A free Community Recycle Event will offer Lewis County residents an opportunity to recycle several materials and offer proper disposal for others on Saturday, Aug. 29, at the old Meskill Drop Box site, 3127 state Route 6, Chehalis.
Computer and television recycling, appliance and scrap metal recycling, yard waste drop-off, and household hazardous waste collection will be offered from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. during the event, which is being sponsored by the Lewis County Department of Public Works, Solid Waste Utility.
A truck that will shred sensitive documents will be on site from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Organizers encourage customers to not arrive early so no one is lining up along the highway.
No garbage or paint will be accepted at the event. Customers must be prepared to unload their own vehicles, according to a news release from the Lewis County Department of Public Works, Solid Waste Utility.
All flatscreen televisions, other TVs that are 42 inches or smaller, computer monitors and CPUs will be recycled. Console and cabinet TVs will not be accepted. Each household is limited to two such items.
Unwanted pesticides, lawn or pool chemicals and automotive fluids can be dropped off for free so they can be recycled or disposed of properly. Residential only. No business waste will be accepted. Because this is a remote event, workers will not be able to empty containers brought to the event and return them to customers. Customers must be prepared to leave their containers at the event.
Limits:
• 15 CFL lights
• All automotive fluids: 5 gallons each
• 5 gallons of cooking oil
• No containers larger than 5 gallons
• No paint or PaintCare items. Check PaintCare.org for locations and items.
• No pour off available. Containers must be left at the event.
Any item that is more than 75 percent metal will be accepted. Drain fluids from motors before recycling. Appliances, such as refrigerators, freezers, stoves, washers, dryers, hot water heaters and dishwashers, are accepted, but there is a limit of two large appliances per household. For microwaves, the glass turntable must be removed and thrown away prior to the event.
Refrigerators and freezers must be cleaned out and their doors detached.
Residents may bring grass clippings, leaves and branches and unload them into the container. No plastic bags will be accepted. Residents must empty the contents of yard waste bags into the containers and dispose of bags in curbside garbage containers. No noxious weeds.
Customers may bring in up to three grocery bags of sensitive documents they would like to have shredded for free. The shredded paper will be taken to a paper recycling facility to be made into new paper.
The event is funded in part by a Local Solid Waste and Financial Assistance Grant from the Washington Department of Ecology. Anyone with questions can call 360-740-1451 or email swu@lewiscountywa.gov.
