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Electronics recycling resuming - with a fee - in Naperville

Gather up those old TVs and computer monitors because the Naperville Environmental Collection Campus is once again prepared to accept them - for a fee.

Beginning at 7 a.m. Monday, the facility at 180 Fort Hill Drive will resume recycling of electronics prohibited from the regular garbage, including TVs and computer screens, which are difficult to properly dispose of.

Devices with screens smaller than 21 inches will cost $25, while those with screens 21 inches and larger will cost $35 in a new program the city is launching through vendor eWorks Electronics Services Inc. and DuPage County. Anyone can use the service.

Monday will mark the first time in more than a year the city's environmental collection facility will be able to accept any electronics. The city suspended the program on Sept. 21, 2015 - about seven months after the $1.2 million collection center opened - because of a simple but big problem: too much stuff.

"Companies in the past weren't able to handle the volume," city spokeswoman Linda LaCloche said. "So it started just piling up and they stopped taking it away."

Charging a fee for each screen will allow eWorks to offer electronics disposal service in Naperville. eWorks, a nonprofit established in 2009, provides green tech jobs for people with disabilities and supports them to become independent, productive members of the community.

During electronics recycling hours of 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday through Friday, an eWorks employee will be available to take payment in cash or credit card. For a full list of electronics that will be accepted, visit naperville.il.us/electronicsrecycling.

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