Wednesday, April 22, 2009

Where can I recycle this? (Where to recycle in Kent County)

The other day we tried to fire up our mower, with no luck. So my husband and I gave it a jump and got it going. Of course once it was shut off it would not restart. My husband removed the battery and took it down to Home Depot to get a new one and hoped to turn in the old one for recycling. Home Depot does not recycle old batteries! So home he came with both the old and the new and the question of what do we do with the old one.

Today the girls and I were at the library and I came across Kent County's 2009 Household Waste & Recycling Guide. Inside it as well as on their website, are drop off locations to recycle just about everything.

Here is a small list:
Motor Oil
Batteries-Auto and household
Antifreeze
Tires
Appliances

Building Materials
Household (Garage) Hazardous Waste
Yard Waste
Fire Extinguishers
Propane Tanks

Latex Paint
Fluorescent Light Bulbs
Medical Wast & Pharmaceuticals
Electronics, TVs & Computers

Styrofoam
Telephone Books
Tennis hoes
Smoke Detectors

You can find the entire list one Kent County's Website at www.accesskent.com/waste

Happy recycling and Happy Earth Day!

1 comment:

Khrys said...

Thanks for posting this, it will come in real handy for things we can't put out in the City of Grand Rapids' curbside recycling!