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    • Webinar: Development and Implementation of Cook County’s Demolition Debris Diversion Ordinance February 17, 2015
      Register for the USEPA Region V’s webinar: Development and Implementation of Cook County’s Demolition Debris Diversion Ordinance,  on March 5, 2015 12:45 PM CST at: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/4558174251192515841 Cook County’s Demolition Debris Diversion Ordinance has allowed the County to recycle or reuse 90% of building materials from demolitions and renovations, keeping them out of landfills, reclaiming valuable […]
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    • U.S. Energy Department Award Will Enable Cook County, Partners To Identify Opportunities for Advancing Solar Power January 29, 2015
            The Cook County Department of Environmental Control will receive a federal cooperative award of $1.2 million to help bring “community shared” solar power in the region. The “Solar Market Pathways” project was one of 15 awarded nationally as part of the U.S Department of Energy SunShot Initiative. Application for […]
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    • EPA Urges Home Radon Testing January 20, 2015
      Protect Your Family from Lung Cancer Caused by Exposure to Radon in Your Home WASHINGTON – In recognizing January as National Radon Action Month, EPA encourages Americans around the country to test their homes for this naturally occurring radioactive gas and make 2015 a healthier, safer new year. “Many people don’t realize that radon is […]
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    • Cook County Crosses Million-Pound Threshold In Effort to Rid Itself of Old Paper January 7, 2015
      Cook County has recycled more than one million pounds of old documents, reports and miscellaneous paperwork in the last year-and-a-half, confronting a decades-old problem of records storage as well as generating savings and revenue for the County. Over the past 18 months, the Records Management and County Salvage divisions of the County’s Bureau of Administration […]
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    • Solar Heating Projects Coming to Cook County December 29, 2014
      Four Cook County Transportation and Highway Department (CCDoTH) facilities will be largely heated through a solar power project financed through a grant accepted by the County’s Board of Commissioners at the December 17th Board meeting. The Cook County Department of Capital Planning applied for and received the $295,000 grant from the Illinois Clean Energy Community […]
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    • Success of the Cook County Demolition Debris Diversion Ordinance is Receiving National Attention November 5, 2014
      The November issue of the New York Times’ Chicago Life magazine features the contributions of Cook County’s Demolition Debris Diversion Ordinance to the overall improvements in recycling efforts in Chicago and Cook County. “When it comes to recycling construction and demolition debris, the picture is more optimistic. When you drive down a […]
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    • Shoot for the Skies PSA Video Contest October 24, 2014
      Illinois Partners for Clean Air has launched the Shoot for the Skies PSA Video Contest for Chicago area high school students in the Illinois counties of Cook, DuPage, Grundy, Kane, Kendall, Lake, McHenry and Will. Students currently enrolled in grades 9-12 (public, private or home school) are invited to write, direct and produce […]
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    • Homewood Pharmaceutical Collection Event – October 11th October 6, 2014
      Join Cook County Department of Environmental Control at Homewood’s weekend farmer’s market on October 11th from 8 am to 1 pm, rain or shine, at the Homewood Village Hall parking lot at 2020 Chestnut Road. Cook County will be collecting unused pharmaceuticals and over-the-counter medications as well as inhalers and mercury thermometers.  Note that DEA […]
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    • Hanover Park Recycling and Pharmaceutical Collection Event – September 27th September 2, 2014
      Join Cook County Department of Environmental Control at Hanover Park’s Annual Recycling Event on September 27th from 9 am to 1 pm, rain or shine, at the Hanover Park Metra Station, 1975 W. Lake St..  Cook County will be collecting unused pharmaceuticals and over-the-counter medications as well as inhalers and mercury thermometers.  Hanover Park will […]
      Christopher Lipman
    • President Preckwinkle’s Green Initiatives Moving Forward August 21, 2014
      Cook County is moving aggressively to advance President Toni Preckwinkle’s sustainability agenda through new and existing programs that reduce waste, decrease the County’s environmental footprint and make the County’s use of energy and water more efficient. Preckwinkle’s Sustainability Advisory Council recently accepted a report summarizing progress made during the past year, as well as upcoming […]
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