charge from April 15 to April 22!

Date: April 19, 2008
From 10 am to 4 pm

Sponsor/Contact: Friends of Robert Dean
Jeff Winston 616-243-8683

Type of Event: e-Waste

Details:

640 Eastern Ave. SE
In honor of Earth Day 2008, Join Michigan Representative Rev. Robert Dean and his volunteers on April 19, 2008. Community members will work together with Rev. Dean to clean-up Huff Park from 10 am to 1 pm and Garfield Park from 1 pm to 4 pm. GET DOWN AND GET DIRTY AS WE CLEAN WITH DEAN!

Everyone is welcome to pitch-in – we want to embrace the beauty of Grand Rapids’ green space and increase awareness of keeping our city, state, country, and planet clean for all to enjoy.

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Harbor Springs, Michigan

Date: April 26, 2008
From 10 am to noon

Sponsor/Contact: Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians / Emmet County Department of Public Works
Rachel Schwarz
231-242-1571

Type of Event: e-Waste

Details:

7500 Odawa Circle
NOTE: Televisions Only Accepted on April 26th.
Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians and Emmet County Department of Public Works are working together to provide a County-wide Tele-cycle event with a kick off date of April 26th 2008 from 10 am to noon. This event was created to coincide with the Digital TV Transition, in hopes of persuading consumers to Recycle their old TV’s after they purchase their upgraded digital set. We will also offer information on how individuals can apply for two coupons towards the purchase of a “converter box” if they choose not to discard their old Analog TV’s.

Giveaways: 20 in. TV/DVD player & Family Video Gift Certificates.
Pizza, popcorn and refreshments.

Don’t Trash your TV… RECYCLE if FREE!!
Look for your “TV Ticket” in the Petoskey News Review for your chance to Recycle that old TV for FREE!! With your TV Ticket, this admits one Television + electronics/small apliances to be Recycled FREE!!

Event Location:
Emmet County Transfer Station
7363 Pleasantview Road
Harbor Springs, MI

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Lansing, Michigan

Date: April 22, 2008
From 9 am to 3 pm

Sponsor/Contact: Michigan Department of Environmental Quality
Thomas Occhipinti
517-373-2379

Type of Event: e-Waste

Details:

525 W. Allegan
The Michigan Department of Environmental Quality along with the departments of Natural Resources and Agriculture are encouraging people to celebrate Earth Day by bringing in their old computer to be recycled through good will. Interested individuals can bring their personal computers from home to the Goodwill trailer that will be located east of Constitution Hall, near the corner of Allegan and Walnut. All those that are bringing in old computers are responsible for wiping the hard drive of personal information before donation.

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Midland, Michigan

Date: April 21 to 30, 2008
Monday thru Friday from 8 am to 4 pm
Saturday from 9 am to 1 pm
Closed Sundays

Sponsor/Contact: SMidland Volunteers for Recycling
Esther Seaver
989-631-1668

Type of Event: e-Waste

Details:

4305 E. Ashman
Computer & Electronics Collection for FREE in honor of Earth Day – monitors accepted need to be 17″ or smaller.

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Monroe, Michigan

Date: April 21 to 30, 2008
Monday thru Saturday, From 9 am to 5 pm

Sponsor/Contact: County of Monroe / Habitat for Humanity
Jamie Dean
734-240-7909
Kirstin Doyle
734-243-1108

Type of Event: e-Waste

Details:

840 LaPlaisance Rd
Computers and computer components and televisions are collected free of charge from Monroe County residents ONLY. No console Televisions are accepted.

The collection is at the Monroe County Habitat for Humanity Restore in Monroe.

