The Village Goes Green Initiative invites residents in single-family homes, condominiums and apartments and local businesses to participate in this free event. The Electronic Recycling drive-through drop-off location will be at the West Enid Drive on-street parking zone between the Village Hall parking lot and the Winn-Dixie building. Look for a tent and lift-gate truck belonging to EScrap, the Village vendor, between Village Green Way and Fernwood Road. The drop-off zone is designed for access from the east (from Crandon Blvd or Village Green Way) and will be delineated with barricades and cones.
The list of items that can be recycled is as follows:
- Computers and peripherals: hard drives, main frames, laptops, keyboards, printers, scanners, cables, chargers, modems, hubs, PC and laptop batteries and glass-bearing CRT monitors
- Glass-bearing TVs
- Media players: VHS, DVD, CD, tape decks, audio receivers, MP3 players, iPods, chargers, cables
- Copiers, fax machines, telecommunication systems
- Land phones, cell phones, PDAs and chargers
- Mercury-bearing devices and batteries including fluorescent lamps, ballasts, capacitors, 4-foot lamps, over 4-foot lamps, U-shaped and circular lamps, UV-fluorescent lamps, neon lamps, HID lamps, HPS lamps
- Alkaline batteries (A3, AZ, C+D), lead-acid batteries (car-dry or wet), lithium batteries, non-lithium batteries: not to exceed 10 pounds
Unacceptable items include white goods such as ranges, washers, dryers, dishwashers and refrigerators; household electrical equipment such as irons, toasters, microwaves, hair dryers; tools; and wood console TVs and projector TVs.