MICDS TO HOST ELECTRONICS RECYCLING AND DISPOSAL DRIVE

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

March 25, 2013

 

Contact:  Debbie Higgins, Communications Office

    314-995-7392 office   314-495-9173 cell

    dhiggins@micds.org

 

MICDS TO HOST ELECTRONICS RECYCLING AND DISPOSAL DRIVE

 

The St. Louis community is invited to participate in this event on April 5 and 6.

 

Mary Institute and St. Louis Country Day School (MICDS) is partnering with Midwest Recycling Center to host a community-wide Electronics Recycling and Disposal Drive on Friday, April 5, from 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. and Saturday, April 6, from 8:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. in Parking Lot C (off Ladue Road) on the MICDS campus. Students and volunteers will staff the event.

 

Most electronic devices will be able to be disposed of or recycled at the event free of charge, including: computers, printers, keyboards, laptops, erased hard drives, cell phones, pagers, radios, scanners, speakers, VCR, DVD, fax machines, answering machines, stereos, furnaces, water heaters, air conditioners, microwaves, power tools, kitchen appliances, rechargeable batteries.

 

Television sets are limited to one per car.  Smoke detectors, gas lamps, alkaline batteries and light bulbs are NOT eligible for recycling.

 

For more information, contact Midwest Recycling Center, 636-223-0150.

 

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Founded in 1859, MICDS is a nonprofit, independent, college preparatory school for students in grades junior kindergarten through twelve, offering non-sectarian education to qualified students regardless of national origin, race or religion. MICDS is today regarded as one of the nation’s leaders in independent education.