Sat. January 5th is Styrofoam and Electronics RECYCLE DAY!

The following provided by Rick Fink, Medfield TSARC.

Medfield Transfer Station and Recycling Committee announces STYROFOAM and ELECTRONICS Collection.

Styrofoam does a great job of protecting your parcels but that large pile acquired after the holidays isn’t going to enhance your home’s decor. Thankfully, the Transfer Station can help you
eliminate the clutter before A&E producers approach you about an upcoming episode of Hoarders.

The Transfer Station and Recycling Committee (TSARC) and the Department of Public Works in Medfield is teaming up to collect your foam packing blocks, foam coolers, and foam shipping containers on Saturday, January 5 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

“The clean, white-only foam we gather at our three collections throughout the year is brought to a facility that densifies the styrofoam through a recycling processor,” says Barb Meyer of the TSARC. “The material is converted into a heavy brick and used in manufacturing of home goods.”

Residents can also unload all unwanted electronic products on January 5 from 9 a.m. to 12 noon. There is a FEE for most electronic items accepted for recycling.

Electronix Redux of Norfolk will accept electronics including:

• TVs,
• monitors,
• computers,
• printers and cartridges,
• entertainment systems,
• all cables and wires,
• projectors and telephones.

Electronix Redux will also accept accessory items such as:

• CDs,
• discs,
• servers,
• printed circuit boards, r
• rechargeable batteries and
• all consumer electronics.

Electronix Redux is a data-safe compliant business that recycles materials from electronic components.

TSARC asks participating residents remove cardboard, tape, labels and stickers from collection items. Volunteers cannot accept foam that is contaminated with food, or dyes including foam cups, food packaging, polyurethane foam, and foam construction material.

Clean foam packing peanuts and bubble wrap can be taken to Express Business Center located at 258A Main Street in Medfield and can be contacted by calling 508-359-7444. The U.S. Postal Center at 14 Milliston Road in Millis can also receive these items. They can be reached at
508-376-1200.

For more information, or to volunteer for an hour or more, contact Barb Meyer at 508-359-9613 or bwmp2052@verizon.net, or click on Volunteer for Styrofoam.

About the Transfer Station and Recycling Committee: The TSARC is both an advisory and working committee that supports the DPW in their operations of the Transfer Station and helps with education, programs, and outreach that encourages the principles of reduce, reuse,
repurpose and recycle.