Volunteers from Keep Dalton-Whitfield Beautiful and the Dalton-Whitfield Solid Waste Authority help a resident unload their tree for recycling
Save the date for Keep Dalton-Whitfield Beautiful’s Annual Bring One for the Chipper Event. Over the years, this event has recycled hundreds of live Christmas trees and multiple tons of electronics.
Recycle live, natural, undecorated Christmas tree after the holiday season and used electronic devices at The Home Depot on 875 Shugart Road on Saturday, Jan. 8. From 9 a.m.-12 p.m. volunteers will be on site to collect natural trees and electronics for recycling.
The site will also be collecting flattened cardboard boxes as it did last year for the first time. For those with big cardboard boxes that won’t fit in a curbside bin, flatten them out and bring them along.
There is no charge for trees and most electronics. The only fee is a $10 fee for CRT, or Cathode Ray Tube, television sets and computer monitors. Typical CRT TVs have four to eight pounds of lead in them requiring them to have extra-special handling when they are being recycled and results in a higher cost.
Please remove all ornaments and the base from trees. Electronics will be sent to a third-party recycler. Volunteers will not be removing any data from the devices before sending them onto recycling. Please make sure to wipe the data from laptops, phones, etc. before dropping off.
Participant have their pick of seed packets while supplies last and will remain in their car to help the event remain safe.
Thank you to the following event sponsors and organizers: Keep Dalton-Whitfield Beautiful, Whitfield County Public Works, Dalton-Whitfield Solid Waste Authority, and The Home Depot.
For more information or if you want to volunteer at the event call (706) 278-5001, or visit Keep Dalton-Whitfield Beautiful online: http://www.keepdaltonwhitfieldbeautiful.org