Published Friday September 27 2019 7:37 pm. Tags: e-waste, electronic waste, repairing electronic devices
Electronic waste is largely toxic, and it can have several negative effects on the environment. Here are important considerations to reduce electronic waste. Electronic waste is also known as e-waste. When you improperly dispose of e-waste, it can cause adverse environmental effects, as a large portion of electronic waste is toxic. Such toxins can leak […]
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Published Wednesday September 18 2019 12:43 pm. Tags: Bruce Davis, ComEd, Eric Peterman, GRNE Solar, Howard Michael, Hyperlocal A, Hyperlocal B, Hyperlocal C, Illinois State Representative Mark Walker, Illinois State Senator Ann Gillespie, Illinois State Senator Julie Morrison, machine tools, manufacturing plant Arlington Heights, Mayor Thomas Hayes, precision manufacturing machines, solar energy, solar energy company, solar panels, Toyoda Americas Corporation, Toyota Motor Corporation, US & World News
Toyoda Americas Corporation groundbreaking ceremony for solar panels energy system installation August 23 2019. Did you know there is a gem of a company on the north side of Arlington Heights on University Drive? The company known as Toyoda Americas Corporation holds the namesake Toyoda family name involved in the creation of the famous automobile […]
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Published Friday August 30 2019 11:44 am. Tags: air pollution, ethylene oxide, Hyperlocal C, Illinois EPA, Medline, US EPA, Vantage, Waukegan
Medline Claims They’re in Compliance Vantage and Medline are facing a lawsuit that claims both plants release too much of the cancer-causing chemical ethylene oxide into the air. Two suburban manufacturing plants are facing four lawsuits accusing Medline and Vantage of knowingly endangering peoples lives by releasing too much of the cancer-causing chemical ethylene oxide […]
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Published Saturday July 20 2019 11:59 pm. Tags: China, recycling, refuse, robotics, robots, Waste Management
Tech companies are working on robots to make US recycling more efficient. For decades, the United States and other wealthy countries have been dependent on China to buy and process almost half of the world’s plastic waste. Now, stricter recycling standards in China mean its cheaper for some US cities to simply send recyclables to […]
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Published Thursday May 02 2019 4:25 am. Tags: Apple, carbon, mangrove forest, mangrove tree conservation, subtropics mangrove, tree conservation, tropics
Urbanization and aquaculture destroy many vulnerable habitats, especially endangered mangrove forests. Luckily, Apple has vowed to protect these forests. Aquaculture is the farming of fish, crustaceans, mollusks, aquatic plants, algae, and other organisms. Aquaculture involves cultivating freshwater and saltwater populations under controlled conditions. Aquaculture is also known as aquafarming. Mangrove tree conservation has become the […]
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Published Thursday April 18 2019 10:51 pm. Tags: advocacy group, animal research, astro-ecologists, astrophysicist, biodiversity, ecologist, ecologists, ecology, endangered animals, endangered species, endangered species research, environmental advocacy group, environmentalist, infrared technology, Natural Resources Defense Council, NRDC
Research teams are now depending on tech for counting endangered species. We touch on the astrological software and techniques used for wildlife conservation. Astro-Ecologists Use Tech for Counting Endangered Species To ensure maximum animal conservation efforts, researchers are now relying on tech for counting endangered species. That’s right, it’s going to take teamwork from astrophysicists, […]
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Published Saturday January 27 2018 12:12 pm.
MOUNT PROSPECT PLANT AT CENTRAL RD AND ARTHUR AVE LISTED AS PESTICIDE PRODUCER ON EPA FACILITY REGISTRY SERVICE (FRS) OVERVIEW Depending on wind direction there is a noxious odor that emanates from a manufacturing plant at 1804 West Central Road. Some days the odor smells like Febreze, some days the odor smells like an apple […]
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Published Thursday January 25 2018 9:58 pm. Tags: air odor, air odor Arlington Heights, air quality, air quality Arlington Heights, Arlington Cardinal Facebook Group, Facebook group
The wind is southeast at 8 mph in Chicagoland, and that means that most of Arlington Heights north of Northwest Highway is breathing air that is fouled up by a manufacturing plant on Arthur Avenue between Northwest Highway and Central Road. Stand outside in your front yard or backyard and check for yourself. You will […]
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Published Thursday December 14 2017 6:30 pm. Tags: air quality, air quality Arlington Heights, air quality Mount Prospect, gas odor, gas odor Mount Prospect, Hyperlocal A, Hyperlocal B, Mount Prospect Fire Department, odor investigation, odor investigation Mount Prospect
Mount Prospect police and firefighter/paramedics responded about 5:16 PM Thursday December 14, 2017 to a report of strong gas odor near Wille Street and Gregory Street Mount Prospect, Il. Fire crews in the area reported possibly a sewer gas type odor — possibly in the area of “Bosch and Northwest Central Dispatch” but firefighters did […]
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Published Monday November 27 2017 10:18 pm. Tags: air odor, air odor Arlington Heights, air quality, air quality Arlington Heights, Arlington Cardinal Facebook Group, Facebook group
For the past couple of years several people have asked if anything is known about the odor and air quality that is noticeable near Arthur Avenue between Central Road and Davis Street. The odor has been described with a few different characteristics: Smells like an artificial apple deodorant Smells fruity Smells like a cleaning solution […]
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Published Thursday October 15 2015 3:38 pm. Tags: climate, climate activist, energy jobs, environmental activists, Our Savior's Lutheran Church, People's Climate Movement
A group of environmental activists gathered at Our Savior’s Lutheran Church on Wednesday evening and marched southbound on the sidewalk along Arlington Heights Road to North School Park. The People’s Climate Movement rally and march began with a pre-march rally at Our Savior’s Lutheran Church, where Pastor Rhonda Pruit spoke about the importance of faith-based […]
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Published Wednesday August 21 2013 6:37 pm. Tags: environment, EPA, Green Power Community, USEPA, Village of Arlington Heights
The USEPA has designated Arlington Heights as a Green Power Community for its use of solar power at the Downtown bike shelter along with using 100% green power, which is produced by wind generation, to furnish electrical needs to some of the Village’s sanitary sewer lift stations and smaller facilities. All residents and small businesses […]
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