A senior manager with the US Environmental Protection Agency Region 5 will join Fort Wayne Allen County and private sector officials Monday April 21 for two environmental events in Fort WayneAt the first event EPA will recognize the Fort Wayne Community School District for its work using a 50000 EPA Clean School Bus grant to reduce harmful diesel emissions from its school bus fleet The event will be at 1030 am at the South Transportation Center 6006 Ardmore Ave In case of rain it will be at Elmhurst High School next to the transportation centerScheduled to be at this event are Cheryl Newton acting director of EPA Region 5s Air and Radiation Division Fort Wayne Mayor Tom Henry Fort Wayne Community Schools Transportation Director Gary Lake and other school officialsAt the Great Lakes Earth Day Challenge event Cheryl Newton will present a check for 24700 to Tony Burrus director of the Allen County Solid Waste Management District for the countys expired and unused medication collection media campaign The event will be at 1 pm at the Walgreens storefront at State and Wells streets In case of rain the event will be inside the storeAlso scheduled to be at this event are County Commissioner Linda Bloom Jean Joley of the Allen County TRIAD Greg Smith of Walgreens and representatives of the Allen County Sheriffs office and the Fort Wayne Police DepartmentEPAs Great Lakes Earth Day Challenge aims to collect at least 1 million pills and 1 million pounds of electronic waste to keep contaminants out of the Great Lakes More than 70 organizations communities and businesses across the Great Lakes basin will participate Not all communities including Fort Wayne will have electronic waste eventsAn unwanted medication collection will be held from 9 am to 1 pm Friday April 25 at seven Walgreen drug stores in Allen County The stores are at Clinton Street at St Joe Center Road West Jefferson at Getz Road Bluffton Road at Lower Huntington Road State Street at Wells Street Lincoln Highway West at Brookwood New Haven Chapel Ridge at 10170 Maysville Road and 1701 E Paulding Road at South Anthony BoulevardMore information on EPAs Clean School Bus USA program is at More information on the Great Lakes Earth Day Challenge is at Share ideas on EPAs blog at flowoftheriverepagovgreatlakeschallenge US Environmental Protection Agency Region 5
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