Electronics recycling dates for 2025
Electronics are banned from landfills in Illinois and may not be included in the refuse or recycling containers you set out for collection. The City of Galena offers free recycling of most electronics at City Hall the last Friday of each month (changes with holiday schedule) from 8 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Television and computer monitors are accepted during this time period for a recycling fee of $25 per unit. This is the cost for the City of Galena to recycle each unit.
Glass Recycling: More Than a Half Million Pounds Since 2020
GALENA—Since January 2020, when the City of Galena instituted its glass recycling program, more than 688,180 pounds of glass have been collected in the purple glass recycling dumpster in the parking lot of Tammy’s Piggly Wiggly. Since glass is not accepted in the city’s curbside recycling program, the city partners...
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