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Elmhurst is a Cool City.
Elmhurst Cool Cities Coalition
Use the links below to join in the effort to preserve our environment.

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NEWS

Recycle Your Old Holiday Lights in Elmhurst

Check out a Kill-a-Watt energy use meter or a thermal leak detector at the Elmhurst Public Library, 2nd floor Information Desk and check your home's energy efficiency.

Use less ink when you print with Ecofont.

Don't dump medications down the drain! Here's what to do with them.

Broken compact fluorescent lights (CFLs) are dangerous! Follow EPA guidelines to dispose of burned out or broken CFLs to avoid breathing poisonous mercury vapors and polluting the environment. CFLS can be recycled safely at many nearby locations.

 

 

Reduce your Carbon Footprint:

District 205 provides free "energy dashboard" to the community. Use it to track and analyze the energy use of your home or office.

Quick carbon calculator

Home Energy Yardstick

Project Green - Make your home more comfortable,save on energy bills, and make Elmhurst a Cool place to live!

Consumer’s Guide to Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy

DuPage County environmental resources

Biking in Elmhurst

Recycle:

Elmhurst Recycling - Acceptable Materials

Free residential electronics recycling in Elmhurst. New location.

What to do with items that cannot be recycled curbside in Elmhurst

Recycle Clothes to Benefit DuPage PADS.


Make Your Home and Garden Green:

Sierra Club Green Home: How to create a more sustainable home environment.

57 Ways to Protect Your Home Environment (and Yourself)

Composting: http://web.extension.uiuc.edu/homecompost/intro.html

Conservation @ Home program of the Conservation Foundation: Fact sheets and information on native plants, landscaping, suppliers, etc.

Energystar appliances, heating and cooling

Green building and energy conservation: Energy and Environmental Building Alliance

Green products and suppliers: National Green Pages from Green America

Household and yard pest control fact sheets: Safer Pest Control Project

Lawn care and pesticides

Rain barrels Now available through the City of Elmhurst!

Rain gardens


Find more information and answers to your questions at the Elmhurst Public Library:

Green File database from EBSCO: Articles about environmental topics, including global warming, green building, pollution, sustainable agriculture, renewable energy, recycling, and more.

Eco-Choices What you can do to save the environment.

Green by the Yard Growing your own food, collecting water and caring for the lawn.

Organic Foods Grow, buy and cook organic.

Get Involved! A list of organizations and websites to help you go green.

Think Green Environmentally friendly EPL books.

Green Books for Kids


Join a Local Group:

Elmhurst Cool Cities Coalition

Sierra Club River Prairie Group