Participating Cities
Date: April 19, 2008
From 9 am to 4 pm
Sponsor/Contact: Sierra Club
Christine Favilla
618-462-6802
Type of Event: e-Waste
Details:
223 Market Street
Sixth annual computer and electronic recycling drive. We take anything that has a circuit board or motor. Most everything is free, but some items carry a small fee for lead glass recycling of CRT tubes.
Date: All of April on Tuesdays and Thursdays
from 9 am to 3 pm
Sponsor/Contact: Will County Land Use – Waste Services
Marta Keane
815-774-4343
Type of Event: e-Waste
Details:
Washington Township/Beecher
30200 Town Center Road
Date: April 26, 2008
From 9:30 am to 2:30 pm
Sponsor/Contact: Bellwood Public Library
Kristin Schultz
708-547-7393 x 12
Type of Event: e-Waste
Details:
600 Bohland Ave
Don’t throw your old electronics away! Bring them to the Library on Saturday, April 26 for recycling and responsible disposal by Unitec Corp. of Villa Park. There is a small fee for computer monitors only. 15″ -$5. 17″ – $8. 19″ and up – $10. Everyone who brings in a monitor will receive a tote bag (while supplies last) and a 10% off coupon for a refurbished computer from Unitec. Unitec is also donating $1 of the fee for each monitor to the Friends of the Bellwood Library.
Date: All of April, Mondays thru Fridays from 7 am to 3:30 pm
Sponsor/Contact: Will County Land Use – Waste Services
Marta Keane
815-774-4343
Type of Event: e-Waste
Details:
Village of Bolingbrook
299 Canterbury Lane
Date: Weekends from 11 am to 2 pm starting April 11, 2008
Sponsor/Contact: Com2 Computers & Technologies
Saheem Baloch
630-653-2662
Type of Event: e-Waste
Details:
195 E. Keho Blvd., Suite 7
We accept all kinds of electronics every weekend.
Date: All of April on Saturdays from 8 am to 2 pm
Sponsor/Contact: Will County Land Use – Waste Services
Marta Keane
815-774-4343
Type of Event: e-Waste
Details:
Channahon Township
25461 S. Fryer St.
Date: April 20, 2008
Sponsor/Contact: Elk Grove Park District
Noreen Newton
847-228-3518
Type of Event: e-Waste and Unwanted Medications
Details:
It’s an Earth Day celebration commemorating the opening of the Olmstead Nature Shack! This event is free, but we encourage all who attend to help us RECYCLE by bringing in one of the following items: Personal Computers and electronics, Cell Phones recycled by Elk Grove Village, Old Medication recycled by Elk Grove Village. (several other materials listed; other activities concurrent at same location)
Date: May 3, 2008
From 8 am to 3 pm
Sponsor/Contact: DuPage County, Elmhurst and IEPA
Joy Hinz
630-407-6700
Type of Event: e-Waste and Unwanted Medications
Details:
985 S. Riverside Drive
Household Hazardous Waste Collection Event.
Date: April 11 – 22, 2008
From 2 pm to 7 pm
Sponsor/Contact: Abt Electronics
Mike Abt
847-967-8830
Type of Event: e-Waste
Details:
1200 Milwaukee Rd
Abt’s new Recycling Center is now open Thursday through Saturday from 2pm-7pm. Customers and any other individuals concerned about the environment may drop off cardboard, polystyrene, appliances, and electronics with no appointment necessary. Please bring your recyclables to our freestanding building located just west of our main building. We charge the following fees to help offset storage, handling, and transportation costs: TVs over 32 inches–$30; TVs under 32 inch –$10; All computers, fax machines, VCRs, and DVD players–$5; Refrigerators–$29; Air Conditioners– $15. Everything else is free to drop off, and we will make sure all equipment and materials are recycled properly.
Date: All of April, Hours and Days vary by individual pharmacy
Sponsor/Contact: Will County Land Use – Waste Services
Marta Keane
815-774-4343
Type of Event: Unwanted Medications
Details:
Medication Take-Back of Non-narcotic prescription & over-the-counter medications at all Joliet Basinger’s Pharmacies (2130 W Jefferson, 300 N Ottawa, 2202 Essington, 2025 S Chicago)
Date: May 18, 2008 From 10 am to 4 pm
Sponsor/Contact: Citizens Against Ruining the Environment ~C.A.R.E
Ellen Rendulich
815-834-1611
Type of Event: e-Waste
Details:
Earth Day @Historic Dellwood Park, Lockport, Will County IL Enviromental Speakers, Exhibits, Childrens activities, Live Wolf Presentation, Residential Electronics, shoe, and eyeglass recycling, food & Much more! call 815-834-1611 or 815-838-1483 for more info.
