Bring One For The Chipper Expands To Collect Electronics, Cooking Oil

For Johns Creek residents who want to recycle their Christmas trees and get rid of a few extra items around the house, Saturday’s Bring One For The Chipper is the perfect chance to accomplish that task.

Along with your undecorated Christmas trees, the city will accept electronics, cardboard, clothing, cooking oil and fluorescent bulbs Jan. 3.

Citizens can drop off their trees and other items to be recycled from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at The Home Depot at 5950 State Bridge Road. Residents are asked to remove decorations and lights before dropping off trees.

“Traditionally, this has been about recycling Christmas trees, but our electronics recycling days are among our more popular events,” said Johns Creek Solid Waste Manager James Swope. “We thought that a lot of people would be getting new electronic gadgets, and this offers people an environmentally safe way to recycle their old electronics. In addition, there is an opportunity to donate clothing to charity, and to recycle used cooking oil.”

Trees will be chipped into mulch by The Davey Tree Expert Company. The mulch will be used for playgrounds, public beautification projects, wildlife habitat and homeowner landscaping projects.

Mulch is available free to the public upon request by contacting Davey Tree at 770-451-7911. Since 1991, Bring One for the Chipper has collected over six million trees for beneficial reuse.

The local event, sponsored by the city of Johns Creek and Keep Johns Creek Beautiful, is part of a statewide recycling effort by Keep Georgia Beautiful and the Georgia Department of Community Affairs.

In addition to Christmas trees, residents can drop off:

• Computers, monitors, printers, laptops, keyboards, mice, cords and wires;
• Televisions ($10 per TV, $25 for 35-inch screens or bigger and projection TVs), stereos, fax machines, copiers;
• Cell phones, telephones, batteries, and cardboard;
• Clothing, shoes (will donated to charity); Fluorescent tubes;
• Used cooking oil

Residents are asekd not to bring Items containing freon, mercury or household hazardous waste.

For more information, contact Keep Johns Creek Beautiful at 770-551-7766.

Photo credit: Keep North Fulton Beautiful’s Facebook page