Hazelwood Electronic Recycle Drive Is Today

From 8:30 a.m. to Noon, come out and drop off all of those unwanted electrical

Hazelwood Hosting an Electronics Waste
 Recycling Drive at St. Louis Outlet Mall Saturday

Local residents are encouraged to get plugged into the national celebration of American recycling by bringing their unwanted electronics to this event.

Do a final swoop of the house before Christmas and get rid of that old junk cluttering your closets. The City of Hazelwood's Green Committee, along with the Hazelwood School District and Allied Waste, is hosting a community Recycle Day at St. Louis Outlet Mall Saturday. Hours are from 8 a.m. to Noon. The event will take place on the parking lot in front of IceZone. There is no charge to drop-off items.  National Efforts Hazelwood's event coincides with the Keep America Beautiful’s America Recycles Day, which is held annually on November 15, and celebrates the benefits of recycling. Items to Bring Anything with a power cord or battery will be accepted. This includes: computers; monitors; printers; TVs; VCR/DVD players; stereos/boom boxes; …

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83 Tons of Hazelwood 'Trash' Disappears in 6 Hours

Hazelwood's second annual Recycle Day gives residents the opportunity to dump large unwanted items for free.

Sometimes a little push is needed to get rid of the old junk that collects dust in the home. Or maybe just a little incentive, like a free place to drive up, dump the trash and not think twice. The City of Hazelwood offered this opportunity to its residents earlier in the month on June 4, and residents jumped at the opportunity. "We’re still trying to get some numbers from a couple of the participating vendors for Saturday’s “Recycle Day,”' said Hazelwood communications coordinator Tim Davidson. "But preliminary results indicate that we serviced 616 cars and collected 79.5 tons of recyclable items." Davidson also said about 10 tons of items dropped off were appliances, lawn equipment and bulky items. "Thirty (30) tons were TVs, video …

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Hazelwood Recycle Day is Saturday

In an effort to reduce items sent to landfills, Hazelwood's Green Committee is sponsoring a day of recycling at St. Louis Mills for electronics and other items.

The City of Hazelwood is giving residents a call to action to clean out the clutter in their homes and bring their unwanted appliances, electronics and other recyclable items to the community's annual "Recycle Day" at St. Louis Mills Saturday. Hours are from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Last year, 706 vehicles drove through the even area and dropped off nearly 80 tons of recyclable items. The City of Hazelwood in partnership with its Green Committee is sponsoring this ecological event. The focus is to "save the planet by helping to reduce the need for more landfills." Many items being dumped in landfills today can be recycled, reused for educational purposes, or re-conditioned to be sold back to consumers, and that's where the city's event partners …

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Candace Jarrett

5:13 pm on Tuesday, May 29, 2012

It really is a great opportunity if you think about it. You'd have to pay your trash company to take some of these things off your hands and it wouldn't be recycled. It would go in a landfill.   more ›