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Consumer Electronics
Currently, the Town of Manchester offers one-time recycling events in partnership with the Connecticut Resources Recovery Authority. The Town will host a spring 2010 recycling event of Saturday, June 5th from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. at 321 Olcott Street. Confidential Paper shredding and document destruction will also be available. Please click here for additional information.
Additionally, there are several options available at local retailers in Manchester to recycling certain types of electronics. These include:
For smaller Consumer Electronics (Cell Phones, Laptops, Digital Cameras, MP3 players, etc.), there are internet based resources that will allow you to recycle these items. Visit www.YouRenew.com for more information.
Batteries
Regular household alkaline batteries are disposable in the regular trash cart. Since 1996, federal legislation has required battery manufacturers to remove all mercury and other toxic materials.
Rechargeable Batteries (Cell phone, Power Tools, Household Rechargeable, etc.) are easily recyclable at a variety of local retailers in partnership with the
Rechargeable Battery Recycling Corporation. Please visit the Call 2 Recycle web site to search for local locations where free rechargeable battery recycling is offered.
The Town of Manchester collects Lead-Acid Batteries, such as automobile and boat batteries, as part of the bulky waste collection program. Please click here for more information on how to schedule a curbside pickup for a lead-acid battery. They can also be brought to the Town's transfer station for recycling.
Books and Telephone Books
BOOKS: Paperback and hard cover books can be recycled in boxes at 263 Olcott street parking area or behind the Senior Center, 549 East Middle Turnpike, in the parking lot. These boxes are marked “GOT BOOKS ”
TELEPHONE BOOKS can be recycled in the AT&T Telephone Book Recycling Box, located in the parking lot of the Fleet Garage at 263 Olcott St. The telephone recycling box is accessible 7 days a week, 24 hours a day and will be available until the first week of June. There are also Blue Recycling barrels located in from of the AT&T building in Manchester at 52 East Center Street.
Compact Fluorescent Lightbulbs (CFLs)
CFLs do contain small amounts of mercury. They can be responsibly recycled through by bringing them to one of the Town's Household Hazardous Waste collection events, or by bring them to any Home Depot Store. You can find the appropriate links below in red text.
Household Hazardous Waste Event Schedule
Home Depot CFL Recycling Information
Paint
Click here for information on Paint Disposal.
Motor Oil and Motor Oil Filters/Antifreeze/Car Batteries
Click here for information on recycling these materials. Antifreeze and Motor Oil Filters are only acceptable for recycling at the Transfer Station, it is NOT collected through the Town's curbside collection program.
Styrofoam
Unfortunately, Styrofoam is not acceptable for recycling through the curbside program. If you have styrofoam packing peanuts, these may be able to reused by a UPS Store. Please call the store for additional details. For curbside disposal, Styrofoam should be placed in the Green Trash Cart.
Household Hazardous Wastes - includes Compact and Regular Fluorescent Lightbulbs
Click here for information on Household Hazardous Waste Collection, which covers items like fluorescent light bulbs, oil-based paints, pesticides, etc. For a list of what can be taken to the Town's HHW collection area, click here.
Propane Tanks
Propane Tanks must be brought to the Transfer Station for disposal, and there is a $5.00 charge per tank. Smaller tanks, suck as from Coleman stoves or helium balloon kits, must be brought to a HHW collection event.
Smoke Detectors
Click here for information on Smoke Detector Disposal.
Other Household Materials that you haven't listed here
Click here for a link to the Connecticut DEP's "What Do I Do With... ?" webpage, a comprehensive listing of recycling resources by product/material type
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