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Electronics, Document Shredding, Plastics & Styrofoam Recycling Event Sept 14

Released August 21, 2024 04:05 PM

Come support the City of Alpharetta and the Alpharetta Natural Resources Commission (NRC) for community recycling collections on Saturday, September 14th, 2024. The collections will be at Alpharetta’s Public Works Department, 1790 Hembree Road, Alpharetta, Georgia from 8:30am to Noon. North Fulton businesses and residents will be able to recycle electronics, documents for shredding, select hard to recycle plastics, and packaging Styrofoam®.

 
ELECTRONICS

Alpharetta has teamed up with Atlanta Recycling Solutions to collect electronics for recycling. The event is designed to give residents and businesses the opportunity to properly recycle and safely dispose of unwanted electronics. Atlanta Recycling Solutions recycles everything they accept.

Please see the attached list of acceptable items that are free of charge. Please note that there will be cash charge for:

  • Acceptable televisions $30.00 each
  • CRT Devices               $30.00 each
    • Projection TVs            $50.00 each

Items Accepted-Electronics Recycling

No console units, projection TVs, or TV tubes are accepted. (Please note that ARS is only able to accept cash for these items.) We request that businesses with a large amount of electronics to recycle contact Atlanta Recycling Solutions directly at (678) 566-6665 to discuss pick up options.

 

DOCUMENT SHREDDING

This shredding and recycling collection will offer residents and small businesses the opportunity to safely discard confidential documents using a mobile, on-site shredding truck. Residents can have comfort knowing that the shredded materials will be recycled into new paper without risk of their confidential information falling into the wrong hands. There’s no need to remove the staples, paper clips, rubber bands and sticky notes from your files. Please do remove any larger binders or metal items. No Hard drives! There is a strict five boxes limit per household/business. NOTE: Should the truck fill before noon this collection will end.

 

The Alpharetta Natural Resources Commission is requesting that participants enhance this act of “giving back” by bringing a canned food item per box brought for shredding.  All collected food items will be dispersed to neighbors through the North Fulton Community Charities Food Bank. Participants are asked to remain in their vehicle. We will unload for you.

 

NEW!

Plastics and Styrofoam®

This collection will also include certain plastics and Styrofoam® that are not accepted curbside. Clean and dry plastics containers with number 1, 2 (e.g., fruit / egg clamshells) and 5, 6 (yogurt, butter, Tupperware® containers) will be accepted. Containers must be separated by numbers and clearly marked for quick visual inspection.  Any white colored packaging Styrofoam®, free of any tape, will be accepted. Colored Styrofoam®, packing peanuts or takeout food containers will not be accepted at this event.

Note: #1 PET bottles, #2 HDPE jugs and bottles will not be accepted at this event. Please continue to recycle those in your curbside container.

 

Glass Bottles

The Alpharetta Public Works Department has a permanent glass recycling drop-off in the front parking lot. It is important to note that only clean glass beverage and food containers can be dropped off at the 1790 Hembree Road location. 

Glass Bottle Recycling

 

For more information about this event please contact Terry Porter at tporter@alpharetta.ga.us or (678) 297-6213.