Date: Weekends from 11 am to 2 pm starting April 11, 2008
Sponsor/Contact: Com2 Computers & Technologies
Saheem Baloch
630-653-2662
Type of Event: e-Waste
Details:
1196 South Main Street, Suite D
We accept all kinds of electronics every weekend.
Date: April 26, 2008
From 1pm to 4pm
Sponsor/Contact: River Trails Park District
Dan Fischer
847-394-0540
Type of Event: e-Waste and Unwanted Medications
Details:
1500 E. Euclid Ave
We are having a Earth Day/Arbor Day Celebration. Along with our festivities we will be planting trees in our park and Collecting Electronic Waste and Pills and Medicine to be incinerated.
Date: April 26, 2008
From 8:30 am to 2:30 pm
Sponsor/Contact: Village of Northbrook & Northbrook Park District
Mary Bernier
847-272-5050, x4247
Type of Event: e-Waste
Details:
1810 Walters
Earth & Arbor Day celebration with local and regional venders, organic foods and cleaning & earth friendly products and Green Building exhibits and products Activities for children.
Date: April 19, 2008
10 am to 2 pm
Sponsor/Contact: Maine East High School
Shelby Childress
630-362-1600
Type of Event: e-Waste
Details:
2601 W. Dempster
Date: April 26, 2008
From 8 am to 3 pm
Sponsor/Contact: Will County Land Use – Waste Services
Marta Keane
815-774-4343
Type of Event: Unwanted Medications
Details:
Unwanted medications will be collected along with Household Hazardous Waste.
Romeoville High School
Route 53 & Taylor Street
Date: All of April, Mondays thru Fridays from 7 am to 3 pm
Sponsor/Contact: Will County Land Use – Waste Services
Marta Keane
815-774-4343
Type of Event: e-Waste
Details:
Troy Township Highway Dept
25358 Seil Road
Date: May 3, 2008
From 10 am to 3 pm
Sponsor/Contact: Villa Park Environmental Concerns Commission/ Unitec Recycling Corp.
Bob Wagener
630-279-3499 or 630-279-5750
Type of Event: e-Waste
Details:
100 Home Ave.
Public Works Yard
Citizens are invited to bring retired computer and other electronic, video, DVD, photo, audio, telecommunications equipment or
machinery. Sorry we can’t accept cathode ray tube Televisions, but computer monitors will be accepted.
Date: April 19, 2008
From 8 am to 2 pm
Sponsor/Contact: Sims Recycling Solutions
Jim Glavin
630-231-6060
Type of Event: e-Waste
Details:
1600 Harvester Road
Sims Recycling Solutions will hold its annual Earth Day Electronics Collection at its West Chicago facility on April 19th from 8 am until 2 pm. All types of computing electronics and small electronics will be collected, please no “white goods”. For more information call Sara Hochhauser at 630-231-6060.
Date: February 1, 2008 to September 30, 2008 Tuesday thru Sunday
From 9 am to Sunset
Sponsor/Contact: Cantigny Park
Lisa Bryant
630-260-8161
Type of Event: e-Waste (cell phones)
Details:
1s151 Winfield Road
We are a collection site for cell phones to run in conjunction with our “green practices” and our Emergency Preparedness Weekend, Sept. 13 & 14. The cell phones will be refurbished and provided to seniors and those without phones for emergency services.
Date: April 19, 2008
From noon to 4 pm
Sponsor/Contact: McHenry County Defenders
Bill Donato
815-338-0393
Type of Event: e-Waste
Details:
Event will be at our Earth Day celebration, held at Prairieview Education Center, 2112 Behan Rd, Crystal Lake, IL, co-sponsored by the McHenry County Conservation District. A fee will be charged for computer monitors and televisions. Also recycling compact fluorescent bulbs and eyeglasses.
Date: April 25, 2008
From noon to 4 pm
Sponsor/Contact: Whitley County Solid Waste Management District
Jorell Tucker
260-248-3132
Type of Event: e-Waste and Unwanted Medications
Details:
701 S. Line St.
On Friday April 25th from 12:00pm-4:00pm you can bring in any E-Waste (Non-working Electronics) and any Unused/Expired/Unwanted Medications FREE. There is a limit of no more than 3 CRT Devices (Televisions, Computer Monitors) per Household. This event is for Electronics and Medications only!!
Date: Ongoing: Monday thru Friday, From 8 am to 4 pm
Sponsor/Contact: Hammond Recycling Department
Kathy Kazmierczak
219-853-6622
Type of Event: e-Waste
Details:
625 Conkey Street
This is an ongoing program that is free and convenient. We will recycle all your electronics, Monday – Friday at our drop off center. Just give us a call at 219-853-6622 for more information.
