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 Memorial Day, May 27, 2013: No County-provided recycling or trash collections on May 27; all pickups this week slide by one day. Transfer Station closed May 27. Shred your confidential documents at our Community Paper Shredding event - June 8 (Rockville) |
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Thursday, March 26, 2009Electronics recycling at the Go Green Expo, March 28 + 29, 2009Have electronics you've been meaning to recycle? This is the weekend to do it! We're having two afternoons of electronics recycling at the Go Green America Expo! Not only will you get those items out of the house, but you'll get some Expo tickets in return. Here's the scoop:
March 28 and 29, 2009, 12 p.m. to 4 p.m. -- posted by Susanne Thursday, July 17, 2008New electronics recycling community drop-off event added - October 19, 2008We just added an October date to our electronics recycling community drop-off event schedule. Sunday, October 19, 2008 The event will be in the parking lot on the Colesville Road side of the school property. Map and electronics recycling drop-off event details Sign up to receive electronics recycling event reminders and schedule updates by email Reminder: we have an electronics drop-off event at the Comus Park-N-Ride Lot this Sunday, July 20, 2008, from Noon to 4 p.m. And, we accept electronics at our Solid Waste Transfer Station every day.
Monday, June 02, 2008We're bringing our expanded electronics recycling collection to youOn the heels of our electronics recycling collection program expansion at the Solid Waste Transfer Station, we're expanding electronics recycling in Montgomery County even further: we're taking it on the road! To help you recycle your items as easily as possible, we scheduled electronics drop-off events at local Park-N-Ride Lots. We have three on our calendar at the moment, and will update you as additional events are announced.
Wednesday, April 09, 2008Does a bread machine count as a small appliance?From our mailbag: I have a question about which electronics that are taken for recycling - do dvd players and bread machines count as small appliances? Thanks for your question, L. Yes, we can now accept both of your items for recycling! Please bring your DVD player to our newly expanded electronics recycling drop-off. And, please bring your bread machine to our scrap metal recycling pile. Both of these areas are located in the Recycling area of our Solid Waste Transfer Station.
Friday, April 04, 2008Earth Day Celebration updateOur Earth Day Celebration organizers are hard at work, and the April 26 event promises to be a grand one! We look forward to seeing you there! As I mentioned yesterday, we'll have an electronics recycling collection at this Celebration. Do you have confidential papers which you'd like to have shredded? Bring a bag with you -- we'll have a collection point for off-site shredding by The Arc of Montgomery County. (Limit: one bag per person) Download our Earth Day flyer (designed by one of our volunteers - thanks so much, E.!)
Thursday, April 03, 2008We expanded our electronics recycling program!We began accepting televisions in October 2007. As of this week, we are now able to accept your small electronic items for recycling, too! Accepted items include cameras; telephones (including cell phones); cords, cables, chargers, electronic toys, VCRs, and more! Bring your electronic items to the Recycling area at our Solid Waste Transfer Station. Or, take them along to our Earth Day Celebration in Rockville on April 26, 2008 -- we'll have an electronics recycling container at the event!
CATEGORIES: Computers / Electronics , Hazardous Waste , News , Transfer Station
POSTED: 1:24:00 PM | 
Friday, March 07, 2008The Secret Life of Cell PhonesWhat happens to cell phones after you take or send them in to be recycled? Why does it matter? Watch the Secret Life of Cell Phones to learn more about their life cycle, and issues around their recycling and disposal. This short video is part of a detailed website with additional information about environmental, health, and public policy relating to cell phones. Here's one of the presented findings: "There is enough gold in 200 cell phones to make a gold wedding ring!" We accept cell phones for recycling at our Solid Waste Transfer Station. Wednesday, December 05, 2007How do I dispose of an old console television?From our mailbag: How do I dispose of an old console television? We checked with our Transfer Station colleagues to see whether it would be accepted there for recycling. And, the answer is... yes, console televisions are accepted for recycling in our new television recycling program. If you cannot transport the console television to the Transfer Station, and if you receive Montgomery County-provided trash service, then you may request a curbside bulk trash collection for this item. The tradeoff is that while the television would be collected at your curb, it would not be recycled. Thanks for asking! Confirming the answer gave our Call Center staff and me the opportunity to expand our own knowledge. And, as a result of your question, I have updated our television page to include console televisions. So, dear readers, keep your questions coming!
CATEGORIES: Computers / Electronics , Mailbag , Recycling , Transfer Station , Trash
POSTED: 3:43:00 PM |
Monday, October 08, 2007We now recycle televisions at the Transfer StationHere's something I enjoyed doing on our website:
That's right - our recycling program has just expanded! Montgomery County has a brand-new television recycling program at our Solid Waste Transfer Station. The television recycling containers are located next to the fenced computer recycling area:
After just a few days of operation, many boxes have already been filled with televisions! The attendants at the Transfer Station are doing a great job of notifying residents of our new program when they spot televisions in the material those folks are unloading.
CATEGORIES: Computers / Electronics , Hazardous Waste , News , Recycling , Transfer Station
POSTED: 10:30:00 AM |
Wednesday, August 29, 2007How to recycle computers and related electronic itemsContinuing our discussion about recycling electronic items... Sorry, we do not provide curbside recycling collection for computers and related electronic items.  Please place your computer equipment into one of the large cubic yard cardboard boxes.
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Wednesday, August 22, 2007Can I recycle my old TV or microwave?From our mail bag:Can old electronics, such as TVs and microwaves, be brought to household hazardous waste or to the transfer station? Thanks for your question, C.! Sorry, we do not accept small household electronic items -- such as TVs, microwaves, and phones, for example -- in either our electronics or hazardous waste programs. If the items still work, consider offering them to a neighbor on your local Freecycle group, or using our Use It Again guide for donation ideas. If they do not work, please dispose of them as trash or (recyclable!) scrap metal. Depending on the size of your items, and how many you have to dispose of at one time, you may need to schedule a bulk trash collection. For larger items that are more than half metal (like microwaves), schedule a scrap metal recycling collection. Both of these collections must be requested at least one day before your collection day. |
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