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Electronics recycling collection attracts hundreds
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Neighbors | Abby Slanker.Working hard to make the Canfield Township and Mahoning County Green Team Electronics Recycling Collection a huge success and standing in front of a long line of cars waiting to donate were, from left, Keith Rogers (Canfield Township administrator), Jake Dunbar (a senior member of the Canfield High School wrestling team), Peg Flynn of the Mahoning County Green Team, Tony Bettile (Canfield Township trustee), and Sam Conner and Anthony Spencer (both senior members of the Canfield High School wrestling team).
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Neighbors | Abby Slanker.Old and broken electronic items which were collected during the Canfield Township and Mahoning County Green Team Electronics Recycling Collection, were loaded into trucks on Sept. 29.
By ABBY SLANKER
Canfield Township and the Mahoning County Green Team collaborated to help keep Mahoning County a little greener and less cluttered. The groups co-sponsored the third annual Electronics Recycling Collection at the Canfield Fairgrounds on Sept. 29.
With hundreds of cars lined up to drive through the Government Building, members of the Canfield High School wrestling team were waiting to unload the electronics from the donators’ cars and trucks. The old and broken electronics were then placed in large boxes on pallets and when the boxes were filled, they were loaded into trucks belonging to Electronic Recycling Services of Bellaire, Ohio.
According to Keith Rogers, Canfield Township administrator, the electronics will be recycled and will stay in Ohio.
“Everything we collect today will stay here. The response had been great. This year is bigger than last year,” Rogers said.
Items collected included computers, TVs, VCRs, vacuum cleaners, microwaves, cell phones, keyboards, stereos, fax machines, printers, desktop copiers and monitors.
Peg Flynn of the Mahoning County Green Team kept traffic moving and directed the cars and trucks to the Government Building.
Tony Bettile, Canfield Township trustee, also was on hand to help with the collection.
“We estimated we had 460-plus cars today dropping off electronics. The collection was free to Mahoning County residents and businesses and they certainly took advantage and we thank them for that,” Bettile said.