On Saturday, April 26th from 9:00am-1:00pm Atlanta City Councilmember Carla Smith will be hosting this annual event- aimed at gathering and recycling Atlantans’ old computers and household electronics.  What does this include?  Here’s a list:

COMPUTER MONITORS
TELEVISIONS ($10 fee required)
MICROWAVE OVENS
COMPUTER CPU’s
STEREOS
TELEPHONES
LAPTOPS
COPIERS
CB RADIOS
PRINTERS
VIDEO MACHINES
CD PLAYERS
DISK DRIVES
VCRs and DVD Players
PORTABLE RADIOS
FLOPPY DRIVES
CAMCORDERS
CELL PHONES
TEST & NETWORKING EQUIPMENT
CAMERAS
KEYBOARDS
MODEMS
RECORD PLAYERS
SCANNERS
CURCUIT BOARDS
SPEAKERS
ELECTRICAL PANELS
TYPEWRITERS
UPS / BATTERY BACK-UP
FAX MACHINES
CD ROMS
PROJECTORS
CABLES
COMPUTER MOUSES

The goal of this initiative is to promote the recovery, reuse, and
recycling of obsolete electronic equipment and to encourage the
design, manufacture, and purchase of environmentally responsible
electronic equipment.  Last year 75,583 pieces of electronic equipment were collected….HOLY COW!  These items would normally have wound up in our landfills, but thanks to Councilwoman Smith, they were all recycled. 

There ARE some items they CANNOT take though.  Please do not bring:

Consoles
Projection TVs
Vacuum Cleaners
Refrigerators
Washers
Dryers
Freezers
De-humidifiers
Humidifiers
Gas-Powered Equipment
Tires
Household Trash
NON-electronic equipment

For more information please contact Coucilwoman Smith’s office at 404-330-6039.

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