If you count yourself among those who continually find out that there was an excellent recycling event at hand where you could get ride of lots of things hanging around your house, garage or basement and you missed it…put this on your calendar right now.
For the final time this year, Berrien County residents can recycle household chemicals, home medical waste, electronics, and even get their personal documents shredded all in one place on Saturday, October 13th, from 8 am to 12 Noon.
The community recycling event takes place at the Southeast Berrien County Landfill Recycling Center at 3200 Chamberlain Road in Buchanan.
There is a fee of $10 per computer monitor and $20 per television, which is due at the event. All other accepted items will be collected at no charge, however donations are appreciated and accepted to help defray collection costs for each of these events hosted by the county’s environmental property management team.
Examples of items accepted at this event include:
- Oil-based paint
- Used motor oil
- Antifreeze
- Gasoline
- Pesticides and yard chemicals
- Cleaners
- Unwanted pills
- Medical sharps
- Batteries of all sizes
- Computers
- Televisions
- Printers
- Small and large appliances
Personal documents are accepted for on-site shredding. A complete list of accepted items is posted at www.berriencounty.org where you can click Recycling Services for considerably more detail, or you can call Jill Adams, in the Berrien County Parks Department at 983-7111 x8234.
The October 13th collection is the final Berrien County Community Recycling event of the year. The next event is scheduled for April of 2019.