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Royal Oak, Michigan

Date: April 26, 2008
From 8:30 am to 1:30 pm

Sponsor/Contact: SOCRRA
Kathy Hyde
248-288-5150

Type of Event: e-Waste

Details:

3910 W. Webster Road
Open to residents (no businesses!) of the SOCRRA communities (Berkley, Bevely Hills, Birmingham, Clawson, Ferndale, Hazel Park, Huntington Woods, Lathrup Village, Oak Park, Pleasant Ridge, Royal Oak & Troy) – NO APPOINTMENT NECESSARY ON THIS DATE ONLY FOR ELECTRONICS DROP OFF – APPOINTMENT NEEDED FOR HOUSEHOLD HAZARDOUS WASTE DROP OFF – 248-288-5153.

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Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan

Date: April 21 and 22, 2008
From 8 am to 5 pm

Sponsor/Contact: Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians
Dan Tadgerson
906 632-7053

Type of Event: e-Waste

Details:

206 Greenough Street
We will be collecting e-waste from households. Commercial e-waste generators should call ahead.

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Southfield, Michigan

Date: April 21 to 30, 2008
24 hrs a day / 7 days a week

Sponsor/Contact: RRRASOC
Rachel Pitt
248-208-2270

Type of Event: e-Waste

Details:

20000 W. 8 Mile Road
Computer Electronics Collection for FREE. Will accept televisions but not console televisions.

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Blaine, Minnesota

Date: April 11 and 12, 2008
From 9 am to 4 pm

Sponsor/Contact: Waste Management
Joe Aho
888-969-8765

Type of Event: e-Waste

Details:

National Sports Center 1700 105th Ave NE
Waste Management, in partnership with Best Buy and Sony, will sponsor several Free Electronics Drop Offs in the Twin Cities Metro. Because this event is free for all electronic products from any manufacturer, WM has carefully selected several sites in the metro area to provide residents with more drop-off location options and the best customer experience possible.

No commercial/business e-waste accepted. For a full list of acceptable materials, directions and more info please visit http://www.wmtwincities.com/electronic

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Brooklyn Park, Minnesota

Date: May 3, 2008
From 8 am to 3 pm

Sponsor/Contact: City of Brooklyn Park/HRG
Daniel Ruiz
763-493-8006

Type of Event: e-Waste

Details:

5200 85th Ave N
Special Material Drop Off

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Eagan, Minnesota

Date: April 12, 2008
From 9 am to 4 pm

Sponsor/Contact: Waste Management
Joe Aho
888-969-8765

Type of Event: e-Waste

Details:

Ecolab Schuman Campus
655 Lone Oak Dr.
Waste Management, in partnership with Best Buy and Sony, will sponsor several Free Electronics Drop Offs in the Twin Cities Metro. Because this event is free for all electronic products from any manufacturer, WM has carefully selected several sites in the metro area to provide residents with more drop-off location options and the best customer experience possible.

No commercial/business e-waste accepted. For a full list of acceptable materials, directions and more info please visit http://www.wmtwincities.com/electronic

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Eden Prairie, Minnesota

Date: April 11 and 12, 2008
From 9 am to 4 pm

Sponsor/Contact: Waste Management
Joe Aho
888-969-8765

Type of Event: e-Waste

Details:

Grace Church
9301 Eden Prairie Rd
Waste Management, in partnership with Best Buy and Sony, will sponsor several Free Electronics Drop Offs in the Twin Cities Metro. Because this event is free for all electronic products from any manufacturer, WM has carefully selected several sites in the metro area to provide residents with more drop-off location options and the best customer experience possible.

No commercial/business e-waste accepted. For a full list of acceptable materials, directions and more info please visit http://www.wmtwincities.com/electronic

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Madison, Minnesota

Date: April 26, 2008
From 9 am to 1 pm

Sponsor/Contact: Lac qui Parle County Environmental Office
Jennifer Breberg
320-598-3132

Type of Event: e-Waste

Details:

600 6th Street – Courthouse
E-Waste will be collected at the Bus Garage located at the Fairgrounds in Madison, MN. The event will be held in conjunction with the Lac qui Parle Outdoor Expo.