Date: April 26, 2008 From 8:30 am to 1 pm
Sponsor/Contact: Starke County Environmental Management District
Carrie Trent
574-772-7085
Type of Event: e-Waste and Unwanted Medications
Details:
15 North Main Street, PO Box 500
Environment Day – HHW collection event
Date: April 26,2008
From 9 am to 2pm
Sponsor/Contact: Solid Waste District of LaPorte County
Clay Turner
219-326-0014
Type of Event: e-Waste and Unwanted Medications
Details:
2354 N. U.S. Highway 35
Mobile Household Hazard Waste collection where we collect medications and properly dispose of them, and offer educational information. We have seven of these collections through-out the year. We have a permanent collection site for electronics through out the year open 5 days a week from 8am until 2pm. Please check our web site for locations and times of our special collections and our electronics trailer.
Date: April 26, 2008
Sponsor/Contact: Rush County Solid Waste Management District
Carole Yeend
765-938-1342
Type of Event: e-Waste and Unwanted Medications
Details:
Collection of electronics (anything with a circuit board) along with non-alkaline batteries. Items are donated to Virtual Scavengers Project who protects the environment by keeping computers and other electronics out of landfills and putting them in the hands of those who need them. In doing so, they provide training and workforce development opportunities for the underserved in order to build community. During April event drugs and sharps will be accepted. (Drugs are accepted year round by local law enforcement during business hours).
Date: April 14 to December 6, 2008
From 9 am to 4 pm
Sponsor/Contact: Recycling & Waste Reduction District of Porter County
Dawn Garmon
219-465-3694
Type of Event: e-Waste and Unwanted Medications
Details:
2150 W. Lincolnway
Valparaiso Compost site accepts electronics, along with leaves and brush. We also have an ongoing medication collection program in place, along with places to drop off cell phones, household batteries, ink and toner cartridges, and call us about tapes and cd recycling for porter county residents (219) 465-3694. See web site at www.itmeanstheworld.org Earth day Event planned for Saturday, April 19, 2008 at Sunset Hill Park, corner of Meridian & US Hwy 6, Valparaiso, IN from 10 am to 3 pm. Come join us in celebrating the planet Earth & all its precious resources. Activities include: How-to-workshops, Smokey Bear, Children’s Tent, Exhibitors, Interpretive Hikes, Entertainment, and more.
Date: April 21 to 25, 2008
From 10 am to 5:30 pm
Sponsor/Contact: Bay County Health Department
Joel Strasz
989-895-2018
Type of Event: e-Waste
Details:
1200 Washington Avenue
The Bay County Health Department in cooperation with Do-All Inc. will be offering a free E-waste collection from Monday, April 21 through Friday April 25. E-Waste collection drop off will be held at Do-All Inc’s Essexville location, at 1465 W. Center Rd.
Date: April 23, 2008
From 3 pm to 7 pm
Sponsor/Contact: Bay County Health Department
Joel Strasz
989-895-2018
Type of Event: Unwanted Medications
Details:
1200 Washington Avenue
The Bay County Health Department, in collaboration with Bay Regional Medical Center, the Bay County Sheriff’s Department and the Bay City Police Department, is offering local residents the opportunity to dispose of unwanted medicines. There is no charge to this event. The collection will take place at Bay Regional Medical Center’s Lincoln Center, located at 820 South Lincoln in Bay City, Michigan. You can bring expired or unwanted prescriptions, vitamins, veterinary medications, over-the-counter medicines, inhalers, and Epi-pens to the collection site.
Date: April 26, 2008
Sponsor/Contact: Berrien County Resource Recovery
Jill Adams
269-983-7111 ext. 8234
Type of Event: Unwanted Medications
Details:
Unwanted medicines will be collected at the Household Hazardous Waste Collection event at the County Environmental Health Department, 2106 M-139, Benton Harbor, from 9 am to 1pm.
Date: April 19, 2008
From 9 am to 2 pm
Sponsor/Contact: Bloomfield Township
Noah Mehalski
248-594-2808
Type of Event: e-Waste and Unwanted Medications
Details:
4200 Telegraph Rd.
NOTE: Event Open to Bloomfield Township Residents Only.
Bloomfield Township will host our second annual Electronic Recycling, Medication Disposal & Paper Shredding Event. Last year was our first time hosting an electronic waste disposal and recycling event and with over 500 cars attending the event, we considered it a success. This year we have expanded our services to include pharmaceutical waste disposal.
Date: April 19 to 27, 2008
From 11 am to 7 pm
Sponsor/Contact: Design Computers.LLC
Robert Pascoe
313-378-9539
Type of Event: e-Waste
Details:
23622 Van Born Road
Let’s keep the Earth clean and waste free, bring your used unwanted equipment and receive the satisfaction of cleansing the Earth!
Date: April 21 to 22, 2008
From 9 am to 3 pm
Sponsor/Contact: Michigan State University
Nichole VanBlaricum
517 272-1501
Type of Event: e-Waste and Unwanted Medications
Details:
250 Hannah Administration Bldg
Earth Day, Going Green Museum Exhibit on reducing, reusing, and recycling.
