For Earth Month, the River Forest Sustainability Commission is teaming up with EcoShip, a 501(c)(3) non-profit that collects shipping materials from Chicagoland communities and distributes them to businesses and individuals for reuse. In the month of April, Village Hall will have an EcoShip dropbox container for collection of clean, tape-free packaging materials in reusable condition. You can learn more about what materials are and are not accepted here. All items collected are meant to be reused, not recycled or thrown away. Through reuse, EcoShip saved small businesses over $21,000 in packaging materials in 2024.