— from Pete Moe —
Orcas Recycling Services/The Exchange is pleased to announce that beginning immediately Christmas lights of all kinds can be recycled for free at the Orcas Transfer Station.
Partnering with Ace Hardware, lights collected at the transfer station will go to “Lights For Life,” a charity that supports children with cancer. Lights For Life disassembles the lights and recycles the valuable copper wire. This annual campaign runs November 1, 2013, through February 15, 2014. You can find out more about Lights For Life here.
ORS/The Exchange continues to improve service and prices at the Orcas Transfer station. Along with Christmas lights, they accept batteries, TVs, monitors, computers, motor oil, antifreeze, cooking oil, and all types of appliances for appropriate recycling.
Prices for regular trash and recycling have been cut by 30 percent since ORS took over in September. The transfer station is also now open five days a week: Thursday through Monday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Please inform us as to ALL the items one can now recycle, including our currently “co-mingled” paper, tin cans/metal, plastic.
Even better, print out a new specific “do’s & don’ts” for these items to send out on line as well as have at the Exchange. I know many of us are recycling things that are not acceptable.
p.s. I don’t see scanners included in your electronics items….are they?
Pete… are you truly able to accept my quite dead Mac computer for recycling? Does the machine remain here, in the USA for recycling? Or, once surrendered, is it destined for a container ship heading to China for recycling there?
Also, Margot’s idea of an up-dated list denoting ‘what is garbage’ & ‘what is not’ could be very helpful. Thanks again, for all that you & your other colleagues are doing to revamp our solid waste system. You’re the best!