Residents can drop of electronics for recycling at the Normal Public Works Department. (Photo courtesy Flickr/JoshuaKopel)

By Adam Studzinski

NORMAL – The Town of Normal has withdrawn a proposed intergovernmental agreement to share the cost of electronics recycling.

The agreement would have been between the town, Bloomington, and McLean County. Normal City Manager Mark Peterson said the agreement essentially became unnecessary.

"We found out a couple of weeks ago that our recycling contractor had obtained manufacturing contracts that would allow them to handle out e-waste recycling, I'm talking specifically CRT's, televisions, and monitors," said Peterson. "It would allow them to process those for free for the rest of our contract period that goes to October."

The agreement had already been approved by Normal. Bloomington and McLean County had yet to take a vote. Rather than taking more time to modify the agreement, Peterson thought it would be better to withdraw the agreement for now.

"We left it that the three entities would meet again, probably in August, as that contract gets closer to expiration and take a look at our options at that time," he said.

The intergovernmental agreement might be revisited if the contractor is not able to continue processing the electronics for free.

Adam Studzinski can be reached at [email protected].