Electronics Recycling to remain open

Kim Stone

Highland Park’s electronic recycling center will remain open through the end of the year. Drop off electronics, fluorescent bulbs and styrofoam (pieces and containers, not packing peanuts) from 7 am – 1 pm on Tuesdays and the first Saturday of the month at 1180 Half Day Road. You can put textiles in the donation box that is available 24/7. If you live in Highland Park, you can also put one large electronic item, or 3 smaller items, out next to your trash cart on your first pick up of the month.

 

Spring Clean Up

Kim Stone

Our new trash contract includes the ability to put out one large item for pick up with your trash each week, and one electronic item with your first trash pick up of the month without a sticker. We will still have the spring trash collection in Highland Park beginning on April 30, but you don’t need to wait another year to dispose of larger items.

Please remember that everything left out for spring clean up will go to the landfill, and electronic waste will not be picked up. If you have a box of paper or other recyclable materials, please put it out on your regular trash pick up day, so that it can be recycled.

Just Eat It Film Showing

Kim Stone

Just Eat It posterFood waste is the one of the hot environmental issues of 2016. We throw away over 40% of our food in the US. In addition to the waste of food and the energy used to produce it, organic matter that ends up in  landfills gives off methane, a potent greenhouse gas.

You can learn more on April 18 at 7 pm at the Highland Park Public Library screening of Just Eat It. An entertaining film that explores the issue of waste from farm, through retail, to home. After catching a glimpse of the billions of dollars of good food that is tossed each year in North America, the filmmakers pledge to survive only on foods that would otherwise be thrown away. In a nation where one in 10 people is food insecure, the images they capture of squandered groceries are both shocking and strangely compelling.

The film is free and open to the public.  I hope to see you there!

Street Lights and Potholes

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A friend of mine called me recently about an issue on her street. The street light in front of her home hadn’t worked in the 9 years she had lived there. I reported the outage to City staff who relayed the message to ComEd, and it was fixed within days. If you notice something that isn’t right — whether it’s a broken street light or a sagging power line or a pot hole — please report it to the City. You can call the pothole hotline at (847) 926-1178 with the address/location of potholes, or report street light outages here.

Friends of Kim Stone

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Kim is the experienced leader and strong advocate Highland Park needs. She is committed to working to ensure that Highland Park remains a great place to live, work, and raise a family. An independent voice on the City Council, Kim listens carefully to all views and studies issues thoroughly in order to make decisions that enhance our community.

Kim has over 20 years of non-profit management and environmental experience. She currently serves on the National Advisory Board of the Union of Concerned Scientists and previously served on the Board of Directors of Community Partners for Affordable Housing. Kim graduated from Middlebury College and received Masters degrees in Population Planning and Public Policy from the University of Michigan. A third generation Highland Park resident, Kim loves being an involved member of the community.

Any communication via this site is the personal opinion of Councilwoman Kim Stone and is not necessarily the stated opinion of the City.