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'Hard to Recycle' Collection Events

Take your items to the Upper St. Clair municipal building parking lot or nearby at John A. Brashear High School.

Don't leave your electronics on the curb. There are a number of "hard to recycle" collection events in the Pittsburgh area.

The first is the on Saturday, July 9. In partnership with the township, JVS Environmental will set up in the municipal building parking lot to collect electronics from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

The following items are accepted during the Upper St. Clair collection event: CD players, cell phones, computers, copiers, fax machines, keyboards, printers, radios, scanners, speakers, stereos, telephones, televisions and VCRs.

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A fee is charged for televisions and monitors, but every other item is free. Television recycling costs $1 per inch of screen and monitors are $5 each.

Can't make it to the event this Saturday? The Pennsylvania Resources Council, in partnership with the Allegheny County Health DepartmentColcom Foundation and NewsRadio 1020 KDKA (among others), is providing an opportunity for area residents to properly dispose of a wide variety of materials at four "hard to recycle" collection events in 2011. Two of those events remain.

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At the remaining events—July 16 and Sept. 17—individuals can drop off televisions, e-waste, cell phones, printer/toner cartridges, compact fluorescent bulbs, alkaline batteries and tires without rims for recycling.

Most items are collected for free, including televisions and computers. Participant fees for tires, batteries and miscellaneous e-waste are posted on the PRC Zero Waste Pittsburgh website, available at www.zerowastepgh.org.

"Our list of items collected at no cost continues to grow each year," PRC Regional Director Dave Mazza said, "and we're excited to offer free disposal of televisions and computers, monitors, mice and keyboards in 2011.

"We accept many items at no cost, including cell phones, compact fluorescent bulbs, and ink and toner cartridges at no cost to participants."

A new partnership with Off the Floor Pittsburgh will enable individuals to drop off usable furniture such as dressers and beds at PRC collection events at no cost. Off the Floor then distributes the materials to local low-income families in need of furnishings. Visit www.offthefloorpittsburgh.org for more details concerning acceptable items.

"PRC supports the practice of 'reduce, reuse, recycle,'" Mazza said, "so we're excited to expand the focus on 'hard to recycle' collections to also include items meant for reuse.

"Two years ago, we established a very successful partnership with Global Links to collect medical equipment and supplies at our events, and last year, we began working with Construction Junction to collect usable building material."

At all 2011 collection events, individuals can drop off the following materials for reuse at no cost: medical equipment and supplies, such as crutches, nebulizers and wheelchairs, for distribution through Global Links; usable building materials, such as light fixtures, doors and windows, for resale by Construction Junction; and gently used furniture, such as beds, dressers, tables and chairs, for distribution by Off The Floor.

The 2011 campaign is presented by PRC's Zero Waste Pittsburgh project in partnership with the Allegheny County Health Department, Colcom Foundation, eLoop llcLiberty Tire Recycling, Global Links, Construction Junction, Off the Floor Pittsburgh and NewsRadio 1020 KDKA.

For more information regarding the collection events, visit www.zerowastepgh.org or call PRC at 412-488-7490, ext. 236.

REMAINING 2011 "HARD TO RECYCLE" COLLECTION SCHEDULE

Saturday, July 16 (John A. Brashear High School590 Crane Ave., Pittsburgh): 10 a.m.-2 p.m.

Saturday, Sept. 17 (Galleria at Pittsburgh Mills, 590 Pittsburgh Mills Circle, Tarentum Borough): 10 a.m.-2 p.m.

PARTICIPANT FEES

FREE DISPOSAL
• Televisions and Monitors
• CPU Towers and Laptops
• Mice and Keyboards
• Compact Fluorescent Bulbs
• Cell Phones
• Ink and Toner Cartridges
• Usable Building Supplies (light fixtures, doors, cabinets, et al.–visit www.constructionjunction.org for details)–no open bags of grout/cement products, broken bricks or lumber with nails
• Medical Supplies (crutches, nebulizers, wheelchairs, et al.)–no medications accepted
• Gently Used Furniture (beds, dressers, tables, chairs, et al.)

TIRES (No Rims): $2 each

ALKALINE BATTERIES: $0.70 per pound

E-WASTE
Home Phones and Modems: $3
Small Printers/Scanners/Faxes: $5
Medium Laser/Inkjet Printers: $10
VCR/DVR/Small UPS/Routers: $5
Small Appliances: $5


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