E-Waste Collection Planned for Saturday, August 17 at Home Depot, 3215 Clark Lane

(COLUMBIA, MO) -

The City of Columbia, Home Depot, and Mid-MO Recyling will co-host an electronic waste collection event on the parking lot of Home Depot at 3215 Clark Lane on Saturday, August 17 from 9:00 am to noon.

Most items will be collected at no charge, although some items will incur a small fee for disposal.

Examples of items (working or not) collected at no charge:

• CPU's
• Printers
• Keyboards
• Computer mice
• Laptops
• Hard drives
• Wire
• Cell phone
• Pagers
• Washing Machines
• Stoves
• Radios
• Scanners
• Speakers
• VCR's
• DVD's
• Telephones
• Cables
• Fax machines
• Answering machines
• Dryers
• Stereos
• Satellite dishes
• Car batteries

Example of items which require a small fee:

• Monitors           $5.00
• Microwaves        $5.00
• Portable TV's   $10.00
• Console TV's   $20.00
• Copiers           $25.00

If you wish for a hard drive to be destroyed, there is a $5.00 charge if the hard drive is removed from the computer, or a $10 charge to remove and destroy the hard drive.

If you have questions about acceptable materials or fee's, please contact Stan Fredrick at Mid-Mo Recycling, 573-474-3997 or via email at [email protected]create new email