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Maple Grove, Minnesota

Date: May 3, 2008
From 8 am to noon

Sponsor/Contact: City of Maple Grove
Frank Kampel
763-494-6365

Type of Event: e-Waste

Details:

9030 Forestview Lane No.
Maple Grove City Clean up Day

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New Ulm, Minnesota

Date: April 17, 2008
From 11 am to 6 pm

Sponsor/Contact: Brown County in cooperation with Waste Management Recycle America and SMILES
Desiree Hohenstein
507-233-6641

Type of Event: e-Waste

Details:

We will be doing our annual electronic waste collection for county residents and businesses at the Vogel Arena parking lot in New Ulm. This event is free to all residents of Brown County with a recommended donation of $1-5 per car that will go to SMILES. Waste Management has agreed to collect the waste and take the money collected from businesses and the free will donations from residents and give it to SMILES.

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Saint Cloud, Minnesota

Date: April 22, 2008
From 9 am to 6 pm

Sponsor/Contact: United Cerebral Palsy of Central Minnesota
Matthew Koob
320-253-0765

Type of Event: e-Waste

Details:

510 25th Ave N
Drive up and dispose of your overused and outdated electronics and support people with disabilities while keeping our environment clean!
15 cents/pound for individuals and 50 cents/pound for businesses.
A portion of the proceeds goes to benefit United Cerebral Palsy of Central Minnesota’s efforts to enrich the lives of people with disabilities in Central Minnesota.

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Shakopee, Minnesota

Date: April 11 and 12, 2008
From 9 am to 4 pm

Sponsor/Contact: Waste Management
Joe Aho
888-969-8765

Type of Event: e-Waste

Details:

Canterbury Park Racetrack
1100 Canterbury Rd S
Waste Management, in partnership with Best Buy and Sony, will sponsor several Free Electronics Drop Offs in the Twin Cities Metro. Because this event is free for all electronic products from any manufacturer, WM has carefully selected several sites in the metro area to provide residents with more drop-off location options and the best customer experience possible.

No commercial/business e-waste accepted. For a full list of acceptable materials, directions and more info please visit http://www.wmtwincities.com/electronic

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St. Louis Park, Minnesota

Date: April 1 to 30, 2008
M-F from 9 am to 5 pm; Sun from noon to 4pm

Sponsor/Contact: Oceantech
Joshua Heath
952-412-0831

Type of Event: e-Waste

Details:

7509 W 27th St
Oceantech believes everyday is a potential Earth Day! In our effort to relieve congested recycling events we have set up drop off facility hours that make it possible for residents to drop off their electronic equipment. We are open 9 am to 5 pm M-F and noon to 4 pm Sundays.

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St. Paul, Minnesota

Date: April 11 and 12, 2008
From 9 am to 4 pm

Sponsor/Contact: Waste Management
Joe Aho
888-969-8765

Type of Event: e-Waste

Details:

Minnesota State Fairgrounds
1265 North Snelling Ave
Waste Management, in partnership with Best Buy and Sony, will sponsor several Free Electronics Drop Offs in the Twin Cities Metro. Because this event is free for all electronic products from any manufacturer, WM has carefully selected several sites in the metro area to provide residents with more drop-off location options and the best customer experience possible.

No commercial/business e-waste accepted. For a full list of acceptable materials, directions and more info please visit http://www.wmtwincities.com/electronic

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Brockport, New York

Date: April 17, 2008
From 5 pm to 8 pm

Sponsor/Contact: Cool Kids!
Steve Appleton
585-637-3984

Type of Event: e-Waste

Details:

6558 Fourth Section Road Suite 206
“COOL KIDS ECO-FEST & E-Scrap Drive!!!- THIRD ANNUAL FESTIVAL from 5- 8 PM!! Celebrate Earth Day with us in COOL KIDS style! A whole nonstop, action-packed night of THE COOLEST EARTH DAY EVER–a cool School on the BEST ways to recycle—think and LIVE GREEN! Bring us your OLD computers–TV’s–microwaves–printers–electronics of all kinds (see list on http://www.generationcool.biz) and we’ll give YOU free curbside service–and raffle tickets to win a MOUNTAIN bike! Last year–we collected TWO GIANT TRUCKLOADS of E-Scrap that you helped “DODGE THE DUMP!” Also–NEW!!! Drive through for FREE mercury switchout by AAA of Western NY–and FREE tire inspection and pressure check (and pressure gauge) with Sloat Tire (Batavia NY) and Pump Em Up (national organization)! Save $ Save the planet!

