Solid Waste Svcs: Electronics Recycling collection reminder - 4/22/12, Silver Spring
Montgomery County Recycling and Resource Management Division sent this bulletin at 04/13/2012 09:00 AM EDTMontgomery County Division of Solid Waste Services
Electronics Recycling Event Reminder
Our next electronics collection event is coming up!
(Have paper to shred? Come to any of our Spring 2012 paper shredding and recycling events.)
Electronics recycling - Sunday, April 22, 2012 (Earth Day!)
Noon to 4:00 p.m.
John F. Kennedy High School
1901 Randolph Road
Silver Spring, MD 20902
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We just added this new Germantown event!
Electronic recycling - Sunday, May 20, 2012
Noon to 4:00 p.m.
Northwest High School
13501 Richter Farm Rd
Germantown, MD 20874
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We also accept electronics (and Household Hazardous Waste) daily at our Solid Waste Processing Facility and Transfer Station.
What do we accept at these events?
If you have questions about other items not in our list, please let us know.
Read additional details about our electronics recycling program.
Accepted items include:
- Computer monitors (CRTs and flat panel)
- Televisions (CRTs and flat screen)
- Desktop computers
- Laptop computers
- Keyboards/Mice
- CDs
- Floppy disks
- Hard drives
- Toner and ink cartridges
- Printers
- Scanners
- Fax machines
- Copy machines
- VCRs
- Stereos
- Radios
- Mainframes
- Tape players
- CD players
- Telephones
- Cell phones
- Gaming consoles
- Power and network cables
- Network hubs
- Switching boxes
- Controllers
- Modems
- Docking stations
- Printed circuit boards
- Microwave ovens
- Small household appliances
- dispose accessories and other non-electronic parts as trash
- Servers
- Terminals
- Larger rechargeable battery units
- UPS (personal & network)
- tool batteries
- dispose alkaline batteries as trash
- dispose button and small rechargeable batteries as hazardous waste
- Peripherals
Sorry, we cannot accept compact fluorescent lights or appliances containing Freon at these events. Please bring these items to the drop-off sites at the Solid Waste Processing Facility and Transfer Station (16101 Frederick Road).
Our program for electronics recycling is open to all Montgomery County residents and businesses.
For more information
- www.montgomerycountymd.gov/gogreen
- 301-417-1433
"Talkin' Trash" - the Division of Solid Waste Services blog
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Comments? Suggestions? -- We welcome your input so that these notices are as useful as possible for you.
Susanne Brunhart Wiggins
susanne.wiggins@montgomerycountymd.gov
Montgomery County, MD, Division of Solid Waste Services