Recycling electronic waste not only conserves landfill space, but also helps recover important natural resources, like silver and gold, for reuse, the city’s manager of environmental services said.

That’s why the city issued an invite to everyone in the community to participate in the free electronic equipment recycling day Oct. 21 from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m., and Oct. 22, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. beside Wal-Mart at 1349 Lasalle Blvd.

“This helps conserve energy and raw materials needed to manufacture new electronic equipment,” Chantal Mathieu, the city’s manager of environmental services, said in a press release.

Residents are asked to bring their unwanted eWaste, such as personal computers (including keyboards and mice); mini-computers and components; mainframe computers and components; printers, scanners, drives and modems; telecommunications equipment (switchgear, switches and relays).

Other items that can be recycled include instruments and controls (electronic thermostats, recorders, meters etc.); electronic relays; telephones (mobile/cellular and “hardwire”); electronic pagers; fax machines; electronic medical equipment (diagnostic and monitoring); photocopiers and printing/plotting equipment; electronic calculators; radio and stereo equipment; televisions; electronic cash registers; video games consoles (Xbox, Playstationetc.); digital cameras and VCRs.

Residents are reminded that they may drop off their unwanted electronics at one of the city’s landfill diversion sites, which are open Monday to Saturday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Posted by Heather Green-Oliver