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Buffalo, New York

Date: April 29, 2008
From 9 am to 1 pm

Sponsor/Contact:

Type of Event: e-Waste

Details:

Central Park Plaza located on Holden Street (off of East Amherst Street), Buffalo, NY.

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Fredonia, New York

Date: April 26, 2008
From 9 am to 1 pm

Sponsor/Contact: SUNY Fredonia
Kevin Cloos
716-673-3452

Type of Event: e-Waste

Details:

280 Central Avenue Services Complex
Campus and Community Household Electronic Recycling Day

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Rochester, New York

Date: April 19, 2008
From 8 am and noon

Sponsor/Contact:

Type of Event: Unwanted Medications

Details:

Monroe County Rochester Operations Center
444 E. Henrietta Road

Date: April 19, 2008
From 9 am to 2 pm, by appointment only

Sponsor/Contact: 585 753-7600

Type of Event: e-Waste

Details:

Please call 585 753-7600, option 3 to make an appointment.

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Syracuse, New York

Date: April 15, 17, 2008

Sponsor/Contact: Onondaga County Resource Recover Agency (OCRRA)
Andrew Radin
315-295-0726

Type of Event: e-Waste

Details:

OCRRA will collect old household computers at its Community Collection Center, 6085 Court Street Road, on April 15 (4 pm – 8 pm), April 17, (8 am – 12 noon) and Saturday, April 19 ( 9 am – 1 pm). There is no charge for the old household computers; two computer systems accepted per vehicle.

Date: April 19, 2008
From 8 am to noon

Sponsor/Contact: Onondaga County Resource Recover Agency (OCRRA)
Andrew Radin
315-295-0726

Type of Event: e-Waste – TV Sets Only

Details:

OCRRA will conduct a community-wide collection event for old
television sets on Saturday, April 19, at Alliance Bank Stadium. There is a small fee of $5.00 per television set. Only TV sets will be accepted at the Alliance Bank event!
Televisions-only please. Alliance Bank Stadium parking lot at Grant Blvd. Televisions accepted at a minimal cost of $5.00 for residential participants.

Other electronic waste can be dropped off three days a week at their Community Collection Center located at 6085 Court Street Road, Syracuse, NY. The electronics collection dates and times are: Tuesdays from 4 pm to 8 pm; Thursdays from 8 am to noon; and Saturdays from 9 am to 1 pm.

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Grove City, Ohio

Date: April 19, 2008
From 3 pm to 8 pm

Sponsor/Contact: Beulah Park
George Fournier
6147043866

Type of Event: e-Waste

Details:

3811 Southwest Blvd
The fee-free community Earth Day event shall be a fun, safe, entertaining recycling event wherein persons, families, organizations, and associations may sponsor, smash, donate, or recycle used computers and recyclables for charitable purposes.

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Kent, Ohio

Date: April 22, 2008
From 5 pm to 9 pm

Sponsor/Contact: Theodore Roosevelt High School
Chris Carman
330-676-8872

Type of Event: e-Waste

Details:

1400 N. Mantua
Drop off old PCs, monitors and computer equipment to be recycled at Roosevelt High School’s Earth Day Celebration on Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008 from 5-9pm. We’ll also have live music, local environmental speakers, smoothies, information booths, petitions, and even organic cookies!

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Perrysburg, Ohio

Date: May 3, 2008
From 9 am to 12 noon

Sponsor/Contact: Keep Perrysburg Beautiful
Judy Hagen
419-872-8034

Type of Event: e-Waste

Details:

205 East Boundary
Recycle Roundup is a household hazardous waste collection for City of Perrysburg, City of Rossford, Perrysbsurg Township and Middleton Township residents. This year we are collecting computers, in cooperation with Goodwill Industries, free of charge. Residents are reminded to erase all sensitive material from their computers before recycling. There is also a mercury thermometer exchange and thermostats containing mercury are also accepted at no charge. HHW is collected at $2 per pound. Accushred will shred three (3) bankers boxes of documents at no charge and each additional box of documents for $3 per box.

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Sandusky, Ohio

Date: April 26, 2008
From 8 am to 4 pm

Sponsor/Contact: Firelands Regional Medical Center
Jim Spicer
419-557-6942

Type of Event: Unwanted Medications

Details:

1111 Hayes Avenue
Collection of unwanted prescription and non-prescription medications for proper disposal to decrease environmental burden.

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Springfield, Ohio

Date: March 1, 2008 to May 31, 2008 Contact for information on Hours of Operation

Sponsor/Contact: Clark County Waste Management District
Megan Werner
937-521-2021

Type of Event: e-Waste

Details:

1602 West Main Street
You pick the place, you pick the date! Go online to www.32TRASH.org to register for Keep Clark County Beautiful’s Great American Cleanup!

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Toledo, Ohio

Date: April 19, 2008
From 10 am to 4 pm

Sponsor/Contact: The Toledo Zoo
Jerran Orwig
419-385-5721

Type of Event: e-Waste

Details:

2 Hippo Way
Here at the Zoo, we’re all about being good stewards of the environment. That’s why Earth Day is such a big deal around here. This year’s Party for the Planet is Saturday, April 19. Celebrate Mother Earth and learn how to “go green” through educational displays and activities. We will once again be accepting items for recycling.
Please see website, http://www.toledozoo.org/events/events_partyforplanet.html for full list of items.

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Warren, Ohio

Date: May 7, 2008 to September 24, 2008 Wednesdays Only From 10 am to 6 pm

Sponsor/Contact: Geauga-Trumbull Solid Waste Management District
Robert Villers
330-675-2673

Type of Event: e-Waste

Details:

5138 Enterprise Blvd.
The seasonal household hazardous waste facility will open Wednesday, May 7, 2008 from 10 am to 6 pm the facility will be open Wednesdays only through September 24, 2008

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Erie, Pennsylvania

Date: April 26, 2008
From 10 am to 2 pm

Sponsor/Contact: Pennsylvania Sea Grant
Sara Grise
814-217-9011

Type of Event: Unwanted Medications

Details:

301 Peninsula Drive, Suite 3
The Keep Unwanted Medicine out of Lake Erie Medicine Collection Day event will take place at the Cruise Boat Terminal Building near Blasko Library in Erie, Pennsylvania.

NOTE: Pre-registration is preferred by April 21, 2008 by calling 814-425-7773.

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Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Date: April 1 to 30, 2008
Mon – Fri from 8 am to 4 pm, Sat from 8 am to noon

Sponsor/Contact: Lancaster County Solid Waste Management Authority
Barbara Baker
717-397-9968

Type of Event: e-Waste

Details:

1299 Harrisburg Pike
Every Day is an Event Day!! Household Hazardous Waste Facility is open Monday through Friday from 8 am to 4 pm and on Saturday from 8 am to 12 pm. Available to all Lancaster County households.

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Appleton, Wisconsin

Date: April 19, 2008
From 10 am to Noon

Sponsor/Contact: Aurora Pharmacy-Copps
Mary Kohrell
920-849-1450

Type of Event: Unwanted Medications

Details:

1919 E Calumet St.

Date: April 22, 2008
From Noon to 4 pm

Sponsor/Contact: Thompson Community Center
Christine Miller
920-968-5721

Type of Event: Unwanted Medications

Details:

820 W College Ave.

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Brillion, Wisconsin

Date: April 19, 2008
From 10 am to Noon

Sponsor/Contact: Brillion Community Center
Mary Kohrell
920-849-1450

Type of Event: Unwanted Medications

Details:

