The East Alabama Recycling Partnership (EARP) will host an Electronics Recycling Event on Saturday, September 13th. Citizens and businesses are encouraged to participate in the countywide event. The event will take place at Saugahatchee Square at 3700 Pepperell Parkway in Opelika. The event will be from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Saugahatchee Square was formerly named Midway Plaza.
The Electronics Recycling Event will provide an opportunity for citizens to dispose of used electronics in an environmentally responsible manner. The following items can be brought to the recycling event: TVs, computers (monitors and drives), small kitchen appliances, video games, cords, cell phones, DVD players, tapes and more. There is no
EARP works with CompuPoint, of Norcross, Georgia, to recycle the obsolete items. For those concerned with the privacy of recycling computers, CompuPoint uses Declassify from Mares Software which runs seven pass on each hard drive. This ensures there is no recovery of data. For more information on CompuPoint, see www.compupointusa.com.
Citizens will also have the opportunity to bring papers for on-site shredding. There is a 10 box limit per vehicle. Canned foods will also be collected for the East Alabama Food The East Alabama Recycling Partnership is composed of Auburn University, City of Auburn, City of Opelika, and Lee County. The group was formed in 2009 in effort to combine resources and expertise with plans to create a combined recycling program. For more information about the upcoming Electronics Recycling Event, contact Tipi Miller, Director of Keep Opelika Beautiful, at kob@opelika.com. (Photo Copyright: George Tsartsianidis)
From the Archives — originally published on the Opelika Daily News on September 4, 2014. View the original page.
