Recycle Ink Cartridges, Dairy Containers and More at the Garwood Library

This release was submitted by the Garwood Library.

In addition to clean, empty dairy tubs and lids (yogurt, butter, cream cheese, etc.), the following items may also be dropped off at the Garwood Public Library for recycling with Terracyle:  Any brand of empty inkjet cartridges, any brand of plastic diaper packages (such as Huggies) and the plastic packaging of personal wipes, such as Cottonelle or other brands.  If you have any questions, feel free to call the Library.  Please do not place these items in the outdoor book drop, they must be brought inside the library and placed in the special recycle boxes.

Terracycle (terracycle.net) is an earth friendly, “green” company, starting out in Princeton, NJ, that originally recycled earthworm waste into a natural plant food that was sold in recycled, used soda bottles, available at some large home centers and discount retail stores.  They’ve expanded their outreach to organizations, nationwide, to help clean up the environment.  At the current time, there are more than 6,476,930 people and organizations collecting over one billion units of waste that are reused and recycled into new products such as back packs, messenger bags, pencil cases, flower pots, shower curtains, and toy kites, to name only a few.

There are collection boxes in the Garwood Library, located at 411 Third Avenue (Corner of Walnut Street) where you may drop off your plastic package wrappers, used inkjet cartridges and/or clean, empty dairy containers.  When the boxes are full, the Garwood Library will send them off to Terracycle, at no cost to the Library,  and start all over again.  To date, the Garwood Library has recycled over 4,200 yogurt containers and 500 inkjet cartridges, keeping them out of local landfills and streams.  The plastic packaging collection was only just begun on April 1^, 2013.

Library hours are: Monday through Thursday, 9 AM to 8 PM, Friday, 9 AM to

4: 30 PM and Saturdays 9 AM to 1 PM.  For further information you may contact the Garwood Library at 908-789-1670.