Ready For Spring Cleaning? Start By Recycling Those Old Electronic Gadgets

photo credit: Swiatoslaw Wojtkowiak

If you have waited all winter long to de-clutter your home of old or broken computers and other electronic gadgets, you are in luck. 5th Avenue BID has scheduled two e-recycling events at convenient locations, one on March 19th and one the following week, on March 26th.

So, no excuses! Get into spring-cleaning mode and take advantage of these two events.

TWO FREE E-WASTE RECYCLING EVENTS

Rain or Shine

Saturday, March 19, 2011 - 10:00am

JJ Burns Park 5th Avenue b/w 3rd & 4th Streets

AND

Saturday 3/26/11 10am–4pm

5th Avenue b/w Sterling & Douglass Streets

For more information, click here

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Reminder: This Sunday, Electronic Waste Recycling At Prospect Park

photo credit: Swiatoslaw Wojtkowiak

If you got new electronic toys for Christmas and don't want to just throw out the old, you may want to bring it to the Electronic Waste Recycling event in Prospect Park on January 16th. It's a great way to get a green start to 2011.

Reduce, Reuse, Recycle: Renewed for the New Year!

Here's a chance to start off your New Year on the right foot. Or footprint! Whether it's clothes you've been meaning to get rid of, your holiday tree, or that old electronic gadget that you just upgraded, here's a chance to do the right thing with your waste.

Electronic Waste Recycling at Prospect Park

January 16, 2011 | 10:00am - 4:00pm

Prospect Park West and 3rd Street, Brooklyn, NY 11215

info@lesecologycenter.org

The Ecology Center is bringing its 8th Annual "After the Holidays" E-waste Events to Prospect Park this January to help you responsibly dispose of all of your unwanted or broken gadgets. Help us meet our goal of collecting 100 tons this January by spreading the word to your friends and neighbors! A list of acceptable materials can be found here and we accept electronics from households and small businesses (less than 50 employees, please call ahead) as well as not-for-profits. We do not accept home appliances such as microwaves, refrigerators, or air conditioners.

Directions:

Transit: Take the F or G train to 7th Avenue, walk 4 blocks east to Prospect Park West and 6 blocks north to 3rd Street, or take the B67 or B69 bus to 7th Avenue and 3rd Street and walk 4 blocks east.

Driving: Take Prospect Park West south from Grand Army Plaza to 3rd Street, the event will be on the left side of the street or take 3rd Street to the intersection with Prospect Park West and the event will be directly in front of you.

We would like to thank Prospect Park Alliance and the Department of Parks and Recreation for hosting this event and thank Tekserve for sponsoring the event.

REMEMBER: January 16, 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.

Bring your old electronics to Prospect Park West and 3rd St for them to be recycled and kept of out landfills! The Lower East Side Ecology Center is bringing its 8th Annual "After the Holidays" E-waste Event to Prospect Park to help you responsibly dispose of all of your unwanted or broken gadgets. Help them meet their goal of collecting 100 tons this January by spreading the word to your friends and neighbors.

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