Recycling/Shredding Event at Indian Prairie Library

– From 9 a.m. to
noon, the parking lot at the Indian Prairie Public Library will be set up to
accept recycling and shredding (four box limit).  In partnership with
S.C.A.R.C.E., the Lions Club, DuPage County, and the VFW, local residents can
drop off the following materials to be recycled:

• Altoid Mint Boxes
• American Flags
• Bicycles 
• Buttons
• Cardboard
• Carpeting (300 SF limit, must be dry, padding OK)
• Cell phones
• Electronics such as computers, keyboards, VCRs, cables
• Extension cords
• Eyeglasses
• Hearing aids
• Ink cartridges
• Keys
• Musical instruments
• Neck ties
• Rulers
• Sewing machines (working)
• Shower chairs
• Toys
• Typewriters (working)
• Walkers
• Wheelchairs
• Yarn

“Having a
recycling event of this scale has been a goal of ours,” said Laura Birmingham,
Assistant Director.  “We routinely provide recycling services such as our
donation box for cell phones and glasses, the recycling containers in the
building and outside the building for plastic, paper, and glass.  We also
have two Paper Retrieve containers in the parking lot, and this is our first
large scale recycling event.  There will also be a shredding service for
confidential information.”

For Veterans’ Day,
the library will be collecting worn flags at its Come to the Cabaret program on
Sunday, Nov. 10 at 2 p.m.

Recently, a
library user commented that “libraries were ‘green’ before it was
popular!  What a great way to ‘recycle books, magazines, DVDs, etc.” 
By its very nature, the library is a friend to the earth.   
Every book or movie that people borrow from the library is one less book or
movie that will eventually end up in a landfill.