Date: April 19 to 27, 2008
From 8 am to 5 pm
Sponsor/Contact: O’Brien & Gere Engineering, Inc.
Rachel Ter Mors
248-477-5701
Type of Event: e-Waste
Details:
37000 Grand River Avenue, Suite 260
Earth Day (week)
Date: May 3, 2008
From 10 am to 2:30 pm
Sponsor/Contact: St. Clair County Environmental Services
Barbara Barnes
810-989-6981
Type of Event: e-Waste
Details:
8326 County Park Dr.
Free one day computer collection/dropoff held at Goodells County Park in the west exhibit building. We will be collecting CPU, Monitors, Desktop Printers, Keyboards, & Speakers.
Date: April 2 to 30, 2008
From 11 am to 10 pm
Sponsor/Contact: Celebration! Cinema at Woodland Mall
Caitlin Hopkins
616-648-3628
Type of Event: e-Waste
Details:
3195 28th St. SE
During the entire month of April, Celebration! Cinema at the Woodland Mall will become a drop off site for all recyclables. Come in anytime during the month with your paper, magazines, books, plastic, batteries, clothes, athletic shoes, pop can tabs, and more!
Date: April 15 to 22, 2008
Monday to Thursday from 9 am to 7 pm, Friday and Saturday from 9 am to 5 pm
Sponsor/Contact: Comprenew Environmental
Lynell Shooks
616-451-4400
Type of Event: e-Waste
Details:
629 Ionia Ave SW
Join Comprenew Environmental in Greening Grand Rapids by joining our Earth Day Celebrations. Bring all unwanted electronics to Comprenew free of charge from April 15 to April 22!
Date: April 19, 2008
From 10 am to 4 pm
Sponsor/Contact: Friends of Robert Dean
Jeff Winston 616-243-8683
Type of Event: e-Waste
Details:
640 Eastern Ave. SE
In honor of Earth Day 2008, Join Michigan Representative Rev. Robert Dean and his volunteers on April 19, 2008. Community members will work together with Rev. Dean to clean-up Huff Park from 10 am to 1 pm and Garfield Park from 1 pm to 4 pm. GET DOWN AND GET DIRTY AS WE CLEAN WITH DEAN!
Everyone is welcome to pitch-in – we want to embrace the beauty of Grand Rapids’ green space and increase awareness of keeping our city, state, country, and planet clean for all to enjoy.
Date: April 26, 2008
From 10 am to noon
Sponsor/Contact: Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians / Emmet County Department of Public Works
Rachel Schwarz
231-242-1571
Type of Event: e-Waste
Details:
7500 Odawa Circle
NOTE: Televisions Only Accepted on April 26th.
Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians and Emmet County Department of Public Works are working together to provide a County-wide Tele-cycle event with a kick off date of April 26th 2008 from 10 am to noon. This event was created to coincide with the Digital TV Transition, in hopes of persuading consumers to Recycle their old TV’s after they purchase their upgraded digital set. We will also offer information on how individuals can apply for two coupons towards the purchase of a “converter box” if they choose not to discard their old Analog TV’s.
Giveaways: 20 in. TV/DVD player & Family Video Gift Certificates.
Pizza, popcorn and refreshments.
Don’t Trash your TV… RECYCLE if FREE!!
Look for your “TV Ticket” in the Petoskey News Review for your chance to Recycle that old TV for FREE!! With your TV Ticket, this admits one Television + electronics/small apliances to be Recycled FREE!!
Event Location:
Emmet County Transfer Station
7363 Pleasantview Road
Harbor Springs, MI
Date: April 22, 2008
From 9 am to 3 pm
Sponsor/Contact: Michigan Department of Environmental Quality
Thomas Occhipinti
517-373-2379
Type of Event: e-Waste
Details:
525 W. Allegan
The Michigan Department of Environmental Quality along with the departments of Natural Resources and Agriculture are encouraging people to celebrate Earth Day by bringing in their old computer to be recycled through good will. Interested individuals can bring their personal computers from home to the Goodwill trailer that will be located east of Constitution Hall, near the corner of Allegan and Walnut. All those that are bringing in old computers are responsible for wiping the hard drive of personal information before donation.
Date: April 21 to 30, 2008
Monday thru Friday from 8 am to 4 pm
Saturday from 9 am to 1 pm
Closed Sundays
Sponsor/Contact: SMidland Volunteers for Recycling
Esther Seaver
989-631-1668
Type of Event: e-Waste
Details:
4305 E. Ashman
Computer & Electronics Collection for FREE in honor of Earth Day – monitors accepted need to be 17″ or smaller.
Date: April 21 to 30, 2008
Monday thru Saturday, From 9 am to 5 pm
Sponsor/Contact: County of Monroe / Habitat for Humanity
Jamie Dean
734-240-7909
Kirstin Doyle
734-243-1108
Type of Event: e-Waste
Details:
840 LaPlaisance Rd
Computers and computer components and televisions are collected free of charge from Monroe County residents ONLY. No console Televisions are accepted.
