Livingston's .rst 2023 Electronics Recycling and Paper Shredding Event will be held on Saturday, April 15, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., at the Livingston Senior/Community Center, 204 Hillside Avenue. "This is a great event that ouers residents drive-through service to safely dispose of their unwanted electronics and to have their con.dential papers shredded," Livingston Mayor Michael Vieira said.
Under New Jersey state law and the township's recycling ordinance, it is mandatory to recycle electronic items. Electronic items cannot be placed at the curb for pickup the garbage and recycling collection trucks will not take them.
Early Drop-Ou
Early Drop-Ou for electronics only will be available on Thursday, April 13, and Friday, April 14, from 8:30 a.m. to 10 p.m. at the Senior/ Community Center's craft room 1 on the lower level.
Electronics Recycling
The following items will be accepted for electronic and small appliance recycling: cellular telephones (erase hard drive/clear memory); computers and components (erase hard drive/clear memory); copiers; DVD players; electronic games; fax machines; keyboards; laptops; monitors/.at screens (no TVs or screens accepted with broken glass or sharp edges); pagers; PDAs; portable electronic music devices; printers; radios; scanners; stereos; telecom equipment; televisions; typewriters; USB and other cables; and VCRs.
Electronics recycling does not include any appliances, speakers, shredders, heating or cooking devices, or air conditioning units – only circuit boards are recycled, so ordinary electrical items do not qualify.Also excluded from electronics recycling are exercise equipment, alkaline batteries, car batteries, light bulbs, smoke detectors, or household hazardous materials. Check the Township website to find out when and how these items can be recycled.
Light Bulbs
Fluorescent “swirl” bulbs and tubes up to four feet in length are accepted at the Township’s Electronics Recycling Events. Regular “Edison” – incandescent – bulbs are not accepted; dispose of those with regular household garbage.
Paper Shredding
All types of confidential paper documents will be accepted for shredding. These personal paper documents will be shredded and recycled on site at Livingston’s events. There is a limit of five boxes of papers per household, and shredding is for Livingston residents only. Home-based businesses or institutions are not eligible to use this service. Residents are reminded that the following will not be accepted: hard-cover books; three-ring binders; paper clips; CDs; computer disks; Pendaflex-type folders; and other fastened documents.
The shredding trucks fill up quickly, so Livingston residents are to remove pages from plastic binders, and bring only sensitive documents for shredding. Newspapers, magazines and books should always be recycled with regular bi-weekly paper pickup.
Food Drive Drop-Off
The Electronics Recycling Event will also feature a food drive drop-off for Livingston Neighbors Helping Neighbors (LNHN). Food items and paper goods should be put into Karen’s Kart, a collection site named for Karen Garber, who was an active volunteer of both LNHN and the Recycling Committee.
Residents are asked to bring nonperishable items like canned foods, cereal, macaroni and cheese, pasta, peanut butter, snacks and candy, as well as paper goods. Collections will be distributed to local families in need.
No Drop Box for Electronics
Livingston does not have any drop boxes for 24/7 electronics drop-off. Anyone identified disposing of electronics, bulk, metal, bulbs or other items other than at an appropriate event or in the proper manner will be considered dumping illegally and may be subject to fines up to $2,000.
For more information about recycling in Livingston or the recycling events, call Livingston’s recycling coordinator at 973-992-5000 extension 5303 or visit www.livingstonnj. org/Recycling.
Future E-Recycling Dates
The township is planning to provide three total Electronics Recycling and Paper Shredding Events this year. Additional events are scheduled for Sunday, June 11and Saturday, October 14.
For more information, call 973992-5000, extension 5303, or go to www.livingstonnj.org/ElectronicsEvents.
