Come join us at Glen Ellyn's Earth Day Celebration and Recycling Extravaganza and take part in a number of fun, educational, and beneficial activities to our planet. Activities include:

• Live acoustic music
• Native plant sale
• Programs from Glen Ellyn Library 10am-11:30am
• Food & Drinks
• Rain barrel sale
• Electric Car display
• Help make a mural for the Market Francais

Also bring items to recycle in the following categories (note: no electronic recycling):

• non-mercury batteries, car-truck-boat-motorcycle-sump pump- laptop -UPS batteries (Batteries Plus)
• American Flags (Boy Scouts)
• **Epaint Recycling ** fee – Latex: $2/gal, $10/five-gal; Oil-based: $8/gal, $20/five-gal. Cash/credit accepted. No non-architecture paint, spray cans, solvents or leaking cans accepted.
• **Fluorescent bulbs: ** fee $0.50/bulb, limit 12 bulbs per car, CFLS & 4ft fluorescent lamps only
• Garden tools: trowels, hand cultivators, rakes, hoes, pitchforks, shovels, watering cans, vegetable gardening books, No tomato cages or fencing (The Gardenworks Project)
• Cabints, doors (solid core only), electrical and light fixtures, flooring, windows, window AC, mill-work/lumber, working tools (Habitat for Humanity – ReStore)
• Eyeglasses, hearing aids, printing cartridges (Lions Club)
• Clothing, home goods, cell phones (Salvation Army)
• Books, Record, Buttons, Rulers, Yarn, Crayons (SCARCE)
• Bikes, biking accessories, helmets (Working Bikes)

This promises to be a fun event where you can celebrate the earth by making it a little bit better. 

SPECIAL OFFER

Anyone who becomes a Prairie Food Co-op Owner online between now and then OR at Earth Day will receive a Prairie Food tote OR a $10 gift card to spend at the celebration whether you'd like some native plants, a rain barrel, or some local eats. 

Find out more about this event here.