Ready to get started on your spring cleaning? Let us help! Area residents are invited to participate in our 9th annual “E-rase your E-waste” Spring Collection event May 10-11 where you can recycle your outdated electronic waste for FREE!
This year’s event features two locations. First up, on Friday and Saturday, May 10-11, Sidney will host regular its e-waste collection at the Richland County Shop, 2140 W. Holly, across from the fairgrounds. Times for the Sidney event are 3 pm to 7 pm on Friday and 9 am to 3 pm on Saturday.
On Saturday morning, May 11, Fairview will host its own first-time event at the city Firehall. Times for the Fairview event are 8 am to Noon, Saturday ONLY. The Fairview event is being held in conjunction with that community’s annual City Wide Cleanup Day. Organizers of that event encourage seniors and others needing help to transport items to call 406-742-5616.
As a convenience, a list of acceptable items and a collection form that can be filled out ahead of time are also available online for download at the Sidney ARS website at http://www.ars.usda.gov/npa/nparl/ewaste. For businesses, schools or others with large amounts to recycle, please contact Jackie Couture at 406-433-9422 to set up an appointment.
In addition to a new site in Fairview, the “E-rase your E-waste” committee has also added a new e-cycler in 2013, Yellowstone E-waste Solutions, out of Billings, MT. “We’ve opted to go with a new e-cycler this year, not because of any issues with our previous provider, but because we want to support development of a home-grown MT e-cycling industry,” E-rase your E-waste Committee co-chair Jackie Couture said. “And we’re able to do it without impacting our primary goal which is to make e-waste recycling readily available for local residents.”
Like the previous e-cycler, Yellowstone will provide their services for FREE, with one small exception. Participants will now need to pay a small fee of $2 if they want the extra security of having their hard drive shredded, rather than just wiped and recycled.
This year’s “E-rase your E-waste” collection efforts are again coordinated by the Richland County Local Emergency Planning Committee, Richland Opportunities, Inc., the Sidney ARS lab, and volunteers with the Retired Seniors Volunteer Program as a way for everyone to dispose of their old, obsolete electronic products in an environmentally friendly manner.
For more information, contact Jackie Couture at 406-433-9422 or Cindy Eleson at 406-488-3341.
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