Earth Day Annual Electronics, Appliances Recycling Drive, April 20

Mark your calendar, Saturday, April 20, 8:30-11:30 a.m. for the 11th annual Electronics and Appliances Recycling Drive at the Stockton United Methodist Church parking lot, 708 East Street in Stockton. Hosted by the SUMC Go Green Team, Meredith Recycling, Montrose, Mo., will once again park its tractor-trailer and roll-off dumpsters in the SUMC parking lot. Follow the traffic flow directions.

Most items recycle free of charge: computer towers, keyboards/mice, printers/copiers/fax, laptops, tablets, routers/scanners, cellphones/landline phones, cords and wiring, satellite receivers, VCR/DVD players, gaming systems, radios/stereos/speakers. etc. Ink/toner cartridges (all sizes).

Small household appliances with a cord or battery, such as: blenders, toasters, curling irons, coffee makers, vacuum cleaners, clocks, toaster ovens, hair dryers, humidifiers, de-humidifiers, etc. Large appliances such as: washers, dryers, refrigerators, microwaves, water heaters, etc.

Clean white pristine EPS foam packaging blocks and coolers (identifiable by small round beads molded together to form block or shape). Must be pristine clean! NO LIGHT BULBS!

Recycle for small donation: all small batteries, rechargeable and not; CDs/DVDs (NO cassettes or VHS tapes); flash drives.

Meredith collects fees for items that require special handling or processing: $20 for each plasma or LCD TVs/monitor; $25 for each CRT (Cathode Ray Tube) monitor and CRT TV less than 26” diagonal; $30 for each rear projection TV and CRT TV greater than 26” diagonal. Fees pass directly to the companies that extract toxic substances. Cash only, please.

Meredith also shreds components that contain personal information at their facility in Montrose. The shredder is too large and cumbersome to transport to our drive.

Our community can be proud of recycling almost 30 tons of electronics and appliances at our last four drives.

Our Go Green Team is a highly motivated small group that acts to renew God’s good creation based on our faith. We welcome others who share this calling.

Go Green Team member Janice Dunne is the drive organizer.