Household Waste Recycling Drive 2009

NEXT RECYCLING DRIVE DETAILS:

WHEN:

Saturday, July 25th, 2009, 10:00 am - 2:00 pm

WHERE:

Northwest Electrical Contractors’ Parking Lot.  (Former Post Office location)

100 3rd Street East, Downtown Eureka

WHAT:

  • Aluminum Cans
  • Paper: (Examples Follow)
    • Junk Mail
    • Magazines
    • Newspaper
    • Office Paper
  • Plastics #1 (Called PET): (Examples Follow)
    • Water Bottles
    • Soda Bottles
  • Plastics #2 (Called HDPE): (Examples Follow)
    • Milk Jugs
    • Laundry Detergent Bottles
  • Tin Cans: (Examples Follow)
    • Vegetable & Fruit Cans
    • Coffee Cans
  • Cardboard: May now be recycled anytime at the new Stein’s Family Foods located on N. Highway 93, in Eureka.  Two bins are provided on the northeast side of the building.
    • Corrugated Boxes
    • Cereal Boxes (Called Paperboard) etc.
    • Brown Paper Bags
  • E-Waste or Portable Electronics: May be recycled anytime at Big Sky Wireless, The Front Porch and Heidi’s Fitness center, all located on Highway 93, in Eureka.
    • Inkjet cartridges (no laser cartridges please)
    • Cell Phones with Batteries (no chargers please)
    • MP3 Players & IPODS
    • Laptop Computers (no desktops, stand-alone monitors or printers please)
    • Portable DVD Players
    • IPODS
    • DVDs
    • Video Game Consoles
    • Digital Cameras
    • Digital Picture Frames
    • Digital Camcorders
    • Portable GPS Devices
    • Alkaline Batteries
    • Rechargeable Household Tool Batteries (ie: Ni-Cad Drill Batteries)

HOW:

Please rinse all food & beverage containers and here’s the reason why. Anything that contains food or beverage waste will contaminate the recyclable waste stream and will negatively impact the prices brought on the open market. Since Recycle Eureka is funded solely by monetary & material donations, we must be able to maximize the sale of the recycled materials to help sustain the local recycling program.

Aluminum Cans – Rinsed & crushed.

Cardboard – Broken down flat (sorry no pizza boxes). May be commingled.  Effective January 24, 2009, please take all Cardboard to Stein’s.

E-waste - Limited to items listed above.  May be recycled anytime at Big Sky Wireless, The Front Porch & Heidi’s Fitness Center.

Paper - All paper may be commingled. Shredded paper must be in separate plastic bags and tied shut.

Plastics – Rinsed, crushed without lids. #1 and #2 should be separated. Labels may be left on.

Tin Cans – Rinsed, labels may be left on.