The Ecology Action Center announced that the Sept. 29 Household Hazardous Waste Collection at the Interstate Center in Bloomington drew an unprecedented 1,951 cars carrying the wastes of nearly 3,000 area households and disposed of 161,640 pounds of hazardous waste materials. Members of the Illinois Wesleyan community, including Environmental Studies students, were among the volunteers.

This was the first Household Hazardous Waste event in McLean County to be funded completely by local resources. The Ecology Action Center led fundraising efforts for this private/public partnership, ultimately raising $143,079 to cover the full costs of the effort. Read more.