The Arlington Heights Special Events Commission will be hosting its annual recycling event at the Nokia Site, 1455 W Shure Drive, from 900 a.m. to 1200 p.m.
Arlington Heights Spring Sweep event, Saturday, April 25, from 9 a.m. – Noon at the Nokia Siemens Networks Campus, 1501 W. Shure Drive. Nokia Siemens is located on the north side of the Village just south of Dundee Road, between N. Kennicott Avenue and N. Wilke Road. View Map.
The event includes electronics (see below for a list of acceptable items), document destruction (up to three legal-sized boxes per vehicle) and the collection of old, usable bikes. Residents from the suburban area are welcome to participate. The event is sponsored by the Village of Arlington Heights Special Events Commission, the Solid Waste Agency of Northern Cook County (SWANCC), Village Bank & Trust, and our location hosts Toburn Partners.
The Solid Waste Agency of Northern Cook County (SWANCC) will oversee the electronic recycling. No electronic materials from schools, businesses or other institutions is permitted.
Here’s a list of acceptable items that will be collected:
Answering machines
Cable receiver
Calculators
Camcorders
Cameras
Converter Box
Computer cable
Computer monitors
Copy Machines
DVD player or similar video device
Fax machines
Mobile telephones
Mouse or keyboards
MP3 players
Portable digital assistants (PDAs)
Power tools or cords
Printers (including multi-function printer, copiers and printer/fax combinations)
Satellite Receiver
Scanners
Shredders
Small home appliances (microwaves, toasters, blenders, vacuum cleaners, mini refrigerators)
Stereo Equipment
Telephones
Televisions – no size limit
Typewriters
Video game consoles
Videocassette recorder/player (VHS)
Zip drives
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