CHRISTMAS TREE RECYCLING

For over 19 years, we have annually diverted more than 30,000 used Christmas Trees from our local landfills. As one of the community's most popular programs, the chipping of the old trees into valuable pine mulch which is free for home landscaping, returns the nutrients to the ground.

Benny & Sons Body Shop
City of Loves Park
City of Rockford
ComEd
Harlem Township
Insight Communications
Lincoln Rent-All
Rockford Park District
Rockton Township
Trans Environmental
Village of Cherry Valley
Village of Machesney Park
Village of Rockton
Village of Roscoe
Winnebago Landfill, Inc.
Williams Tree Farm
Woodward
Valley View Farms

ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION

More than 90 programs and presentations were provided to over 2,200 area school children teaching them about proper environmental stewardship; making them the leaders of tomorrow with programs that meet the State of Illinois Standards for Education.

AMCORE Foundation, Inc.
Bergman Benjamin Moore Perpetual Trust
Joseph Behr &Sons, Inc.
Chase Bank
Gannett Foundation
Gordon & Marsha Neese
Hamilton Sundstrand
Kerry Americas
Illinois Environmental Protection Agency

METALS & ELECTRONICS DRIVES

Almost 195,000 pounds of scrap metal was collected last year during the spring and fall Metals Drives. Over 418 volunteer hours were donated to sort washers and dryers for recycling. Over 100 refrigerators and freezers and 295 computer monitors were recycled.

Al Grace Appliance
Joseph Behr & Sons
By the Dozen Bakery
Countryside Meats & Deli
Great Harvest Bread
Logli's of Loves Park
Riverside Community Bank
Rubloff Development, Inc.
Winnebago County Sheriff's Department
Woodman's Market
Gray's IGA Markets
Port - A - Jon of Roscoe

CLOTHING DRIVES

During 2007, over 313,000 pounds of clothing and soft goods were collected and redistributed to needy families. Since the beginning of this program, we have diverted over 1.75 million pounds of clothing to reuse. This is another all volunteer driven program.

Coca-Cola of Rockford
Hilander Stores
Grafcor Packaging
Manner Plating
National City Bank
SM Transportation
VIKING Chemical
Illinois Environmental Protection Agency

RECYCLING CENTER

The only non-profit, volunteer staffed recycling center serving Northern Illinois, has been open every Saturday morning, since July 2000. More than 12 tons of recyclables are diverted every month from local landfills. This center provides vital recycling service to those without curbside pickup such as county residents and people living in condos and apartments.

Waste Management

GREAT AMERICAN CLEANUP

Our cleanup projects involved 1,489 local volunteers taking pride in their community by cleaning up and beautifying their neighborhoods. This program makes Northern Illinois a clean, healthy and beautiful place to raise a happy family.

Joseph Behr & Sons, Inc.
LaMonica Beverages
GTD of Illinois
Glad
Honda America
Pepsi Cola
Sam's Club
Scott's Miracle-Gro Co.
Georgia Pacific
Troy-Bilt
Wrigley
Waste Management
Winnebago County
City of Rockford

MEDICATION COLLECTION DRIVE

This unique program was conducted on June 14, 2007 for the first time in Northern Illinois. With the cooperation of many community organizations, Keep Northern Illinois Beautiful was able to organize a first-of-its-kind program in this area to collect unused and unwanted medications from throughout the community and dispose of them properly and safely.

       OSF/St. Anthony Medical Center Department of Pharmacy
       Community Foundation of Northern Illinois
       Illinois Environmental Protection Agency
       Winnebago County Sheriff’s Department
       Winnebago County Health Department
       Aqua-Aerobic Systems, Inc
       Panera Bread
       WTVO Channel 17/Fox 39
       Ringland-Johnson Construction
       Port-A-John of Roscoe
       Veolia Environmental Services
       Rubloff Development

Back to Top