061319 LCJ SWALCO (CJ)

Candace H. Johnson-For Shaw Media Victoria Laurinaviciute, 25, of Grayslake puts a bag of clothes to be recycled in one of the Clothing & Textile Collection SWALCO bins at the Grayslake Recycling Center on Berry Avenue in Grayslake. (6/12/19)

Candace H. Johnson-For Shaw Media Raghu Thunga, of Green Oaks holds a television stand he is recycling and dropping off as he talks with Merlanne Rampale, of Prairie View, public information outreach program and education director for the Solid Waste Agency of Lake County (SWALCO), and asks questions about recycling electronics at the Grayslake Recycling Center on Berry Avenue in Grayslake.(6/11/19)

Candace H. Johnson-For Shaw Media People can drop off their clothes and put them in the Clothing & Textile Collection recycling bins at the Grayslake Recycling Center on Berry Avenue in Grayslake. Over 300,000 lbs. of clothing and textiles were collected last year by SWALCO in Lake County. (6/12/19)

Candace H. Johnson-For Shaw Media People can drop off food waste and put them in the Food Scraps Drop-Off containers at the Grayslake Recycling Center on Berry Avenue in Grayslake. (6/11/19)

Candace H. Johnson-For Shaw Media Merlanne Rampale, of Prairie View, public information outreach program and education director for the Solid Waste Agency of Lake County (SWALCO), and Joe Coulter, of Wauconda, street department foreman, tie shoelaces on pairs of shoes to be donated to where there is a need at the Village of Wauconda Public Works. There are six locations around the Village of Wauconda where people can drop off their shoes to be donated. The shoes are collected, sorted and donated to where there is a need. (6/11/19)

Candace H. Johnson-For Shaw Media Shoes donated from drop-off bins around Wauconda sit in large boxes to be sorted through and donated to those in need at the Village of Wauconda Public Works. Six locations around Wauconda people can bring their shoes to be donated. (6/11/19)

Candace H. Johnson-For Shaw Media Vince Holajn, of Grayslake brings cardboard boxes to a dumpster to be recycled at the Grayslake Recycling Center on Berry Avenue in Grayslake. (6/11/19)

Candace H. Johnson-For Shaw Media Maria Pirita, of Lake Villa drops off cardboard boxes during her lunch, working at an animal hospital, at the Grayslake Recycling Center on Berry Avenue in Grayslake. (6/11/19)

Candace H. Johnson-For Shaw Media Penny Springer, 8, of Grayslake puts some cardboard into a dumpster to be recycled at the Grayslake Recycling Center on Berry Avenue in Grayslake. (6/11/19)

Candace H. Johnson-For Shaw Media Kirstin Springer, of Grayslake gets some help from her son, Jackson 11, taking cardboard boxes to a dumpster to be recycled at the Grayslake Recycling Center on Berry Avenue in Grayslake. (6/11/19)

Candace H. Johnson-For Shaw Media Merlanne Rampale, of Prairie View, public information outreach program and education director for the Solid Waste Agency of Lake County, (SWALCO) shows where people can drop off their food waste in the Food Scraps Drop-Off containers at the Grayslake Recycling Center on Berry Avenue in Grayslake. (6/11/19)