Professional Organizer Washington DC, Virginia, Maryland Scott Roewer's organizing blog DeClutterYou » Electronics Recycling http://www.declutteryou.com Brought to you by Scott Roewer of Solutions by Scott Thu, 21 Jul 2011 13:00:09 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.5 Electronics Recycling in Montgomery County Maryland – This Weekend! http://www.declutteryou.com/2009/07/electronics-recycling-in-montgomery-county-maryland-this-weekend/ http://www.declutteryou.com/2009/07/electronics-recycling-in-montgomery-county-maryland-this-weekend/#comments Tue, 21 Jul 2009 15:33:38 +0000 DeClutterYou http://www.declutteryou.com/?p=1127 In April 2008, the Consumer Electronics Association published a Market Research Report called: Trends in CE Reuse, Recycle and Removal which reported the average American Household has 24 electronic products per household. I don’t know about you, but as I look around my apartment, I have MANY more then 24! With that said, when it is time to recycle the items, we all must do our part to recycle the electronics.

This weekend, Montgomery County Division of Solid Waste Services is hosting another FREE electronics recycling event.

Sunday, July 26, 2009, 12:00 noon to 4:00 p.m.
Sherwood High School
300 Olney-Sandy Spring Road
Sandy Spring, MD 20860

(The event will be held in the parking lot behind the school and near the school’s stadium.)
They also accept electronics daily at their Solid Waste Transfer Station.
Full electronics drop-off event collection schedule can be found on their website.
Accepted items include:

    small electronic appliances
    calculators
    camcorders
    CDs and floppy disks
    CD players
    cell phones
    computers and computer-related products
    consumer electronics
    copiers
    cords and cables (including chargers)
    digital cameras
    electronic typewriters
    fax machines
    microwave ovens
    monitors
    personal digital assistant equipment
    printers
    projection equipment
    scanners
    telephones
    small electronic toys
    televisions
    VCRs

If you’re curious what exactly happens to the items after they’re collected – read this post.

]]> http://www.declutteryou.com/2009/07/electronics-recycling-in-montgomery-county-maryland-this-weekend/feed/ 0 Free Electronics Recycling in Montgomery County http://www.declutteryou.com/2008/12/free-electronics-recycling-in-montgomery-county/ http://www.declutteryou.com/2008/12/free-electronics-recycling-in-montgomery-county/#comments Wed, 03 Dec 2008 01:13:04 +0000 Scott Roewer http://www.declutteryou.com/?p=667 I often find dead electronic laying around the homes of my clients.  You can’t donate them, you don’t want to fill the landfills, so you need to recycle the electronics, right?  According to the site, Earth911, ‘e-waste is growing at three times the rate of other municipal waste and e-waste may be responsible for as much as 70% of the heavy metals in landfills, including 40 % of all lead.’  That’s insane, people!

There is a free electronics recycling event on December 14th in Bethesda, Maryland.  Now is your chance to make a difference.

The event is from 12 PM – 4 PM at Walt Whitman High School.  I recommend you get there early. Accepted items include:

Calculators Small Appliances
Camcorders Fax Machines
CDs & Floppy disks PDAs
CD Players Microwave Ovens
Cell Phones Printers
Computers & Computer-Related Products Projection Equipment
Consumer Electronics Scanners
Copiers Telephones
Cords, Cables & Chargers Small Toys
Digital Cameras Televisions (limit 3)
Electronic Typewriters VCRs (not the tapes)

If you can’t make it on December 14th, the Shady Grove Transfer Station has electronics recycling every day for Montgomery County residents!  No need to wait for those special monthly collection events.   There is a limit of three TV’s per drop off.

Shady Grove Solid Waste Transfer Station
16101 Frederick Rd
Derwood, MD 20855

* Please use the Car Entrance to the facility.
* Open daily 9:00 AM. to 5 PM (Sunday – Saturday)
* Household Hazardous Waste can only be received during these hours — please do not drop off this
material at other times.
* These hours are only for Montgomery County residents – sorry business owners.

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