Livingston will hold its first free Electronics Recycling and Paper Shredding Event of the year on Saturday April 13, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Livingston Senior/Community Center. 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.
Electronics Recycling
The following items will be accepted for electronics recycling: cellular telephones (erase hard drive and clear memory); computers and components (erase hard drive and clear memory); copiers; DVD players; electronic games; fax machines; keyboards; laptops; monitors, flat screens, and televisions (as long as they are unbroken and have no sharp edges); pagers; PDAs; portable electronic music devices; printers; radios; scanners; stereos; telecom equipment; typewriters; USP and other cables; and VCRs.
Electronics will be accepted whether they are working or not.
Exercise equipment, alkaline batteries, car batteries, light bulbs, smoke detectors, or household hazardous materials cannot be recycled at this event.
Early Drop Off
Early drop off for electronics only will be available on Thursday, April 11 and Friday, April 12, from 8:30 a.m. to 10 p.m. at the Livingston Senior/Community Center’s lower level Craft Room 1.
Light Bulbs
Unbroken fluorescent “swirl” bulbs and tubes up to four feet in length will be accepted at this event. Regular “Edison” incandescent bulbs are not accepted. They can be disposed of with regular household garbage.
Paper Shredding
All types of confidential paper documents will be accepted for shredding. These personal documents will be shredded and recycled on site at Livingston’s April 13 event. Shredding is available for Livingston residents only, and there is a limit of five boxes of paper per household. Home-based businesses or institutions are not eligible to use this service.
The shredding trucks fill up quickly, so residents are reminded to bring their documents to the site in a container that can be easily emptied. Residents are also reminded to remove pages from plastic binders and bring only sensitive documents for shredding.
The following items will not be accepted at the paper shredding event: hardcover books; three ring binders; paper clips; CDs; computer disks; Pendaflex-type folders; and other fastened documents.
Newspapers, magazines, and books should always be recycled with regular biweekly paper pickup. Residents who want to watch as their papers are shredded must park their cars in the spaces to the right, beyond the shredding truck; this will allow traffic to continue to flow steadily.
Future E-Recycling Dates
The Township is planning to provide three Electronics Recycling and Paper Shredding Events this year. Additional events are scheduled for Sunday, June 9, and Saturday, October 19. For more information, call Livingston’s recycling coordinator at 973-992-5000, extension 5303, or visit livingstonnj.org/ElectronicsEvents.
