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Gurnee approves Swalco host-agreement change to accept limited commercial batteries and paint
Summary
The Village Board approved an amendment to the host agreement with the Solid Waste Agency of Lake County (Swalco) allowing the household hazardous waste facility in Gurnee to accept limited commercial batteries and paint, with safeguards and monitoring in place.
The Village of Gurnee on April 21 approved an amendment to its host agreement with the Solid Waste Agency of Lake County (Swalco) to permit the household hazardous waste facility at 1311 North Estes Street to accept a limited amount of commercial batteries and paint.
Swalco Executive Director Walter Willis told the board the change responds to recently passed extended-producer-responsibility laws and to a permit the agency received from the Illinois EPA. "We're not gonna take from big generators," Willis said, adding that the…
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