Berrien County residents can drop off household chemicals, batteries, home medical waste, electronics, hard foam or Styrofoam, and get their paper documents shredded on Saturday, October 8th, 8 a.m. to 12 Noon. The Community Recycling Event takes place at the Southeast Berrien County Landfill Recycling Center, 3200 Chamberlain Road, Buchanan.
This Community Recycling Event is for Berrien County residents only. No business waste is allowed. The event is drive through, and participants must stay in their vehicles. Staff will unload items from vehicles.
Accepted household chemicals and hazards include home, garden, garage, and workshop liquids, oils, fuels, solvents, cleaners, and chemicals, as well as batteries, fluorescent light bulbs, and mercury items. Also accepted is home medical waste such as pills, liquids, aerosols, and sharps. Donations are accepted to help off-set collection and processing costs.
Items that are not accepted are latex paint (can be dried out and placed in regular curbside trash with the lid off the paint can), gas grill propane tanks, fireworks, and ammunition.
Green Earth Electronics Recycling will be on-site to collect household electronic waste including computers, televisions, printers, large and small appliances, microwaves, and anything else with a cord or that is battery operated. There is a fee of $10 per computer monitor, $20 per television, and $10 per Freon item (i.e. air conditions, refrigerators, dehumidifiers, etc.). Other accepted electronics are free to drop off. Call Green Earth Electronics Recycling for more information, 269-326-1232.
Hard foam and Styrofoam will be collected for recycling, including foam ice chests, clean “to-go” food containers, egg cartons, foam block packaging, and pink and blue Styrofoam. Foam must be clean and dry. Not accepted is soft foam such as packing peanuts, foam bedding or squishy foam.
County residents can also bring personal, paper documents for on-site shredding. Participants must remove 3-ring binders, large binder clips, plastics and metals before bringing documents (staples are ok). The Southeast Berrien County Landfill Authority is sponsoring the on-site shredding truck, providing this service free to residents.
For more information, and a detailed list of accepted items, go to the Berrien County website.
