RECYCLING PROGRAM EXPANDED
Springfield’s curbside recycling program has
expanded to include magazines and wide-mouth plastic containers. F+W
Resources and Lake Area Recycling agreed to accept the new materials last
week after negotiations with the city.
The two companies already process more than 500 tons
of recyclable materials each week, including such items as newspapers,
aluminum and steel cans, and glass bottles and jars.
The city initiated a curbside recycling program about
10 years ago, but just one-third of eligible households participate, says
Wynne Coplea, manager of the city’s waste-and-recycling division.
Curbside recycling is included in the trash-removal
bill for residents living in one-, two-, and three-unit houses.
“Whether you recycle or not, you’re paying for it,” says
Sheri Crenshaw of Lake Area Recycling.
For more information on the program, call the
city’s Division of Waste and Recycling at 217-789-2327.
ALL LINCOLN, ALL THE TIME
Some of the state’s most popular sites
associated with Abraham Lincoln will be open seven days a week beginning in
April to coincide with the opening of the museum portion of the Abraham
Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum, the governor’s office
announced this week.
The Old State Capitol and the Lincoln-Herndon Law
Offices in Springfield and the restored New Salem village near Petersburg
will be open every day from April 16 through Labor Day, Sept. 5.
Most sites operated by the Illinois Historic
Preservation Agency went to five-day-a-week schedules in 2002 because of
budget cuts. For more information, visit www.illinois-history.gov.
FREE HIV TESTING, EDUCATION
St. Paul AME Church hosts an HIV/AIDS awareness and
information day on Monday, Feb. 7, from 10 a.m.-2:30 p.m. The program
includes free non-needle HIV testing, free food, a film on AIDS in the
African-American community, and remarks by Sangamon County Board Member
Doris Turner. St. Paul is located at 1130 S. 16th St. For more information,
call 217-528-5253
This article appears in Feb 3-9, 2005.
