Aurora, Illinois, holds e-recycling event

The Aurora (Illinois) Beacon News reports that the city of Aurora held an electronics recycling event Saturday, July 30, 2016, exclusively for residents.

Following ID verification, each vehicle was allowed to drop off a total of five items. Although each individual was limited to one television or computer monitor for a fee of $10, all other items were accepted for free, the article says. 

According to Gio Santana, a property standards management assistant for Aurora, the city was forced to reduce its twice-monthly electronics recycling events because of rising costs in e-recycling.

“As recently as last year, we reduced the number to 16, which is still more than once a month, but so far today’s event is the only one we’ve had [this year],” Santana told the newspaper. “The revenue used to offset the cost of having this, but there has since been a huge increase in the amount we have to pay to put this on.”

"This has been around only four months, but it’s great to have an event like this and not see things dumped in the parks or the streets,” Aurora resident John Sudges said at the event, according to the Aurora Beacon News. “I wish they could do it more often, but I know people aren’t buying recycled materials as much as they used to.”