Rock Falls City Council, Ill. Votes to Purchase Site for New Electronics Recycling Center

Rock Falls, Ill. will soon have a site for residents to recycle old, unwanted electronics.

Earlier this week, Rock Falls City Council members voted 6-1 to purchase the site for $80,000 with the plans for the new electronic recycling center expected to be running by mid-July. The previous electronics recycling center was closed after the property was sold to the owners of Moore Tires, following a fire on January 16.

“It’ll take a little work, but I think it’s going to be a really good site and really convenient for the residents,” City Administrator Robbin Blackert said after the meeting.

“We’ve got citizens very, very anxious, calling us a lot, [asking], ‘When are you going to open again?’”

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