SPECIAL RECYCLING COLLECTION FOR
E-WASTE & HHW IN NARRAGANSETT ON MAY 15
RIRRC offers free service
JOHNSTON, R.I. (April 26, 2010) – On Saturday, May 15, Rhode Island Resource Recovery Corporation, together with the Town of Narragansett, will hold a special collection for wastes that cannot be collected curbside or taken to the transfer stations. From 8:00 a.m. until 1:00 p.m. Rhode Islanders can drop off their computers, televisions, and assorted household hazardous waste (HHW) at Narragansett Town Beach in the South Pavilion parking lot.
This program is a free service for all Rhode Island residents, and anyone dropping off hazardous waste will need to make an appointment.
Resource Recovery will accept all sorts of e-waste including any broken and antiquated computer products such as CPUs, monitors, printers, keyboards, laptops, hard drives, scanners, modems, and mouse devices. The corporation recycles the material safely and properly.
Eco-Depot is the popular household hazardous waste program run by RIRRC. Nearly all households have some amount of HHW stored in sheds, garages, and basements. Any product that is flammable, combustible, explosive, toxic, corrosive, poisonous and hazardous to health qualifies as HHW. Examples of common HHW include oil-based paint, fluorescent light bulbs, lawn chemicals, pesticides, antifreeze, pool chemicals, turpentine, muriatic acid, propane gas tanks and fire extinguishers. They are banned from landfill disposal because they can pollute the environment if discarded improperly.
For a complete list of eligible materials, go to www.rirrc.org. On the Web site, you can book an Eco-Depot appointment or call 942-1430 x241. Appointments are not necessary for recycling e-waste.
All Rhode Islanders in need of flood disaster assistance should register with FEMA at www.fema.gov or 1-800-621-3362 (TTY 1-800-462-7585).
Rhode Island Resource Recovery Corporation is the quasi-state environmental agency dedicated to providing the public with environmentally sound programs and facilities to manage waste. The agency helps fund and promote the state’s recycling program, and owns and operates the Materials Recycling Facility and Central Landfill in Johnston.