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Electronics Recycling Important news: The new Electronics Recycling and Reuse Law that went into effect on January 1st. Now consumers and companies may no longer throw old computers, monitors, televisions, and other e-waste in the trash. The law prohibits their disposal in municipal waste and sanitary landfills Last Spring, Habitat for Humanity of Illinois and Vintage Tech Recyclers established a state-wide partnership for electronics recycling at Illinois Habitat affiliates and ReStores. We now have permanent collection sites at Habitat ReStores in Chicago Heights, Springfield, Elgin, Champaign, Sullivan, Addison, Bloomington, and Aurora. Also, collection events are being held in Charleston, Canton, and Shelbyville. Together, we collected over 600,000 pounds of electronics in late 2011!! Many electronic items contain materials that can be repurposed. For every pound of e-waste that is collected, Vintage Tech donates money that helps build Habitat for Humanity homes. Electronics recycling diverts thousands of pounds of useable materials from landfills, while raising money to build affordable housing in partnership with low-income families throughout Illinois. Items accepted include: PC’s, laptops, monitors, printers, scanners, copiers, fax machines, keyboards, servers, networking equipment, zip drives, modems, battery back-ups, cables, mice, video game consoles, televisions, cell phones, IPods’s, DVD’s, VCR’s, stereos, MP3 players, radios, telephones, pagers, camcorders, cameras, calculators, answering machines, fans, microwaves, toasters, blenders, adding machines, reel-to-reel tape recorders, and typewriters. All materials are recycled by Vintage Tech Recyclers, a certified R2 recycler, whose data destruction technology exceeds the Department of Defense and NIST standards. Habitat Illinois and Vintage Tech will hold additional electronics recycling events in February, April, and June (dates and locations to be announced). These photos are of our SSO November recycling event in Hinsdale, at which we collected over 43,000 pounds of electronics!
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Our Mission Habitat for Humanity of Illinois' purpose is to support and partner with the Illinois Habitat for Humanity Affiliates and ReStores, expanding their capacity through communication, advocacy, resource development, and education in order to serve more families in need of safe, decent, affordable housing. Habitat for Humanity of Illinois is a non-profit housing organization dedicated to eradicating poverty housing. Founded in 1999, the organization works statewide in association with the 51 Habitat affiliates, which collectively build or repair about 100 houses annually, and the 17 Habitat ReStores, which are similar to home improvement stores. From 1983 through 2009, 1,373 Habitat homes have been constructed or rehabbed in Illinois. Based in Oswego, Habitat Illinois is this state’s Support Organization, established with the purpose of strengthening Illinois affiliates, advocating for affordable housing, and securing resources – both financial and material – that would not otherwise be available to individual affiliates.
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Habitat Joins Top Home Builders' Ranks, Placing Sixth in the Nation Habitat for Humanity was ranked as the country's sixth largest builder in 2010, according to Builder Magazine's annual survey. Habitat closed 6,032 homes in the United States last year, reflecting a 14% increase in sales.
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