Press Release - Wednesday, February 13, 2008
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Illinois EPA removes chemicals used in classrooms
SPRINGFIELD - Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (Illinois EPA) Director Doug Scott announced another successful month for the Agency's Hazardous Education Waste program, which removes potentially hazardous educational wastes from the state's school laboratories and classrooms. In January, 34 schools in 21 counties had the equivalent of 106 fifty-five gallon drums of education waste removed from their facilities.
"The goal of the Hazardous Education Waste program is really two-fold. It rids classrooms of leftover laboratory products, protects the environment from chemicals, and it keeps students and staff safe, while educating the next generation on the value of caring for the environment," said Director Scott.
Recognizing that a school's physical environment may have a significant impact on children's health and safety, hazardous education waste reduction and education are important components of the Illinois EPA's overall effort to make our environment and learning environment safer. Since 1996, Illinois EPA has conducted 695 Hazardous Education Waste collections serving more than 400 communities, disposing of more than 1,885 fifty-five gallon drum equivalents of toxic materials. An additional 133 schools are currently being scheduled for pickups in the near future.
The Illinois EPA, Illinois Department of Public Health, Illinois State Board of Education and Illinois Waste Management Research Center have been working together to improve environmental conditions at Illinois schools to decrease, if not eliminate, the use of hazardous materials in the classroom. Since November 2002, over 1,000 teachers have attended nearly 40 safe chemicals in education workshops held throughout the state educating them on how to identify and find alternatives to hazardous materials.
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The following is a list of schools that participated in the education waste clean up:
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CollectionName |
CountyName |
Date |
School: |
Mascoutah |
January 7, 2008 |
Mascoutah High School | |
Belleville |
St.Clair |
January 7, 2008 |
The Governor French Academy |
Flossmoor |
Cook |
January 10, 2008 |
Homewood-Flossmoor High School |
Naperville |
DuPage |
January 11, 2008 |
Neuqua Valley High School |
Hoffman Estates |
Cook |
January 11, 2008 |
Hoffman Estates High School |
Evergreen Park |
Cook |
January 14, 2008 |
Evergreen Park Community High School |
Metropolis |
Massac |
January 14, 2008 |
Massac County High School |
Belvidere |
Boone |
January 15, 2008 |
Belvidere High School |
Hume |
Edgar |
January 15, 2008 |
Shilo School |
West Frankfort |
Franklin |
January 15, 2008 |
Frankfort Community High School |
Elgin |
Kane |
January 15, 2008 |
Elgin Academy |
Streator |
Livingston |
January 15, 2008 |
Woodland School |
Richmond |
McHenry |
January 16, 2008 |
Nippersink Middle School |
Algonquin |
McHenry |
January 16, 2008 |
Saint Margaret Mary School |
Crystal Lake |
McHenry |
January 16, 2008 |
Crystal Lake South High School (2ND VISIT) |
Cary |
McHenry |
January 16, 2008 |
Cary-Grove High School |
Mt. Carroll |
Carroll |
January 17, 2008 |
West Carroll Middle School |
Peoria |
Peoria |
January 17, 2008 |
Manual High School |
Bradley |
Kankakee |
January 18, 2008 |
Bradley-Bourbonnais High School |
Granite City |
Madison |
January 18, 2008 |
Montessori |
Hoffman Estates |
Cook |
January 22, 2008 |
James B. Conant High School |
Girard |
Macoupin |
January 22, 2008 |
Girard High School |
Auburn |
Sangamon |
January 22, 2008 |
Auburn Community Unit District #10 |
Carlinville |
Macoupin |
January 22, 2008 |
Carlinville Middle/High School |
Springfield |
Sangamon |
January 23, 2008 |
Luthern High School |
Bluffs |
Scott |
January 23, 2008 |
Bluffs School Scott-Morgan Cmty Unit #2 |
Quincy |
Adams |
January 24, 2008 |
Quincy Notre Dame High School |
Shirland |
Winnebago |
January 24, 2008 |
Shirland School |
McHenry |
McHenry |
January 24, 2008 |
Johnsburg High School |
Quincy |
Adams |
January 24, 2008 |
St. James Lutheran |
Loves Park |
Winnebago |
January 24, 2008 |
Harlem Middle School |
Pleasant Hill |
Pike |
January 25, 2008 |
Pleasant Hill High School |
Piasa |
Macoupin |
January 30, 2008 |
Southwestern High School |
Marion |
Williamson |
January 31, 2008 |
Marion High School |
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