Local environmental news and happenings for DuPage County. | |
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ABC's of Smart Recycling:
X is for X-rays
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Are you clearing out closets after the holidays? Have you found x-rays in that old medical file? DON'T just throw them away!
X-rays need special handling to dispose of safely. Best of all, proper disposal means reclaiming materials for reuse.
Read our blog post to learn more.
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Green Your Holidays: Christmas Tree & String Light Recycling | |
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Don't treat your tree like trash! Many towns and townships in DuPage offer options for recycling real trees into mulch--and keeping them out of landfills. Checkout the link below to learn more.
Burned out and broken holiday lights can also be recycled throughout DuPage County. Find a location near you by checking our website, or bring them to SCARCE. We accept string lights all year round!
Learn more about where and how to recycle trees and light recycling near you: https://www.scarce.org/christmas-tree-and-light-recycling-2023/
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Pill bottle Reuse
Did you know SCARCE collects clean, brown medicine bottles for reuse? (BTW-bottles must be washed, free of all glue residue and labels before dropping them off.)
Volunteers help SCARCE sort, organize, and transport the containers to a nonprofit that shares them with places experiencing shortages of medicine containers.
90 pounds of pill containers were collected last month. Thanks to our volunteer, SueAnn, they were packed and transported for re-use. Look at all those boxes packed into that car!
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Kendra Hyett, (grant committee,) Tammy Bristol, Kay McKeen and Joan Morrissey, (trustee,) are very excited about SCARCE's latest grant. | |
SCARCE Awarded Community Needs Grant
SCARCE was honored to receive a grant from DuPage Foundation's Community Needs Grant Program. The grant will support repair of donated musical instruments, smoke detector recycling, Repair Fair programs and other recycling events.
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Repair Fair is Back!
Saturday, Jan. 27 9:30-11:30am
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Visit with out team of experts and see how simple repairs can make all the difference. Knife and garden tool sharpening, as well as jewelry and lamp repair will be featured. This event is free, but experts may charge a small fee to repair items.
Visit SCARCE Repair Fair for details.
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Teacher Open House
Tuesday, Jan. 30 3:30-6pm
Mid-winter blahs? Get inspired at the SCARCE Open House just for teachers. Learn about field trips, educational training days, and all the things we do to help teachers.
Plus, there will be snacks and prizes!
To learn more, visit our events page.
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Sustainable Design Challenge - Tuesday, April 16
Registration begins February 1, 2024
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Do you know a high school student who enjoys science? Who likes to make things with their hands? Who wants to make the world a better place?
Tell them about the Sustainable Design Challenge! The challenge promotes environmental and stormwater education within science, technology, engineering, art, and math (STEAM) curricula in DuPage County high schools. Students must reduce the carbon footprint of a building while conserving resources, reducing pollution, and managing stormwater both within their building and on surrounding property.
Want to learn more? Check out last year's winners.
Or visit our website for details.
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Environmental Events - Mark Your Calendar!
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Start Planning Your Tree Planting!
Arbor Day is April 26th
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SCARCE is OPEN
Martin Luther King Day, January 15.
Regular Hours for Reuse Center and
SCARCE-LY USED Books & Records
Monday-Friday 9am-4:30pm
Saturdays 9am-12pm
Donation Hours
Tuesday-Friday 9am-2pm
*For 5 or more boxes, call to make an appointment
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Thank You to Businesses
A special thank you to businesses who donated supplies and/or services this month!
- Citi, Elk Grove
- Topco, Elk Grove
- Concord, Glendale Heights
- Ryan Shreve, Revo Wired Webservices
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Eagle Scout Project Launch
Aidan, an Eagle Scout from Hinsdale Central High School, created shelves to store books for our Literacy in the Laundromat Program.
If you'd be interested in helping stock the bookshelves at a local laundromat, email us at info@scarce.org
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National Puzzle Day is January 29
Join Our Puzzle Posse!
Did you know our Puzzle Posse volunteers check every puzzle that for sale at SCARCE to make sure all pieces are present?
Winter is a great time to puzzle! Pop in to our SCARCE-LY Used shop and peruse our puzzles--or consider becoming a volunteer and help us puzzle-out more to sell!
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This newsletter was created by SCARCE and funded by
the DuPage County Board, Deborah Conroy, Chair,
the DuPage County Environmental Committee, Sheila Rutledge, Chair,
and the DuPage County Stormwater Committee, James Zay, Chair.
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SCARCE Team
Kay McKeen, Founder & Director
Rachel Carlson, Heather Goudreau, Allison Henley,
Bev Jaszczurowski, Jean Kent, Emily King, Caroline Prichard,
Andrea Redfearn, Marina Strong, Julie Wachowski
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Environmental education programs are operated by SCARCE
(School & Community Assistance for Recycling and Composting Education)
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This newsletter is part of the Teacher Training Program funded by DuPage County.
Our Professional Development Provider Number: 190000000000000
The mention of a specific product or company is not an endorsement by DuPage County's Environmental Education Program.
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