Residents can recycle more than 30 different types of equipment

Keep DeKalb Beautiful (KDB) will offer residents of DeKalb County an opportunity to recycle their old electronic items properly and reduce the environmental liability of hazardous material entering DeKalb County’s Seminole Landfill. The county will host an electronics recycling event on Saturday, March 6, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Martin Luther King Jr. High School, 3991 Snapfinger Road in Lithonia.

Each day, various types of consumer electronics are upgraded or thrown out in favor of technological advancements.  The U.S. alone generated an estimated 1.5 billion pounds of e-waste in 2006 alone. E-waste should not be considered “waste.” It is a resource. Useful materials such as glass, copper, aluminum, plastic, and other components can often be extracted and reused as E-waste.

During KDB’s electronics recycling event, the following items will be accepted:

• Computer Monitors            Stereos

• Microwave Ovens            Computer CPUs

• Copiers            Telephones

• Laptops            Video Machines

• CB Radios            Printers

• VCRs            CD Players

• Disk Drives            Camcorders

• Portable Radios            Floppy Drives

• Cameras            Cell Phones

• T
est & Networking
Equipment            Record Players

• Keyboards            Modems

• Speakers            Scanners

• Circuit Boards            Typewriters

• Cables            Electrical Panels

• Fax Machines            CD ROMs

• UPS/Battery Back-up            Projectors

• Computer            Mouse

• Televisions ($10.00 Charge)

Vacuum cleaners, refrigerators, washers, dryers, freezers, de-humidifiers or humidifiers, and gas-powered equipment will not be accepted.

Visit Atlanta Recycling Solutions’ web site at www.arsrecycle.com for more information on where your electronics go.

For more information on accepted items and opportunities to volunteer for this event, please contact KDB’s offices at (404) 371-2654.