Do you have any unwanted, unused, or obsolete electronics?
A good way to clear up some space and to help save the earth is to take the electronic devices to the Andalusia Electronics Recycling event next Fri., May 1.
The fourth-annual e-recycling day is sponsored by the City of Andalusia, AHS Key Club, Alabama Clean Water Partnership and C E & E Solutions.
Janet Wofford, facilitator with the Alabama Clean Water Partnership and event organizer, said the purpose of the event is to collect obsolete electronics, unwanted electronics or things that are no longer working. Additionally, it’s a day that highlights litter awareness.
“We want to dispose of them responsibly,” Wofford said of the electronics. “This will keep people from throwing things out in creeks and it will also save space at the land fill. Most of them are big and bulky.”
This year’s event will be held from 8 a.m. until noon at the City of Andalusia’s Recycling Center on Progress Drive, off of Sutton Road
Items that can be recycled include computers/laptops, televisions, copiers, printers, fax machines, scanners, stereo equipment, keyboards, mice, peripherals, VCRs/DVDs, telephone systems, cell phones, cameras, wireless devices, microwaves, communication cables, medical electronics, servers, typewriters, CD and tape players, electronic games, UPS’s, word processors, modems, pagers and PDAs, radios, camcorders, answering machines, VHS tapes and CDs, to name a few.
The three previous events collected a total of some 30,000 pounds of unwanted... READ MORE>
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