1. science
2. ecology
3. waste management
4. recycling

Drop-off Instructions
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Only Ogle County residentially generated electronic
items are accepted. (No business electronics taken.
Protect your personal data when
recycling a computer or memory
device
Businesses may contact OCSWMD at 815-732-4020 for
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other options.)
Computers often contain highly personal
Dates: Electronics recycling will be open on the last
information. Before donating or recycling
Friday of the month, unless there is a holiday: January
your computer or memory device, clean the
30th, February 27th, March 27th, April 24th, May
29th, June 26th, July 31st, August 28th, September
25th, October 30th, November 20th (week early,
Ogle County
Residential Electronics
Recycling Program
2015
hard drive. Go to our website for
instructions, www.oglecounty.org.
holiday), December 18, 2015 (week early, holiday).
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Hours: 9:00 am – 4:00 pm on designated days.
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Check in at the Solid Waste Department’s office for
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It is the duty of the user of the recycling
program to ensure data erasure. The Ogle
assistance in recycling your electronics. Do not bring
County Solid Waste Management
your electronics into the office.
Department or Secure Recycling Services
Limit one television and one computer monitor per
assumes no responsibility to protect any
visit.
electronic data remaining in electronics
$10 fee per microwave oven. Check payable to Ogle
recycled through this program.
County Solid Waste Management Dept.
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Larger volumes of dismantled or de-manufactured
listed items will not be accepted, per OCSWMD
discretion.
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protect your privacy.
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24 Hour Surveillance
Remove any personal information on hard drives to
DO NOT LEAVE ITEMS OUTSIDE OF THE BUILDING.
Thank you!
Violators who illegally dump electronics
(or other items) will be prosecuted
to the fullest extent of the law.
Drop-off Location:
County Annex Building
Ogle County Solid Waste
Management Department
Attached garage
909 West Pines Road, Oregon, IL
Ph: 815-732-4020
www.oglecounty.org
Last Friday of each month,
see dates in brochure.
9:00 am—4:00 pm
Items Accepted
Items Accepted
As of January 1, 2012, the State of Illinois
Adding machines
Main frames
banned many electronics from landfills
Answering machines
Medical equipment
Cameras
Microwave ovens ($10 fee)
Camcorders
Modems
CDs & DVDs
MP3 players
The Ogle County Solid Waste
CD players
Pagers
Management Department (OCSWMD) is
CD ROM drives
PDAs
working with Secure Recycling Services
Calculators
Postage machines
(SRS) to provide convenient electronics
Cellphones
Printers
recycling for our residents. Therefore,
Computer cables
Projectors
as part of a pilot program, a drop-off site
Computers desktops
Remote controls
at our location will be available to Ogle
Computers laptops
Scanners
County residents.
Computer monitors
Servers
Copy machines
Shredders
Credit card machines
Stereo equipment
Disk players
Tape drives
re-furbisher of electronic waste
DVD players
Telephones
(E-waste) in Illinois.
Electric typewriters
Telephone systems
Special one day electronics recycling
Electronic Mice
Terminals
events will be held in the spring and fall
Fax machines (stand alone)
Televisions
with Lee County.
Floppy disk drives
Toner cartridges
Ink cartridges
Video cassette Recorders
Visit: www.oglecounty.org for other
Joysticks
Video cassette players
options.
Keyboards
Video game consoles
Microwaves
Zip Drives
so that these valuable materials may be
recycled.
SRS is recognized by the Illinois EPA as
an authorized collector, recycler, and
Please only bring items on this list!