The Regional Recycling District in Pulaski County will hold a free electronics recycling drop-off event on Tuesday, March 29, and Wednesday, March 30, at the Simmons Bank Arena parking lot on E. Washington Avenue in North Little Rock.
Pulaski County residents and businesses can bring old, broken, or obsolete electronic items from computers and printers to televisions, copiers, cell phones, and fax machines from 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. both days.
“We call it e-waste,” said Craig Douglass, executive director of the Regional Recycling & Waste Reduction District. “But it is actually not waste at all, because electronic equipment and its component parts can be recycled and re-marketed for the manufacture of new products.” The collection is for residential households, businesses, non-profits, churches, governments, and schools living and doing business in Pulaski County. “According to the EPA, e-waste is the fastest growing municipal waste stream in the country,” Douglass said. “Our e-waste recycling event is designed to take back this equipment and recycle it to get toxic chemicals like lead and mercury out of the waste stream and out of landfills.”
The Regional Recycling & Waste Reduction District in Pulaski County works with the public works departments of Little Rock, North Little Rock, Sherwood, Maumelle, Jacksonville, Wrightsville, and Pulaski County to help protect our shared environment, stimulate the local economy, and conserve resources by empowering Pulaski County residents and businesses to reduce, reuse, and recycle.
For more information and a list of acceptable electronic items that can be dropped off and recycled, consumers, and businesses may go to RecyclingUnplugged.com.
Acceptable items to recycle include:
Computers and Accessories
CRT monitors
LCD displays
CPUs
Laptops
Servers
Switches
UPS systems
Wires and Cables
Keyboards and Mice
Speakers
Hard Drives (all hard drives will be securely destroyed)
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The Regional Recycling District in Pulaski County will hold a free electronics recycling drop-off event on Tuesday, March 29, and Wednesday, March 30, at the Simmons Bank Arena parking lot on E. Washington Avenue in North Little Rock.
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Pulaski County residents and businesses can bring old, broken, or obsolete electronic items from computers and printers to televisions, copiers, cell phones, and fax machines from 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. both days.
“We call it e-waste,” said Craig Douglass, executive director of the Regional Recycling & Waste Reduction District. “But it is actually not waste at all, because electronic equipment and its component parts can be recycled and re-marketed for the manufacture of new products.” The collection is for residential households, businesses, non-profits, churches, governments, and schools living and doing business in Pulaski County. “According to the EPA, e-waste is the fastest growing municipal waste stream in the country,” Douglass said. “Our e-waste recycling event is designed to take back this equipment and recycle it to get toxic chemicals like lead and mercury out of the waste stream and out of landfills.”
The Regional Recycling & Waste Reduction District in Pulaski County works with the public works departments of Little Rock, North Little Rock, Sherwood, Maumelle, Jacksonville, Wrightsville, and Pulaski County to help protect our shared environment, stimulate the local economy, and conserve resources by empowering Pulaski County residents and businesses to reduce, reuse, and recycle.
For more information and a list of acceptable electronic items that can be dropped off and recycled, consumers, and businesses may go to RecyclingUnplugged.com.
Acceptable items to recycle include:
Computers and Accessories
CRT monitors
LCD displays
CPUs
Laptops
Servers
Switches
UPS systems
Wires and Cables
Keyboards and Mice
Speakers
Hard Drives (all hard drives will be securely destroyed)
Audio/Video Equipment
Televisions
Radios
DVD players
VCRs
Stereos
Camcorders
Cameras
Radios
Game systems
Handheld Devices
Cell phones
Pagers
PDAs
Two-way radios
Office Equipment
Fax machines
Copiers
Printers and scanners
Surge protectors
Telephones
Typewriters
Adding machines and calculators
Household Appliances
Microwaves
Coffee makers
Toasters
Hair dryers
Vacuum cleaners