Livingston Township: Electronics Recycling & Paper Shredding Event: Saturday, April 15

Press release from the Livingston Township:

April 10, 2023

Free Electronics Recycling & Paper Shredding Event

Livingston's first Electronics Recycling and Paper Shredding Event of the year will be held on:

• Saturday, April 15, 2023
• 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
• Livingston Senior/Community Center, 204 Hillside Avenue.

Early Drop Off

Due to the large number of electronics that have already been dropped off, Craft Room 1 is already full and no longer available.

If you can't attend the event on Saturday and need to drop off your electronics today, Friday, April 14, please bring your items to the rear of the parking lot at the Senior/Community Center and place them near the dumpster.

Electronics Recycling

Under New Jersey state law and the Township’s recycling ordinance, it is mandatory to recycle electronic items. Electronic items cannot be placed at the curb for pickup – the garbage and recycling collection trucks will not take them.

The following items will be accepted for electronic and small appliance recycling:

* Erase hard drive/memory

For safety reasons, TVs or screens with broken glass or sharp edges will not be accepted during this event. