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Got string lights with burnt out bulbs? Too tangled to use? Or lights that just don’t bring holiday joy anymore?

 More than 1,000 households participated in the 2018 Sharefest Recyclepalooza in New Lenox on Sept. 8.

The Will County Resource Recovery and Energy Division will host its annual textile collection Monday, April 30, through Friday, May 4.

FRANKFORT TOWNSHIP -- Frankfort Township has become host to Will County’s newest permanent electronic recycling site. Its first collection date will be Tuesday, March 13.

In an effort to shorten lines and wait times, the Resource Recovery and Energy Division of the Will County Land Use Department has implemented an appointment system for its collection events.

A long ago accident led to a community event to help Ronald McDonald House charities and now to its new collector-in-chief winning the 2017 Will County America Recycles Day photo contest.

Got string lights with burnt out bulbs? Too tangled to use? Or lights that just don’t bring holiday joy anymore? 

The Will County Land Use Department’s Resource Recovery and Energy Division and Lewis University once again are teaming up to offer an environmentally sound way to get rid of jack-o-lanterns and documents.

An electronics recycling record that stood for 15 years has been broken three times since 2016, most recently twice in as many months.

JOLIET – Will County will continue to offer five electronic recycling sites through intergovernmental agreements approved at the Thursday, Feb. 16, County Board meeting.