Scrap metal now being accepted during electronics drop-offs

Don’t throw that old frying pan in the trash bin. Now you can take it and other scrap metal items to a Will County electronics waste recycling drop-off held the second Thursday of the month in the parking lot of the city hall, 1165 S. Water St., Wilmington.
The Will County Electronics Collections is now accepting small scrap metal items including cookie sheets, pots and pans, car jacks, chains, keys, copper pipe and fittings, nuts, bolts, screws, hand tools like screw drivers and pry bars, metal door knobs, silverware, tool boxes, watches, wire hangers, wire screens and more.
According to www.will countygreen.com, these small scrap metal items are not banned from landfills by state law, but are now being accepted at Will County Electronics collections simply to giving residents the joy of knowing they’ve been recycled.
Will County’s next free electronics drop-off event will be Thursday, Feb. 13, from 5-7 p.m.
Participants are reminded to remain in their vehicles at all times, show ID by holding it to the window for staff to see and then allow staff to remove items without assistance from each vehicle.
The Illinois Tollway has agreed to allow Will County to collect old transponders for recycling at all electronic collection sites.
All electronic items are accepted (broken or obsolete) and when possible remove batteries before dropping off items.
The following is a list of items banned from disposal by state law that are accepted at all Will County collections:
Televisions (limit 2, computers and monitors including desktops, laptops, notebooks, tablets, e-readers), printers, electronic keyboards, fax machines, videocassette recorders, portable digital music players (iPods, MP3s), CD/DVD/Blu-ray players, DVD players/recorders, video game consoles, small scale servers, scanners, electronic mice, digital converter boxes, cable receivers, satellite receivers, computer cable, computer speakers, portable digital assistants (PDAs) and zip drives.
 These additional items are not banned by state law but are also accepted for electronic recycling: Air fryers, all types of telephones, calculators, camcorders, cell phones, CB radio/CB scanners, digital/SLR cameras, digital photo frames, digital projectors, electric lawn mowers, electric scooters, fans, GPS devices, hands-free phone headsets, Insta-pot, microwaves, power tools, radar detectors, radios, rice cooker, shredders, stereo receivers, string lights, toasters and toaster ovens, UPS/battery backup devices and vacuums (stick, robot, canister).