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Electronics Recycling-Household Hazardous Waste Disposal Day
Lee Woodward <Iwoodward@huntsvilletx.gov> Thu, Apr 9, 2015 at 4:01 PM
To: Lee Woodward <Iwoodward@huntsvilletx.gov>
On Thu, Apr 9, 2015 at 4:01 PM, Lee Woodward <Iwoodward huntsvilletx.gov> wrote:
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - please include in Best Bets & on Channel 7 bulletins
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ELECTRONICS RECYCLING AND HOUSEHOLD HAZARDOUS WASTE DISPOSAL
DAY
The City of Huntsville Solid Waste and Recycling Services is hosting the 8th Annual
Electronics Recycling Day on Saturday, April 11 , 2015, from 9:00 a.m. to noon, at the
City's Disposal and Recycling Facility. Technocycle of Houston has graciously sponsored
the last five events and is again providing the staff, trucks, and packing supplies to haul
the electronics. Recycling events could cost from $4,000 to $10,000 without Technocyle's
continued support.
Volunteers from the Walker County Sheriff's Office, Walker County Community
Supervision and Corrections, Master Gardeners, Try 2 Recycle, and the City of Huntsville
Disposal and Recycling staff assist during this single day event. Items accepted include
laptops, notebooks, printers, scanners, copiers, projectors, plasma/LCD/LED screens,
computer accessories, stereos, radios, cellphones, pagers, cameras, palm pilots, PDAs,
rechargeable batteries, and vehicle batteries. After the event, Technocycle provides a
report with the number of pallets and weights of materials collected and recycled. Try 2
Recycle provides a report of the number of vehicle batteries collected and recycled. In
2014, 162 vehicles dropped off electronics totaling 9.38 tons collected by the end of the
event.
The purpose for Electronics Recycling is to divert recyclable electronics from the waste
stream and avoid placing items in landfills which can be recycled and remanufactured into
other products.
This year's event is being expanded to include Household Hazardous Waste Disposal,
thanks to a grant from the Houston-Galveston Area Council (H-GAC) and a generous
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4/9/2015 City of Huntsville,Texas Mail-Electronics Recycling-Household Hazardous Waste Disposal Day
donation from Walker County Proud Communities. Items accepted include aerosol
containers, alkaline batteries, corrosives, flammables, florescent bulbs, oxidizers, latex
and oil paint, solid and liquid poisons, propane, and reactives. "These materials are often
difficult to dispose of, and we are pleased to be able to offer this service" said Esther
Herklotz, Superintendent for Solid Waste and Recycling with the City of Huntsville.
For more information, contact:
Esther Herklotz
Superintendent, Solid Waste and Recycling
City of Huntsville, Texas
936 94 5724 office
936 291 1021 fax
eherklotz@huntsvilletx.gov
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