Dumpster Rental in Mokena, IL

Living in Mokena, Recycling and Going Green

Mokena is part of Will county and offers a great quality of life. About ninety percent of residents owned their own homes. These homes are valued on average (or at a median) of close to three hundred thousand dollars. As a result, Modena is a great place to invest in a home, build, or renovate and drive up the value of your home. Sometimes we just want to upgrade our home by cleaning our attic or garage or by renovating a kitchen or other room to open up the home. If you do, don’t make the mistake of not renting a dumpster bin, which can be a great tool for small projects. A ten of fifteen-yard dumpster bin is very affordable and can help you with your project. Larger renovations are also a great way to up the value of your home. A twenty or thirty-yard dumpster can get you through most projects by taking care of your waste disposal needs. And if you want to build a home in this great real estate market, you may want to consider the Easy Dumpster Rental forty-cubic yard dumpster.

Going Green in Mokena

Mokena and Will County work to preserve their way of life with a number of environmental plans to help maintain the quality of living in their communities through the Will County Land Use Department’s Resource Recovery and Energy Division (RR&E). Some of these initiatives include:

• The Will County Energy Plan: The Will County Energy Plan falls under the Will County Land Use Department, which, with approval from the Will County Community Development Advisory Board, is tasked to oversee plans for conservation fo energy across the country and has authored the Countywide Energy Efficiency and Conservation Plan.
• Will County also supports a number of green projects under the Energy Efficient Projects initiative. Some of these include the Cool Roof project, which funded the removal of an old roof on the Emco building to rebuild the facility with more than six weeks of insulations. Another such program was the Green Roof program which restructured the Will County County Office Building with reinforcements so that could hold trees. Despite the cost of the project, the idea of trees on top of the roof was reconsidered and plants were used instead. Other programs rehabilitate a number of areas within a facility, such as a program at the Highway Administrative Office Building, which improved the efficiency of the electrical systems and lighting.
• The Will County Landfill Gas-to-Energy Facility is another testament to the County’s work. Funding made available by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 and Department of Energy (Energy Efficiency Conservation Block Grant) that assisted the County in building the nine million-dollar gas-to-energy facility. The resulting gas-to-energy plant takes in the majority of methane gas generated by the landfill to generators that will turn the gas into electricity that can power from two thousand homes to three thousand and eight hundred homes and it is expected that the plant will eventually power seven thousand and eight hundred homes.  GTE plant is projected to power 7,800 homes annually. The cost of the plant was approximately $9 million and the County partnered with Waste Management to build and fully fund the cost. The County contributed $1 million of the EECBG funds and the county owns the gas rights as the owner of the landfill. Therefore, the County will receive revenue from the sale of the electricity generated by the gas)

Going Green with Your Dumpster Bin

Dumpster bins are great for haling waste, but they also must be handled responsibly. One thing that is critical is to avoid placing hazardous waste in your dumpster bin. But where can you go with these items? Easy Dumpster Rental is always here to help you in every step of the process. If you have general hazardous waste, you may go to the following hazardous waste processing events and drop-off sites.

Hazardous waste events: You may go to hazardous waste events in Will County in the spring and fall of each year, hosted by the Will County Land Use, Resource Recovery & Energy Department.

Naperville Regional Household Hazardous Waste Facility: Will County also supports a household hazardous waste drop-off site that you can access on most non-holiday weekdays at the Naperville Regional HHW at 180 Fort Hill Drive in Naperville.

Chicago Regional Hazardous Waste Facility: The Chicago HHW is an alternative facility to process your hazardous waste and can be found at 1150 N North Branch on Goose Island in Chicago.