MAHONING COUNTY Green Team sets collection dates, sites

An official says the collection gets bigger each year.
By BOB JACKSON
VINDICATOR COURTHOUSE REPORTER
YOUNGSTOWN -- Mahoning County residents who have old, unused household appliances and metal to get rid of soon will be able to do so.
The county recycling division, known as the Green Team, will hold its annual appliance collection roundup next Saturday through May 8. Items can be dropped of at one of six collection sites around the county, said Director Timothy Berlekamp.
He said the household appliance and metal collection has grown considerably over each of the past five years or so.
"Last year, in Boardman alone, we had more than 400 units that we removed Freon from," Berlekamp said. "That doesn't even include all the other items that were dropped off."
Items that will be accepted include refrigerators, stoves, clothes washers, air conditioners, dishwashers, freezers, dehumidifiers, microwave ovens, copper wiring, plumbing, hot water tanks, aluminum siding and other small metal appliances.
Berlekamp said there is no charge for having Freon removed from the appliances. Green Team staff members have been trained to remove and dispose of the liquid, he said.
Collection sites
County residents can transport and unload their appliances and metal at one of the following locations:
UBerlin Township Hall, U.S. Route 224, Berlin Center.
UBoardman Township (road department) salt dome, 8299 Market St., Boardman.
UCoitsville Township road department, 3737 McCartney Road, Coitsville.
UGoshen Township recycling center, 12649 Seacrist Road, Salem.
UGreen Township Hall, 12184 Lisbon St., Greenford.
USebring road department, 800 N. 18th St.
The collection sites will not accept electronic household items such as televisions, radios, stereos, VCRs and computers, Berlekamp said. A separate collection for those items will be June 26.
bjackson@vindy.com