It’s time to Clean Up and Green Up! On Sunday, March 14th, Daylight Savings time begins. Fox 32 and the Michigan Green Consortium are asking you take the time to do something nice for yourself and the environment. On Sunday, March 14th come to the City Market Parking Lot B in downtown Traverse City from 10am to 2pm to recycle your unwanted items. The following items will be taken free of charge:
#1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6 and #7 plastics
Air conditioners
Alarm clocks - wall clocks
All colored glass bottles
Aluminum
Asphalt*
Batteries - Automotive
Batteries - Alkaline
Batteries – Nickel Cadmium
Batteries - Power tool
BBQ grills (no propane tanks)
Books
Bubble wrap
Cameras
Cardboard
Cell phones
Clean, reusable building materials
Concrete*
Computer monitors
Computer printers
Computer scanners
Computers laptops
Confidential documents
Curling irons
Dehumidifiers
Drycleaner’s bags
Extension Cords
File folders
Fire extinguishers
Freezers
Hair driers
Hot water heaters
Humidifiers
Lawn mowers
Light bulbs: fluorescent
Light bulbs - compact florescent
Magazines
Metal
Microwave ovens
Newspaper
Ovens
Paper
Plastic film
Plastic grocery bags
Plastic landscaping pots
Plastic lawn edging
Printer ink cartridges
Radios
Reading glasses; bifocals, spectacles
Refrigerators
Shoes (pairs please)
Small electronics
Styrofoam Packing peanuts
Styrofoam - #6 PS (clean white Styrofoam)
Styrofoam - Expanded polystyrene (EPS)
Toasters
Typewriters
VHS tapes and cassettes
Washing machines and dryers
Wine Bottles
Wire hangers
The following will not be accepted: obvious trash, television sets or television monitors, single-pane windows, insulation materials, fuels or hazardous chemicals.
The first 400 recyclers will receive a free Compact Florescent Light Bulb!
For a full list of recyclable items and more information
click here.