Recycling event [Mar 2]

via City of Decatur

Free curbside recycling for all

DeKalb County Commissioners have voted to make the recycling program free for all residents. The AJC reports that

The current recycling rate has already added 16 years to the 70-year life expectancy of the landfill. Continue reading @ AJC. 

New subscribers still need to contact the sanitation department to be added to the pick-up (404-294-2900 or sanitation@co.dekalb.ga.us).

For additional information on DeKalb's recycling program see the County's recycling brochure (pdf file). The County accepts all grades of paper (from plain to glossy, from junk mail to phone books to cardboard), all glass, and CLEAN plastic containers (coded 1-7). Pick-up is on Wednesdays.

Recycling event [May 12]

See flyer below for more details.

May 12, 9am - 1pm @ Decatur First United Methodist Church (downtown Decatur)

Click to enlarge or see pdf here.

Spring cleaning, anyone? Yard sales & recycling coming up... [March 10 and on]

Time for a little spring cleaning and sprucing up? Mark your calendar because...

SALES (Saturday, March 10) 

1. Estate Sale to benefit Angels Among Us Pet Rescue and Second Life Animal Rescue Thrift Store. Saturday March 10
9am and 4pm
846 Gaylemont Circle

2. Multi-home garage sale
Saturday March 10 
8am sharp (no early birds!)
@ corner of Suzanne and Eastway

3. Children's consignment sale
March 9 (9am-4pm) & 10 (9am-2pm). Shop for clothes, toys, books and everything you need for your child / teenager. Sizes are newborn thru junior size clothes.
Location: Decatur First United Methodist at 300 E Ponce De Leon Avenue, Decatur, GA

RECYCLING OPPORTUNITIES

Electronics recycling @ City of Decatur [March 17]

Styrofoam recycling & paper shredding @ City of Decatur [March 31]

Electronics recycling @ DeKalb County [year-round]

Mobile phone recycling @ DeKalb County [year-round]

Styrofoam and Paint Disposal, Electronics Recycling & Paper Shredding by City of Atlanta [every 2nd Saturday]

And don't forget this awesome list that Jean Cohen put together last fall for the MANA yard sale, which lists locations where you can drop off donations and recyclables year-round.

Electronics recycling [Oct 29]

In case you still have some old electronics sitting around after the yard sale, here's two ways to send them to a better place:

Keep DeKalb Beautiful's electronics recycling program has two year-round drop-off locations. Visit their website for details.

Items NOT accepted by DeKalb include: televisions, vacuum cleaners, refrigerators, washers, dryers, freezers, de-humidifiers or humidifiers, and gas-powered equipment

If you prefer a more festive "recycling day!" atmosphere, try the City of Decatur's Electronics Recyling Day on October 29. Decatur advises that

Almost anything with an electrical cord can be recycled at the event EXCEPT microwave ovens, furniture, light fixtures, household appliances, lamps, vacuum cleaners. ... We will recycle television sets for $10 exact change.

Hazardous waste disposal [Oct 1]

DeKalb Co. santation and Keep DeKalb Beautiful are sponsoring a hazardous waste event on Oct. 1, same day as the EPIC MANA/CHCA Yard Sale... so plan accordingly!

8 a.m. — 12 Noon
DeKalb County Sanitation Division
Central Transfer Station
3720 Leroy Scott Drive
Decatur, GA 30030

Materials accepted:
Aerosols
Mercury
Batteries
Adhesives
Flammables
Lawn-care products
Automotive products
Fluorescent bulbs
Photo chemicals
Hobby and artists supplies
Paints and paint-related products
Cleaners and swimming pool chemicals

Materials NOT accepted:
Agricultural wastes
Ammunition
Bio-hazardous/Bio-medical waste
Explosives
Non-hazardous waste
Pharmaceuticals
Radioactive material

For more information, see their flyer.