120 Center St.

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Chilton, Wisconsin

Date: April 22, 2008
From 10 am to 1 pm

Sponsor/Contact: Calumet County Court House
Mary Kohrell
920-849-1450

Type of Event: Unwanted Medications

Details:

206 Court Street

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Crandon, Wisconsin

Date: April 22 to 26, 2008
From 9 am to 3:30 pm daily

Sponsor/Contact: Sokaogon Chippewa Community
Tina Van Zile
715-478-7605

Type of Event: e-Waste

Details:

3051 Sand Lake Rd

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Green Bay, Wisconsin

Date: April 18 and 19, 2008
From 8 am to 1 pm

Sponsor/Contact: Sustainable Greater Green Bay Task Force
Luann Rudolph
920-448-2820

Type of Event: Unwanted Medications

Details:

100 N Jefferson Street
Bring your unwanted or unused medications to the collection event to ensure they will be disposed of in a legal, environmentally safe manner.

The event will be held at Streu’s Pharmacy Bay Natural located at 635 Main Street in Green Bay. Call the Recycling Hotline at (920) 448- 4400, Option 5 for more information.

If you throw your old prescription bottles in the trash, it may contaminate the water, cause poisoning from accidental ingestion or be used for illegal purposes such as identity fraud or theft.

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Manitowoc, Wisconsin

Date: April 19, 2008
From 9 am to 2 pm

Sponsor/Contact: UW Manitowoc Campus
Jeff Beyer
920-683-4054

Type of Event: e-Waste and Unwanted Medications

Details:

705 Viebahn Street
Earth Day Event featuring many free disposal programs, such as: Drug Disposal, Battery, Mercury Thermometers, Printer Cartridges, Plastic Bags, Old Athletic Shoes, & CFL’s. Ground Water Testing. Rummage Sale. Exhitbits & Presentations. Music & Concessions.

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New Holstein, Wisconsin

Date: April 19, 2008
From 10 am to Noon

Sponsor/Contact: New Holstein Public Library
Mary Kohrell
920-849-1450

Type of Event: Unwanted Medications

Details:

2115 Washington St

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Oshkosh, Wisconsin

Date: April 22, 2008
From 9 am to 1 pm

Sponsor/Contact: Oshkosh Senior Center Annex
Jennifer Semrau
920-232-1853

Type of Event: Unwanted Medications

Details:

234 N. Campbell Rd.

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Plover, Wisconsin

Date: April 22, 2008
From 2 pm to 6 pm

Sponsor/Contact: Portage County Solid Waste Department
Meleesa Johnson
715-345-5969

Type of Event: Unwanted Medications

Details:

600 Moore Road
Unwanted/outdated medication collection

Date: April 1 to 30, 2008
From 7:30 am to 3:30 pm

Sponsor/Contact: Portage County Solid Waste Department
Meleesa Johnson
715-345-5969

Type of Event: e-Waste

Details:

600 Moore Road
Full-time electronics collection

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Racine, Wisconsin

Date: April 19, 2008

Sponsor/Contact: Racine and Caledonia Mt. Pleasant Health Departments
Marcia Fernholz
262-636-9203

Type of Event: Unwanted Medications

Details:

Medicine Collection Day at 6200 21st Street , Racine WI. Bring prescription and over the counter medication that you no longer want.

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Superior, Wisconsin

Date: April 7 to 11, 2008
Monday and Thursday from 7 am to 6:30 pm;
Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday from 7 am to 5 pm

Sponsor/Contact: Douglas County Recycling
Mary Klun
715-395-1293

Type of Event: e-Waste

Details:

1316 N 14th St.
Computer and Television Recycling: $2.50 per item (wooden console televisions are $20.00)

Computers, monitors, printers, keyboards,
televisions, DVD players, VCRs, fax machines
only.

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Waupaca, Wisconsin

Date: April 22, 2008
From 9 am to 1 pm

Sponsor/Contact: Waupaca County Courthouse
Debbie Krogwold
715-258-6240

Type of Event: Unwanted Medications

Details:

811 Harding Street
Room 1037

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