On Saturday, March 24, from 9AM to 1PM, environmentally conscious folks or just those wanting to get back their garages and cellars are urged to bring unwanted electronic items and appliances to the Rochester Town Hall parking lot in the town center. There, CRT Recycling of Brockton and members of The Rochester Land Trust will collect these items and CRT will truck them away to their Brockton facility for sorting for reuse or to be broken down for appropriate recycling of the components. Whatever the final outcome, less solid waste will enter the landfills. Interested persons may visit
http://www .recyclingelectronics.com/ for more information about CRT.
The following items will be accepted: crt’s (monitors/televisions), computers, network servers, large office computer equipment, cpu boxes, laptops, printers, fax machines, cd-roms, dvd-roms, vcr’s, audio equipment, video games, disc drives, modems, cards, keyboards, computer mice, electronic wires or plugs, pc speakers, recording, surveillance or camera equipment, digital cameras, cell phones & accessories, lcd products, parts or pieces of computers as well as regulated and non-regulated appliances such as air conditioners, refrigerators, stoves, microwaves, mini-refrigerators and coolers.
There will be $15 or $25 charge for televisions, depending upon their size/type and a $10 charge for monitors. These items require extra care in recycling due to their cathode ray tubes. A video showing part of the process can be seen at www.youtube.com/watch?v=qPx09iB7R04. While there is no charge for other items, the RLT requests a donation of $5 for other electronic items or bag/box of accessories and $10 for appliances and other large items. Funds raised will go toward protecting open space in our community. RLT members will be there from 9-1 to help you unload. For more information call David @ 508-763-5267.