Decatur Electronics Recycling Tomorrow

Decatur Metro | October 23, 2009

Have you always been able to drop off batteries?

From the city’s website…

[Decatur Electronics Recycling] takes place Saturday, October 24, 2009 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Decatur High School Parking lot, on the corner of N. McDonough St. and W. Howard Avenue. Electronics dropped off that day will be sorted and disassembled into raw materials or cleaned for re use.

In addition to electronics, any metro area resident can also drop off batteries of any type.

Almost anything with an electrical cord can be recycled at the event EXCEPT microwave ovens, furniture, light fixtures, household appliances, lamps, vacuum cleaners..

TV’s will be recycled for $10 cash only with exact change.

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8 Responses to “Decatur Electronics Recycling Tomorrow”

  1. Nancy Wilkinson says:
    October 23, 2009 at 1:24 pm

    Darn – if they were doing it after Halloween I’ll have a bagful of batteries. The talking blinking scary things in my yard are eating batteries like circus peanuts. Slowly converting the battery-eaters to low-voltage power but there are so many other fun projects to work on.

  2. Carl says:
    October 23, 2009 at 4:46 pm

    RE: dropping off batteries. Yes, that’s been my primary use of the Electronics Recycling Day in past years (before national retailers began accepting them every day).

    • Trudy says:
      October 23, 2009 at 6:48 pm

      Hi Carl – which national retailers in Decatur accept batteries? I didn’t realize…

      Thanks!

  3. chris says:
    October 23, 2009 at 7:52 pm

    You can drop off any kind of battery (even big ones like car batteries) anytime at Batteries Plus,
    The closest one to Decatur is on Lawrenceville Hwy just inside the perimeter. Regular business hours. They are open on SAturdays. I am not sure about Sunday.

  4. smalltowngal says:
    October 23, 2009 at 8:21 pm

    In the past they’ve also accepted styrofoam, which our recycling contractor doesn’t. Hope that’s the case this time, too.

  5. Barry says:
    October 24, 2009 at 1:50 pm

    The City of Decatur recycling contractor states that that *do* take styrofoam, and any other plastic marked with the little symbol and number.

    That is, if you’re in the city, styrofoam is OK, so long as it has the markings.

    The recycling “user guide” PDF is at this page: http://www.decaturga.com/cgs_citysvcs_sfm_recycling.aspx.