Take Your Old Electronics to a Recycling Rally in Milton, Not the Dump

Gather up those old computers, printers, electronic appliances, cell phones, soda cans and more, because Verizon Wireless and the City of Milton are partnering for a Recycling Rally on Thursday, April 14.

This free event, held from 7:30 a.m. to 2 p.m., will take place at Verizon Wireless’ South Area Headquarters, located at One Verizon Place in Milton, said Jason Wright, Milton's Communications manager, in a recent news release.

As an added incentive, each participant can win a Water-Eco Kit that includes water saving items such as a reduced water shower head, bathroom aerators, a toilet tank bank and water saving tips. Winners will be randomly selected.

“We all have old electronics and the like sitting in closets and drawers at home,” said Jeff Mango, president of the Georgia-Alabama Region for Verizon Wireless. “It’s critical we work with partners like the City of Milton to keep these devices out of landfills and make sure they are properly recycled.”

As an added incentive, each participant can win a Water-Eco Kit that includes water saving items such as a reduced water shower head, bathroom aerators, a toilet tank bank and water saving tips. Winners will be randomly selected.

Recycling Rallies are part of Verizon’s year-round efforts to help protect and preserve the environment by giving employees and the community the opportunity to go “green” at both work and home. The organization managing the disposal of all items adheres to Verizon’s zero-landfill criteria, which requires items donated to be either reused or recycled in an environmentally safe manner.

Acceptable items to recycle include:

• Laptop and desktop computers (hard drives will not be wiped)
• Cell phones and accessories
• Alarm clocks
• Printers
• LCD monitors (no CRTs)
• Cameras
• Computer cables, mice and keyboards
• Conferencing equipment
• Gaming consoles
• Remote controls
• Small electronic appliances (coffee makers, toasters, toaster ovens, can openers, etc.)
• Earphones
• Stereo & audio equipment
• Electronic toys (batteries removed)
• Paper shredders
• Telephones and answering machines
• Aluminum cans
• Glass
• Plastics

Cell phones, cell phone batteries and accessories will be donated to Verizon’s HopeLine® program, which provides wireless phones and airtime to victims of domestic violence. HopeLine has kept more than 210 tons of electronic waste and batteries out of landfills and collected more than 8 million phones since 2001.

Take those batteries out of the phones, remote controls and other electronics as no hazardous waste can be accepted.

Items not accepted at this drive:

Hazardous waste (batteries, inks/toners, mercury bulbs). All batteries should be removed prior to turning in any items.

Units containing fluid (motors, pumps containing fluid)

CRT monitors

Refrigerators or freezers

Medical waste

Radioactive material (x-ray equipment)

Televisions