Ecology Action Center

The Ecology Action Center in Normal urges Bloomington-Normal residents to stay in the municipal electric aggregation program even with hefty rate increases coming this summer.

Ecology Action Center has organized two service days this Earth Month cleaning up plastic waste in McLean County. The first is this Saturday at ISU Farm in Lexington.

The Ecology Action Center's executive director received a letter from the EPA notifying him of the grant cancellation — with no clear reason why.

A dedicated permanent hazardous household waste collection facility in McLean County would encourage more people to properly dispose of dangerous materials. That’s one of the key takeaways from a feasibility study presented this week to a county board committee.

Although the Trump Administration rescinded a memo announcing a freeze on federal allocations Wednesday, the head of the nonprofit Ecology Action Center in Normal says its grant funding is still jeopardized by an earlier executive order.

Titled BN-CARE, the project places air quality sensors in three Twin City environmental justice areas, so-named for higher risk of residents developing cardiopulmonary disease.

The source of the paint spill was a business along Gill Street, according to a statement from the City of Bloomington. The business was not identified.

The Ecology Action Center in Normal has announced a household hazardous waste collection event for Sept. 28. The event is being held to provide a convenient and safe way for residents to dispose of hazardous materials.

McLean County registered its highest recycling rate ever last year. Nearly 48% of all municipal solid waste produced in the county did not go to a landfill.

Even for those who are on board about recycling in McLean County, there’s confusion about what can be recycled — and perhaps some laziness about contamination. Those are among the results of a survey by the Stevenson Center for Community and Economic Development for the Ecology Action Center in Normal.