Saturday, April 6, 10:00am to 2:00pm E-Waste DropOff - for North Salem residents who cannot make it to the collection bin during the week. The bin is located at 66 June Road; take the driveway to the top behind the Meeting House. Please see below for eligible items. Saturday, April 13, 10:00am to 2:00pm, Black Gold. Stop by Three Ponds Farm on Finch Road (look for our Cow Pie signs) for the best compost ever. Please bring 5 gallon buckets or a similar type containers and we will fill them with fully composed cow manure, ready to go on your garden beds. Suggested donation is $5 per 5 gallon bucket. We will have heavy duty bags for anyone who does not bring their own bucket. Sunday, April 28, 3:00pm NSIS Annual Meeting. Join us at the Library for a brief annual meeting and a showing of "Dive! Living Off America's Waste" Friday, Saturday and Sunday, May 3, 4 and 5 it's time for the annual Library Fair. We will be there on Saturday, May 4, with displays, handouts and products to help you Reduce, Reuse and Recycle. If you are a member, you will receive email reminders. Please consider becoming a member. It's only $20 per year! ELECTRONIC RECYCLING ACCEPTABLE AND NOT ACCEPTABLE ITEMS, FROM www.ewaste.com: ACCEPTABLE MATERIALS Batteries Business Machines Cables & IT accessories Cameras Computer peripherals (mice, keyboards, webcams, speakers, microphones) Computers Copiers Electronics Scrap Fax Machines Fluorescent Lamps Gaming devices GPS units Lab & medical electronics Laptops Mainframe/ Midrange Mobile devices (cell Phones, Tablets, PDAs, MP3 players) Monitors Networking Gear Phone systems Power supplies Printers & plotters (ink, toner, & cartridges) Routers & switches Scanners Scientific Equipment Security equipment Servers & server racks Stereo equipment Storage devices (external hard drives, solid state drives, SD cards, memory cards, card readers) Telecommunications Equipment Televisions Terminals Typewriters UPS Video & audio equipment Wiring & Cabling UNACCEPTABLE MATERIALS Carbon monoxide detectors Dehumidifiers Devices containing liquid mercury (thermostats, switches, medical devices, thermometers) Freon containing devices/materials (refrigerators, air conditioners, dehumidifiers) Gas powered equipment Household hazardous waste Large appliances (stoves, washers, dryers, dishwashers) Liquids PCB ballasts Propane tanks Radioactive materials Small appliances (toasters, vacuum cleaners, coffee makers, irons, hair dryers) Smoke detectors Wet cell batteries New "Entering North Salem" signs have been installed. We'll never understand what motivates them, but vandals damaged and totally destroyed four of our gateway signs last year. All totaled, six of eight signs were down! We have not been defeated, however. We ordered new and slightly improved signs this spring and they are up! |
