Freeholder Director Mary Ann O’Brien announced today that County residents will have another opportunity to shred confidential documents and safely dispose of computers and TVs and more on Sunday, May 3rd from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Burlington County Resource Recovery Complex, 22,000 Burlington-Columbus Road in Florence, NJ 08518.
“Our last event in February drew over 1,100 residents bringing in 43,920 pounds of documents for shredding and 23,711 pounds of ‘E-waste’ for recycling,” said Freeholder Director O’Brien. “Volunteers will once again hand at this event to unload cars for residents, providing them advantage of not even having to leave their cars.”
Residents are urged to bring only “confidential” documents for shredding, such as bank and credit card statements, tax returns, papers with account numbers or social security numbers. They will be shredded on-site. They should not bring binders, plastic folders, computer disks or plastic credit cards. Up to four bags or boxes per household will be accepted. Already-shredded paper can also be recycled at this event.
In addition to TVs and computers, accepted E-waste includes laptops, monitors, computer keyboards, mice/cables, printers, desktop copiers, scanners, fax machines, VCR/DVD/MP3 players, cell phones, game consoles and rechargeable batteries. Residents can also bring microwaves, stereos/equipment, record players, vacuum cleaners, irons, toasters, blenders and mixers to be recycled.
This event is for Burlington County residents only. ID is required. No businesses, please. For more information call (609) 499–1001 or email recycle@co.burlington.nj.us
