Do not throw away your electronics, you will simply spend years in landfills where poisonous chemicals are filtered. And throwing confidential documents into your selective classification can jeopardize your non-public information.
Instead, bring “electronic waste” and old documents to the annual loose recycling tank day (for e-waste and paper shredding) on Saturday at Holmes High School.
“Many electronics involve destructive chemicals such as lead, cadmium and mercury that, if buried in a landfill, will contaminate the soil and our water supply,” said Shannon Ratterman, who works heavily with Keep Covington Beautiful (KCB) at the Center for Great Quartiers. KCB is the occasion in partnership with the Covington City centre and city.
Now in its fifth year, the recycling opportunity kept 19,291 pounds of e-waste and paper out of landfills last year alone.
Two things are another this year:
First, Blair Technology Group, a Latonie-based company that reconditions computers and is in fact the country’s first microsoft product legal refurbisher, will check the appliance to see if anything can be reused for the ongoing Covington Connect virtual capital initiative, he said. Kurt Reynolds, your CEO. (To learn more about Covington Connect, click here).
And second, due to the pandemic, there will be protective protocols: Have appliances in the trunk of your car when you prevent and stay in your car while volunteers dressed in masks and gloves take it off.
Ratterman said electronic devices will be recycled through Cleanlites, which dismantles and disposes of e-waste. Shred It, a company qualified through the National Information Destruction Association, will be responsible for shredding confidential documents and recycling them on new paper.
What can I get?
Do not bring:
Covington officials say the event demonstrates the City’s commitment to recycling and ongoing efforts to educate and engage residents and businesses.
“The occasion for e-waste turns out to be gaining popularity every year. We found that maximum citizens need to dispose of problem waste properly, and this time it’s helping them do so,” said Stephanie Bacher, Covington’s Solid Waste and Recycling Manager. “This is an integral component of Solid Waste Recycling’s ongoing efforts to reduce the volume of Covington’s waste flow and dispose of hazardous materials.”
Recycling in Covington is on the rise. The citizens of Covington recycled nearly 2,400 tons of waste in the year ended June 30, helping waste sent to landfills.
From the city of Covington
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