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Friday, October 31, 2014

Recyling Opportunity

Keep Cobb Beautiful Celebrates America Recycles Day

KCB-logo smallKeep Cobb Beautiful will be celebrating America Recycles Day 9 a.m.-1 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 15. There will be two locations in Cobb to do your recycling: Jim Miller Park and Sewell Park. Here is a list of the items that will be accepted:
Electronic Recycling - Electronics accepted at no charge include: personal computers, monitors, servers, routers, switches, network boxes, printers, circuit boards, floppy drives, UPSs, keyboards, testing equipment, modems, cell phones, telephones, typewriters, fax machines, copiers, LCD monitors, VCRs, DVD players, stereos, cassette players, cameras, camcorders, alarm clocks, game systems, and projectors. Please remove all cords and cables from devices and place in a separate bag. There is a $10.00 recycling fee for televisions (cash only).
Textile Collection - Shoes, clothing and other textiles accepted.
Document Shredding - Free, secure, on-site shredding of household documents. Paper products only. Not accepted: CDs, DVDs, floppy disks, cardboard, and any large binders with metal rings/clips.
Latex Paint Recycling - There is a $2.00 per gallon offset disposal fee (cash only). No oil or alkyd paints allowed. Paints must be in original, clearly-labeled, non-leaking containers and cannot be mixed with anything, including other paint.
Battery Recycling - Car, UPS backup, laptop, power tool, cell phone and household batteries accepted. Please tape over the battery connectors.
Appliances - Stoves, refrigerators, microwaves, washers, dryers, water heaters, mixers, ovens, blenders, freezers and toasters.
Metals - Steel, aluminum, cast iron, car parts and wheels.
Lawn Equipment - Lawn mowers, weed eaters, chain saws, lawn edgers. Fuels must be removed and a hole created in the tanks.

For more information, call 770-528-1135 or see the KCB website.
 

Thursday, October 24, 2013

Medication Disposal Day - Saturday October 26

picture from the CobbLine Newsletter
If you don't subscribe to CobbLine, the weekly eNewsletter that is sent out, you miss out on hearing about important community efforts. This weekend  on Saturday ONLY between 10:00 am and 2:00 pm they are having a Medication Disposal Day.

Everyone needs to weed out and purge medications from time to time - over the counter and prescription as well as vitamins. But how do you properly dispose of them? Tossing them in the trash is unsafe. Flushing them down the toilet is also unsafe and bad for the environment when it gets into the rivers and water table.

The best way to dispose of unwanted medications is take them to one of Cobb County's Medication Disposal Day's. You just drive up and hand it over. You don't even have to get out of the vehicle. The first time I went, I took stuff from my house, my mom's and my sister's.

If you have time this Saturday I hope you take advantage of this opportunity to purge your medicine cabinet in a safe way. 


Wednesday, April 24, 2013

Medication Disposal Day

picture from the CobbLine Newsletter
If you don't subscribe to CobbLine, the weekly eNewsletter that is sent out, you miss out on hearing about important community efforts. This weekend - Saturday only between 10:00 am and 2:00 pm they are having a Medication Disposal Day.

Everyone needs to weed out and purge medications - over the counter and prescription as well as vitamins.  But how do you properly dispose of them. Tossing them in the trash is unsafe. Flushing them down the toilet is also unsafe and bad for the environment when it gets into the rivers and water table.

The best way to dispose of unwanted medications is take them to one of Cobb County's Medication Disposal Day's. You just drive up and hand it over. You don't even have to get out of the vehicle. The first time I went I took stuff from my house, my mom's and my sister's.

If you have time this Saturday I hope you take advantage of this opportunity to purge your medicine cabinet in a safe way. Mother Earth will appreciate it.