Due to popular demand, The University of Toledo will hold a second electronics recycling drive Saturday, March 16, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in parking area 28, located off East Rocket Drive by the Transportation Center near the Dorr Street entrance.
A total of 24,114 pounds of items were collected at the UT electronics recycling drive in February.
“We brought in more than 24,000 pounds in the last event, filling up one 24-foot box truck three times and one 14-foot box truck three times,” Mason said. “We had so many items we actually filled the equivalent of one regular-sized semi-truck trailer.”
Most anything with a power cord will be accepted at drive.
For those looking to recycle older televisions, there will be a disposal charge. Any older television less than 24 inches will cost $10, and sets 24 inches and larger will cost $20 to recycle.
“We decided to do another e-waste drive about a week after the first one,” Mason said. “My office kept getting phone calls because there was such a demand. A lot of people want to get rid of a lot of stuff. Computers and electronics take up a lot of room.”
Affinity Information Management again will cart the electronic waste from the University.
The e-waste event is part of UT’s Sustainability, Energy Efficiency and Design Program, and part of the University’s RecycleMania efforts. RecycleMania is a national eight-week competition that this year runs through Saturday, March 30.