The collection is at the Monroe County Habitat for Humanity Restore in Monroe.
Date: April 26, 2008
From 8:30 am to 1:30 pm
Sponsor/Contact: SOCRRA
Kathy Hyde
248-288-5150
Type of Event: e-Waste
Details:
3910 W. Webster Road
Open to residents (no businesses!) of the SOCRRA communities (Berkley, Bevely Hills, Birmingham, Clawson, Ferndale, Hazel Park, Huntington Woods, Lathrup Village, Oak Park, Pleasant Ridge, Royal Oak & Troy) – NO APPOINTMENT NECESSARY ON THIS DATE ONLY FOR ELECTRONICS DROP OFF – APPOINTMENT NEEDED FOR HOUSEHOLD HAZARDOUS WASTE DROP OFF – 248-288-5153.
Date: April 21 and 22, 2008
From 8 am to 5 pm
Sponsor/Contact: Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians
Dan Tadgerson
906 632-7053
Type of Event: e-Waste
Details:
206 Greenough Street
We will be collecting e-waste from households. Commercial e-waste generators should call ahead.
Date: April 21 to 30, 2008
24 hrs a day / 7 days a week
Sponsor/Contact: RRRASOC
Rachel Pitt
248-208-2270
Type of Event: e-Waste
Details:
20000 W. 8 Mile Road
Computer Electronics Collection for FREE. Will accept televisions but not console televisions.
Date: April 11 and 12, 2008
From 9 am to 4 pm
Sponsor/Contact: Waste Management
Joe Aho
888-969-8765
Type of Event: e-Waste
Details:
National Sports Center 1700 105th Ave NE
Waste Management, in partnership with Best Buy and Sony, will sponsor several Free Electronics Drop Offs in the Twin Cities Metro. Because this event is free for all electronic products from any manufacturer, WM has carefully selected several sites in the metro area to provide residents with more drop-off location options and the best customer experience possible.
No commercial/business e-waste accepted. For a full list of acceptable materials, directions and more info please visit http://www.wmtwincities.com/electronic
Date: May 3, 2008
From 8 am to 3 pm
Sponsor/Contact: City of Brooklyn Park/HRG
Daniel Ruiz
763-493-8006
Type of Event: e-Waste
Details:
5200 85th Ave N
Special Material Drop Off
Date: April 12, 2008
From 9 am to 4 pm
Sponsor/Contact: Waste Management
Joe Aho
888-969-8765
Type of Event: e-Waste
Details:
Ecolab Schuman Campus
655 Lone Oak Dr.
Waste Management, in partnership with Best Buy and Sony, will sponsor several Free Electronics Drop Offs in the Twin Cities Metro. Because this event is free for all electronic products from any manufacturer, WM has carefully selected several sites in the metro area to provide residents with more drop-off location options and the best customer experience possible.
No commercial/business e-waste accepted. For a full list of acceptable materials, directions and more info please visit http://www.wmtwincities.com/electronic
Date: April 11 and 12, 2008
From 9 am to 4 pm
Sponsor/Contact: Waste Management
Joe Aho
888-969-8765
Type of Event: e-Waste
Details:
Grace Church
9301 Eden Prairie Rd
Waste Management, in partnership with Best Buy and Sony, will sponsor several Free Electronics Drop Offs in the Twin Cities Metro. Because this event is free for all electronic products from any manufacturer, WM has carefully selected several sites in the metro area to provide residents with more drop-off location options and the best customer experience possible.
No commercial/business e-waste accepted. For a full list of acceptable materials, directions and more info please visit http://www.wmtwincities.com/electronic
Date: April 26, 2008
From 9 am to 1 pm
Sponsor/Contact: Lac qui Parle County Environmental Office
Jennifer Breberg
320-598-3132
Type of Event: e-Waste
Details:
600 6th Street – Courthouse
E-Waste will be collected at the Bus Garage located at the Fairgrounds in Madison, MN. The event will be held in conjunction with the Lac qui Parle Outdoor Expo.
Date: May 3, 2008
From 8 am to noon
Sponsor/Contact: City of Maple Grove
Frank Kampel
763-494-6365
Type of Event: e-Waste
Details:
9030 Forestview Lane No.
Maple Grove City Clean up Day
Date: April 17, 2008
From 11 am to 6 pm
Sponsor/Contact: Brown County in cooperation with Waste Management Recycle America and SMILES
Desiree Hohenstein
507-233-6641
Type of Event: e-Waste
Details:
We will be doing our annual electronic waste collection for county residents and businesses at the Vogel Arena parking lot in New Ulm. This event is free to all residents of Brown County with a recommended donation of $1-5 per car that will go to SMILES. Waste Management has agreed to collect the waste and take the money collected from businesses and the free will donations from residents and give it to SMILES.
