Don’t forget! This weekend you can recycle your old electronics and Styrofoam and safely shred and recycle your documents all in one place. It’s simple and convenient. Just drop off your recyclables on Saturday, March 21 from 9 a.m. though 1 p.m. (Sorry, early drop-offs are not possible.)
Location: Decatur Public Works, 2635 Talley Street, Decatur, GA 30030. Please enter from Columbia Drive.
Contact Sean Woodson at 404-377-5571 or sean.woodson@decaturga.com for more information and last-minute updates, or visit decaturga.com/electronicsrecycling.
Paper Shredding
This is a great opportunity to ensure that your important personal documents are disposed of properly. AAA Security Shredding provides secure on-site document shredding, and all shredded documents will be 100 percent recycled. Most document types are acceptable, including bills, invoices, correspondence, canceled checks, tax records, financial statements, purchase orders, and blueprints and maps.
These items cannot be shredded: Cardboard, glass, plastic, magazines, napkins, newspapers, paper cups and plates, plastic or spiral-bound notebooks, phonebooks, three-ring binders, and trash.
Styrofoam Recycling Tips
- Make sure foam has the “6” symbol on it
- Rinse and separate food service containers from other foam
- No straws, lids, tape or stickers
- No foam peanuts or insulation material
Electronics Recycling
Free Items:
| Adding machines Answering machines Batteries, any kind Cable converter boxes Cables Calculators Component parts Computer mouses Computers Copiers Digital cameras Digital projectors DVD players Electric lawn mowers Fax machines |
Garden equipment GPS receivers Game controllers Keyboards Label makers Mini-towers Monitors Pagers PDAs Portable CD players Portable game players Printer cartridges Printers Radios Remote controls |
Routers Scanners Servers Speakers Stereo equipment Telephones Telephony equipment 3-in-1 devices Typewriters UPS units VCRs Workstations Zip drives |
Recycling fee for TVs: $10 (cash only – exact change required)
