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Now Collecting eScrap Every Month
No longer will residents have to wait until a special spring or fall collection of proper disposal. Clean Green Rush is now partnering with Shares, Inc. to collect electronics (anything with a circuit board) for recycling at the Tox-Away Center on Smiley Avenue in Rushville on the first Saturday morning of every month. Residents will still be asked to pay $5 for a monitor; $10 for a television 27” and under; and $20 for a television over 27”; all other electronics wil be accepted at no cost.
Rush County residents have been Living Sustainably and “doing the right thing” in recycling electronics since January 2007 when they enthusiastically sup1ported the first eScrap recycling event and those special collections that have followed collecting nearly 65 tons over the past three and a halaf years.
Beginning January 1, 2011, Indiana households, public schools, and small businesses will no longer be able to mix unwanted computer monitors computer, televisions, printers, computer peripherals (such as keyboards and mice), DVD players, video cassette recorders, or fax machines with municipal waste that is intended for disposal at a landfill or intended for disposal by burning or incineration. This disposal prohibition can be found in Indiana Code 13-20-5. The City of Rushville didn’t wait for legislation to “do the right thing” and has refused pickup of electronics with trash for over a year now.
The recycling of eWaste/eScrap is a new endeavor for Shares, Inc. and start-up has begun at their plant on Elston Drive in Shelbyville where their confidential document shredding operation is also located. Shares, Inc. is a unique not-for-profit operation that employs and educates people with disabilities from throughout Central Indiana. As a not-for-profit company, their customers can take pride in knowing that their revenues funnel right back into the community through the various services that enrich the lives of the disabled.
“I am excited about this partnership with Shares, Inc. “ said Carole Yeend, director of Clean Green Rush. “We have been working with Shares Shredding for over a year in collecting paper for recycling from schools in Rush County. It is a program that has been well-received in the schools and benefits those in our community with disabilities. What a win-win! I believe electronics recycling will be an even greater success.”
If you need more information, contact Carole Yeend at 765-938-1342 or by email: recycling@rushcounty.in.gov.
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Be Careful what you put Recycling Drop-off Containers.