Date: April 22, 2008
From 9 am to 6 pm
Sponsor/Contact: United Cerebral Palsy of Central Minnesota
Matthew Koob
320-253-0765
Type of Event: e-Waste
Details:
510 25th Ave N
Drive up and dispose of your overused and outdated electronics and support people with disabilities while keeping our environment clean!
15 cents/pound for individuals and 50 cents/pound for businesses.
A portion of the proceeds goes to benefit United Cerebral Palsy of Central Minnesota’s efforts to enrich the lives of people with disabilities in Central Minnesota.
Date: April 11 and 12, 2008
From 9 am to 4 pm
Sponsor/Contact: Waste Management
Joe Aho
888-969-8765
Type of Event: e-Waste
Details:
Canterbury Park Racetrack
1100 Canterbury Rd S
Waste Management, in partnership with Best Buy and Sony, will sponsor several Free Electronics Drop Offs in the Twin Cities Metro. Because this event is free for all electronic products from any manufacturer, WM has carefully selected several sites in the metro area to provide residents with more drop-off location options and the best customer experience possible.
No commercial/business e-waste accepted. For a full list of acceptable materials, directions and more info please visit http://www.wmtwincities.com/electronic
Date: April 1 to 30, 2008
M-F from 9 am to 5 pm; Sun from noon to 4pm
Sponsor/Contact: Oceantech
Joshua Heath
952-412-0831
Type of Event: e-Waste
Details:
7509 W 27th St
Oceantech believes everyday is a potential Earth Day! In our effort to relieve congested recycling events we have set up drop off facility hours that make it possible for residents to drop off their electronic equipment. We are open 9 am to 5 pm M-F and noon to 4 pm Sundays.
Date: April 11 and 12, 2008
From 9 am to 4 pm
Sponsor/Contact: Waste Management
Joe Aho
888-969-8765
Type of Event: e-Waste
Details:
Minnesota State Fairgrounds
1265 North Snelling Ave
Waste Management, in partnership with Best Buy and Sony, will sponsor several Free Electronics Drop Offs in the Twin Cities Metro. Because this event is free for all electronic products from any manufacturer, WM has carefully selected several sites in the metro area to provide residents with more drop-off location options and the best customer experience possible.
No commercial/business e-waste accepted. For a full list of acceptable materials, directions and more info please visit http://www.wmtwincities.com/electronic
Date: April 17, 2008
From 5 pm to 8 pm
Sponsor/Contact: Cool Kids!
Steve Appleton
585-637-3984
Type of Event: e-Waste
Details:
6558 Fourth Section Road Suite 206
“COOL KIDS ECO-FEST & E-Scrap Drive!!!- THIRD ANNUAL FESTIVAL from 5- 8 PM!! Celebrate Earth Day with us in COOL KIDS style! A whole nonstop, action-packed night of THE COOLEST EARTH DAY EVER–a cool School on the BEST ways to recycle—think and LIVE GREEN! Bring us your OLD computers–TV’s–microwaves–printers–electronics of all kinds (see list on http://www.generationcool.biz) and we’ll give YOU free curbside service–and raffle tickets to win a MOUNTAIN bike! Last year–we collected TWO GIANT TRUCKLOADS of E-Scrap that you helped “DODGE THE DUMP!” Also–NEW!!! Drive through for FREE mercury switchout by AAA of Western NY–and FREE tire inspection and pressure check (and pressure gauge) with Sloat Tire (Batavia NY) and Pump Em Up (national organization)! Save $ Save the planet!
Date: April 29, 2008
From 9 am to 1 pm
Sponsor/Contact:
Type of Event: e-Waste
Details:
Central Park Plaza located on Holden Street (off of East Amherst Street), Buffalo, NY.
Date: April 26, 2008
From 9 am to 1 pm
Sponsor/Contact: SUNY Fredonia
Kevin Cloos
716-673-3452
Type of Event: e-Waste
Details:
280 Central Avenue Services Complex
Campus and Community Household Electronic Recycling Day
Date: April 19, 2008
From 8 am and noon
Sponsor/Contact:
Type of Event: Unwanted Medications
Details:
Monroe County Rochester Operations Center
444 E. Henrietta Road
Date: April 19, 2008
From 9 am to 2 pm, by appointment only
Sponsor/Contact: 585 753-7600
Type of Event: e-Waste
Details:
Please call 585 753-7600, option 3 to make an appointment.
Date: April 15, 17, 2008
Sponsor/Contact: Onondaga County Resource Recover Agency (OCRRA)
Andrew Radin
315-295-0726
Type of Event: e-Waste
Details:
OCRRA will collect old household computers at its Community Collection Center, 6085 Court Street Road, on April 15 (4 pm – 8 pm), April 17, (8 am – 12 noon) and Saturday, April 19 ( 9 am – 1 pm). There is no charge for the old household computers; two computer systems accepted per vehicle.
