Our Community, My Commitment
Lake County announced this afternoon that there will be drop boxes inside early voting sites beginning on Monday, March 22 for this election. This is new information since I sent my email earlier today.
According to Lake County’s press release, “Voters may simply walk in with their masks and place their Vote by Mail ballot in any of these Drop Boxes located at each Early Voting site.” There are currently not any external drop boxes planned for this election.
Highland Park’s spring trash collection days are scheduled for April 24, May 1, 8 and 15. If you have a bulky item under 50 pounds, you can place it next to your trash cart for pick up on your regular trash collection day rather than waiting for spring clean up.
Here are some options for proper disposal of certain items, and ideas to help keep things that are still usable out of the landfill:
Appliances: Call Lakeshore Recycling Systems at 773.685.8811 or email them to schedule pick up. There is a charge of $40 per item.
Arts and Crafts supplies: donate them to the Brushwood Art Supply Exchange.
Bicycles: Donate to Working Bikes.
Electronics: Leave one large, or several small electronics at the curb on your first trash pick up day of the month or drop off at the City’s Recycling Center (see Styrofoam for hours).
Household Chemical Waste: The SWALCO website has a schedule of Household Chemical Waste drop off events.
Medication: Drop them off anytime in the disposal box at the HP Police Station, 1677 Old Deerfield Road. Details are here.
Recyclables: Put these out on your regular trash day.
Shoes: Paired shoes (tie or rubber band together) can be dropped off at the City’s Recycling Center. 1180 Half Day Road, from 7 am – 1 pm any Tuesday or the first Saturday of the month. Details are here.
Styrofoam: Drop off at the City’s Recycling Center. 1180 Half Day Road, from 7 am – 1 pm any Tuesday or the first Saturday of the month. Details are here.
Textiles: Place in a sealed plastic bag and drop off anytime in one of the collection boxes located at the City’s Recycling Center or the Highland Park Metra Station (east of tracks and south of station).
Usable items: Donate to charity or use the Highland Park-Highwood Freebox page on Facebook to get unwanted but usable items to others in the community.
Learn more about how to recycle or dispose of unusual items here and here. Here are some creative repurposing ideas for spring.
The League of Women Voters is holding a candidate forum on March 21 at 1 pm. Join this virtual event to learn more about the views of the candidates running for local office in Highland Park. Register for the zoom event and submit your questions here. You can learn more about my views on issues impacting Highland Park in the newsletter archive, and this post on the HP Patch.