Chicago Event Welcomes Recycling

The e-cycling event will take place this Saturday at Barretts Home Theater.

Waste Management, LG and Sony want you to lug your old electronics to Barretts Home Theater this weekend.

Still using that old printer as a doorstop? This Saturday may be the day that you reclaim that much needed space in your home.

Chicago residents are invited to an e-cycling event this Saturday at Barretts Home Theater. Sponsored by Waste Management, LG and Sony, the one-day event will welcome all of your old DVD players, tuners, stereo receivers, audio/video receivers and processors, stereo amplifiers, CD players and speakers—all free of charge.

Volunteers will also have coupons in hand, for discounts off future recycling services. If you recycle $500 to $1,000 worth of stuff, you’ll get $100, and so on.

“Our goal is to provide a channel for consumers to recycle equipment that would otherwise be thrown into our landfills,” says Joe Barrett, owner of Barretts Home Theater. “This is a special event for the community and the electronic industry, which is facing stricter guidelines from EPA for disposal of wastes. We’re hoping to set a standard of environmental consciousness for our peers as well.”

Barretts Home Theater is located at 576 South Route 59 in Naperville. The event will run from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. this Saturday.