Date: April 19, 2008
From 8 am to noon
Sponsor/Contact: Onondaga County Resource Recover Agency (OCRRA)
Andrew Radin
315-295-0726
Type of Event: e-Waste – TV Sets Only
Details:
OCRRA will conduct a community-wide collection event for old
television sets on Saturday, April 19, at Alliance Bank Stadium. There is a small fee of $5.00 per television set. Only TV sets will be accepted at the Alliance Bank event!
Televisions-only please. Alliance Bank Stadium parking lot at Grant Blvd. Televisions accepted at a minimal cost of $5.00 for residential participants.
Other electronic waste can be dropped off three days a week at their Community Collection Center located at 6085 Court Street Road, Syracuse, NY. The electronics collection dates and times are: Tuesdays from 4 pm to 8 pm; Thursdays from 8 am to noon; and Saturdays from 9 am to 1 pm.
Date: April 19, 2008
From 3 pm to 8 pm
Sponsor/Contact: Beulah Park
George Fournier
6147043866
Type of Event: e-Waste
Details:
3811 Southwest Blvd
The fee-free community Earth Day event shall be a fun, safe, entertaining recycling event wherein persons, families, organizations, and associations may sponsor, smash, donate, or recycle used computers and recyclables for charitable purposes.
Date: April 22, 2008
From 5 pm to 9 pm
Sponsor/Contact: Theodore Roosevelt High School
Chris Carman
330-676-8872
Type of Event: e-Waste
Details:
1400 N. Mantua
Drop off old PCs, monitors and computer equipment to be recycled at Roosevelt High School’s Earth Day Celebration on Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008 from 5-9pm. We’ll also have live music, local environmental speakers, smoothies, information booths, petitions, and even organic cookies!
Date: May 3, 2008
From 9 am to 12 noon
Sponsor/Contact: Keep Perrysburg Beautiful
Judy Hagen
419-872-8034
Type of Event: e-Waste
Details:
205 East Boundary
Recycle Roundup is a household hazardous waste collection for City of Perrysburg, City of Rossford, Perrysbsurg Township and Middleton Township residents. This year we are collecting computers, in cooperation with Goodwill Industries, free of charge. Residents are reminded to erase all sensitive material from their computers before recycling. There is also a mercury thermometer exchange and thermostats containing mercury are also accepted at no charge. HHW is collected at $2 per pound. Accushred will shred three (3) bankers boxes of documents at no charge and each additional box of documents for $3 per box.
Date: April 26, 2008
From 8 am to 4 pm
Sponsor/Contact: Firelands Regional Medical Center
Jim Spicer
419-557-6942
Type of Event: Unwanted Medications
Details:
1111 Hayes Avenue
Collection of unwanted prescription and non-prescription medications for proper disposal to decrease environmental burden.
Date: March 1, 2008 to May 31, 2008 Contact for information on Hours of Operation
Sponsor/Contact: Clark County Waste Management District
Megan Werner
937-521-2021
Type of Event: e-Waste
Details:
1602 West Main Street
You pick the place, you pick the date! Go online to www.32TRASH.org to register for Keep Clark County Beautiful’s Great American Cleanup!
Date: April 19, 2008
From 10 am to 4 pm
Sponsor/Contact: The Toledo Zoo
Jerran Orwig
419-385-5721
Type of Event: e-Waste
Details:
2 Hippo Way
Here at the Zoo, we’re all about being good stewards of the environment. That’s why Earth Day is such a big deal around here. This year’s Party for the Planet is Saturday, April 19. Celebrate Mother Earth and learn how to “go green” through educational displays and activities. We will once again be accepting items for recycling.
Please see website, http://www.toledozoo.org/events/events_partyforplanet.html for full list of items.
Date: May 7, 2008 to September 24, 2008 Wednesdays Only From 10 am to 6 pm
Sponsor/Contact: Geauga-Trumbull Solid Waste Management District
Robert Villers
330-675-2673
Type of Event: e-Waste
Details:
5138 Enterprise Blvd.
The seasonal household hazardous waste facility will open Wednesday, May 7, 2008 from 10 am to 6 pm the facility will be open Wednesdays only through September 24, 2008
Date: April 26, 2008
From 10 am to 2 pm
Sponsor/Contact: Pennsylvania Sea Grant
Sara Grise
814-217-9011
Type of Event: Unwanted Medications
Details:
301 Peninsula Drive, Suite 3
The Keep Unwanted Medicine out of Lake Erie Medicine Collection Day event will take place at the Cruise Boat Terminal Building near Blasko Library in Erie, Pennsylvania.
NOTE: Pre-registration is preferred by April 21, 2008 by calling 814-425-7773.
Date: April 1 to 30, 2008
Mon – Fri from 8 am to 4 pm, Sat from 8 am to noon
Sponsor/Contact: Lancaster County Solid Waste Management Authority
Barbara Baker
717-397-9968
Type of Event: e-Waste
Details:
1299 Harrisburg Pike
Every Day is an Event Day!! Household Hazardous Waste Facility is open Monday through Friday from 8 am to 4 pm and on Saturday from 8 am to 12 pm. Available to all Lancaster County households.
Date: April 19, 2008
From 10 am to Noon
Sponsor/Contact: Aurora Pharmacy-Copps
Mary Kohrell
920-849-1450
Type of Event: Unwanted Medications
Details:
1919 E Calumet St.
Date: April 22, 2008
From Noon to 4 pm
Sponsor/Contact: Thompson Community Center
Christine Miller
920-968-5721
Type of Event: Unwanted Medications
Details:
820 W College Ave.
Date: April 19, 2008
From 10 am to Noon
Sponsor/Contact: Brillion Community Center
Mary Kohrell
920-849-1450
Type of Event: Unwanted Medications
Details:
120 Center St.
Date: April 22, 2008
From 10 am to 1 pm
Sponsor/Contact: Calumet County Court House
Mary Kohrell
920-849-1450
Type of Event: Unwanted Medications
Details:
206 Court Street
Date: April 22 to 26, 2008
From 9 am to 3:30 pm daily
Sponsor/Contact: Sokaogon Chippewa Community
Tina Van Zile
715-478-7605
Type of Event: e-Waste
Details:
3051 Sand Lake Rd
Date: April 18 and 19, 2008
From 8 am to 1 pm
Sponsor/Contact: Sustainable Greater Green Bay Task Force
Luann Rudolph
920-448-2820
Type of Event: Unwanted Medications
Details:
100 N Jefferson Street
Bring your unwanted or unused medications to the collection event to ensure they will be disposed of in a legal, environmentally safe manner.
The event will be held at Streu’s Pharmacy Bay Natural located at 635 Main Street in Green Bay. Call the Recycling Hotline at (920) 448- 4400, Option 5 for more information.
If you throw your old prescription bottles in the trash, it may contaminate the water, cause poisoning from accidental ingestion or be used for illegal purposes such as identity fraud or theft.
Date: April 19, 2008
From 9 am to 2 pm
Sponsor/Contact: UW Manitowoc Campus
Jeff Beyer
920-683-4054
Type of Event: e-Waste and Unwanted Medications
Details:
705 Viebahn Street
Earth Day Event featuring many free disposal programs, such as: Drug Disposal, Battery, Mercury Thermometers, Printer Cartridges, Plastic Bags, Old Athletic Shoes, & CFL’s. Ground Water Testing. Rummage Sale. Exhitbits & Presentations. Music & Concessions.
Date: April 19, 2008
From 10 am to Noon
Sponsor/Contact: New Holstein Public Library
Mary Kohrell
920-849-1450
Type of Event: Unwanted Medications
Details:
2115 Washington St
Date: April 22, 2008
From 9 am to 1 pm
Sponsor/Contact: Oshkosh Senior Center Annex
Jennifer Semrau
920-232-1853
Type of Event: Unwanted Medications
Details:
234 N. Campbell Rd.
Date: April 22, 2008
From 2 pm to 6 pm
Sponsor/Contact: Portage County Solid Waste Department
Meleesa Johnson
715-345-5969
Type of Event: Unwanted Medications
Details:
600 Moore Road
Unwanted/outdated medication collection
Date: April 1 to 30, 2008
From 7:30 am to 3:30 pm
Sponsor/Contact: Portage County Solid Waste Department
Meleesa Johnson
715-345-5969
Type of Event: e-Waste
Details:
600 Moore Road
Full-time electronics collection
Date: April 19, 2008
Sponsor/Contact: Racine and Caledonia Mt. Pleasant Health Departments
Marcia Fernholz
262-636-9203
Type of Event: Unwanted Medications
Details:
Medicine Collection Day at 6200 21st Street , Racine WI. Bring prescription and over the counter medication that you no longer want.
Date: April 7 to 11, 2008
Monday and Thursday from 7 am to 6:30 pm;
Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday from 7 am to 5 pm
Sponsor/Contact: Douglas County Recycling
Mary Klun
715-395-1293
Type of Event: e-Waste
Details:
1316 N 14th St.
Computer and Television Recycling: $2.50 per item (wooden console televisions are $20.00)
Computers, monitors, printers, keyboards,
televisions, DVD players, VCRs, fax machines
only.
Date: April 22, 2008
From 9 am to 1 pm
Sponsor/Contact: Waupaca County Courthouse
Debbie Krogwold
715-258-6240
Type of Event: Unwanted Medications
Details:
811 Harding Street
Room 1037
