lithron's Journal: Atlanta/Decatur area computer recycling day, March 24th

This information was forwarded to me by a Girl Scout troup in Decatur. Figured this might come in handy for any Atlantans that have computer electronics they want to get rid of.

Subject: Recycling Day at Decatur High

      FREE Electronics Recycling Date
  Bring out your old computers, pagers, radios, printers, batteries,
answering machines and other dead electronics.

  A spring collection for broken and obsolete technology is set for
March 24 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Decatur High School parking lot,
at North McDonough Street and West Howard Avenue.

      Electronics will be sorted and broken down into raw materials, then
sent to recyclers for reuse. New to the collection list this year are
batteries of any type, mercury-filled thermometers and thermostats,
bubble wrap and clean Styrofoam packaging, including peanuts.

  Sponsored by area businesses and the city of Decatur, the electronics
collection is open to all area residents.

  Last year, residents recycled 30 tons of electronics that otherwise
would have been buried in a landfill.

  Items accepted this year include: adding machines, answering machines,
batteries, cables, cable converter boxes, calculators, component parts,
copiers, fax machines, GPS receivers, desktop computers, digital
cameras, digital projectors, DVD players, hubs, joystick game
controllers, keyboards, label makers, laptop computers, mainframes,
mice, minitowers, monitors, pagers, PDAs, printer cartridges, printers,
portable CD players, portable game players, radios, remote controls,
routers, scanners, servers, speakers, stereo equipment, telephones,
typewriters, UPS units, VCRs, workstations and Zip drives.