KAtlB Community Recycling Center

Old Fourth Ward

320 Irwin St.

Atlanta, GA 30312

Keep Atlanta Beautiful Accepts Electronics, Paper and Styrofoam at New Community Recycling Center in Old Fourth Ward

ATLANTA, GA (October 13, 2011) Keep Atlanta Beautiful’s (KAtlB) popular electronics recycling collection now accepts paper and  post consumer polystyrene, popularly known as styrofoam, at its new location in Atlanta’s Old Fourth Ward neighborhood. The KAtlB Community Recycling Center (KCRC) expanded its collection site in September to the former Walden Middle School after it outgrew the parking lot at Grady High School where the eScrap collection had taken place since April of 2008.  Collection days are now every 2nd Saturday of the month from 10am - 3pm.  The new location offers easy access from the 75/85 connector and its size lends itself to future expansion of the program.  

October 8 marked the first addition to the program-- secure document and paper shredding  courtesy of Iron Mountain which is AAA certified by the National Association for Information Destruction.  Type of paper accepted for shredding are household documents, newspapers and magazines. Not accepted at this time is cardboard or any kind of boxboard as used in food packaging.  Please no plastic, large binders or metal clips.

The November 12 KCRC collection adds post-consumer polystyrene foam courtesy of DART Container Corporation.  Residents are asked to follow these guidelines before bringing their foam for recycling:
• Make sure foam has the 6 symbol on it
• Rinse cups/containers
• NO straws, lids, tape or stickers
• NO foam peanuts or insulation material

Creative Recycling Solutions, the EPA certified recycling company which collects the eScrap, recycles nearly  10,000 pounds per month of obsolete computers, monitors, handheld devices, TVs and more at the monthly  event. At the August 20 event, the last at Grady High School, more than 17,000 lbs of electronics were collected, a record number.

“The event has grown so popular that it could no longer be contained in the Grady High School parking lot space.  We are grateful to Atlanta Public Schools for working with us by providing the space to grow this program.  As a resident, I’m personally very happy that this resource is now available to us in the City.  Demand for these kinds of services will only continue to grow and Keep Atlanta Beautiful will continue to lead the effort to make recycling in Atlanta easy and commonplace. -- Peggy Denby, Executive Director of Keep Atlanta Beautiful. 

Sponsorship and signage opportunities are available for the new location. Those interested should contact Ms. Denby, peggydenby@keepatlantabeautiful.org , 404-249-5853

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ACCEPTED ITEMS:
Office and Household Papers  •  Magazines •  Newspaper  • Number 6 Polystyrene Foam Containers and Packaging  • Personal Computers • Monitors • LCD Screen/Flat Screen Monitors • VCRs • Radios • Stereos • DVD Players • Microwaves • Power Supplies • Rechargeable Batteries • Vacuums • Banking Equipment • Telephones • Pagers • Networking Equipment • Laptops • Keyboards • Mice • Power Cables • Medical Equipment (Non-Hazardous) • Printers • Copy Machines • Fax Machines • Cell Phones • Transformers • Scanners • Portable Electronic Devices • Servers • HUBS • Ink Cartridges • Toner Cartridges • Remotes • Modems • Projectors • Cameras • Shredders
NOTE: There is a $10 processing charge for televisions-cash only

NOT ACCEPTED:
Cardboard  •  Boxboard  •  Plastic  • Glass  • Aluminum  •  Refrigerators • Washing Machines • Clothes Dryers • Dish Washers • Mercury Containing Devices (Thermometers, Fire Alarms) • Hazardous Chemicals/Materials • Light Bulbs • Florescent tubes • Bio-Waste • Scrap Metal  • Tires •

DIRECTIONS:

• Travelling North on Boulevard - turn left (west) on to Irwin Street, the school is 0.3 mi on the right.
• Travelling South on Boulevard - turn right (west) on to Irwin Street, the school is 0.3 mi on the right.
• Travelling North on I-75/85 (also from I-20 merge on to the connector) take the Edgewood Avenue exit/EXIT 248B toward Auburn Avenue/JW Dobbs Avenue; stay straight to go onto Fort Street NE; 2nd right onto Irwin Street/JWDobbs Ave, NE., the school will be on the left - less than 1/2 mile from the Exit.  Entrance to school is at the traffic light at Hilliard.
• Travelling South on  I-75/85, take the JW Dobbs Exit, EXIT 248D, toward Jesse Hill Dr/Auburn Ave; take next left onto JWDobbs Avenue; continue straight under the overpass, the school is on the left - less than 1/2 mile from the Exit.  Entrance to school is at the traffic light at Hilliard.


Background:  

Part of our mission has always been to beautify the city by being tough on litter, but we recently realized we had a huge opportunity and duty to expand our mission to include education and awareness about waste minimization and recycling. According to a recent report from the Computer Equipment Disposal and Recycling Council there are at least 4.4 million PCs and 8 million TVs in the 3 million households in the Georgia. With the rapid pace of new technology and TV stations converting to digital broadcast the accumulation of obsolete electronics is becoming an increasing problem. Currently, Georgia law does not ban landfill disposal of e-waste coming from residential sources, although some landfills will not accept them. The improper disposal of eScrap, which contains such toxic substances as lead and mercury, may have serious implications on public health and the health of our environment.