Recycle your electronic waste, cooking grease, expired meds at Turner Field this weekend
‘Everyone’s waste needs to be properly disposed’
- EVEY WILSON/CL FILE
It’s that time of year again! Atlanta’s largest recycling event is taking place this weekend to collect electronic waste and a variety of other disposable items.
EcoDepot, Atlanta City Councilwoman Carla Smith’s annual recycling affair, is set to take place on Saturday from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Turner Field’s Blue Lot. The effort, she says, should help raise awareness about the recovery, reuse, and recycling of old electronic devices and promote environmentally-friendly practices throughout the city.
“Everyone’s waste needs to be properly disposed,” Smith tells CL. “Electronic waste, mixed in with household garbage that goes to the landfill, creates hazardous liquid that filters down through the landfill and could affect our groundwater. All of that needs to be properly discarded or reused.”
Last year, 530 residents ended up dropping off more than 25,000 pounds of electronics, 15 gallons of cooking grease, and 75 pounds of expired medicine. A full list of the items being collected this year can be found after the jump:
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ELECTRONICS
Computer CPU’s, laptops, monitors, disk drives, floppy drives, keyboards,
modems, circuit boards
Printers, fax machines, typewriters
Televisions (fee required)
Microwave ovens
Stereos, speakers
Telephones, cell phones
Copiers, scanners
CB radios, portable radios,
Video Machines, Cameras, camcorders
CD, VCR’s and DVD Players and record players
Test and networking equipment
Electrical Panels
UPS/Battery Back-up
CD Roms
Projectors
Cables and computer mouses
PLUS
Paper Shredding
Prescription Drugs and OTC meds
Styrofoam
Cooking grease
Unlike in year’s past, EcoDepot volunteers will not collect hazardous waste at Turner Field due to high costs. People are also discouraged from bringing the following goods: TV cabinet consoles, projection televisions, vacuum cleaners, refrigerators, laundry appliances, freezers, gas-powered equipment, and non-electronic items. Residents will be charged $20 to discard all other kinds of TV sets.
For more information, call Councilwoman Smith’s office at 404-330-6039.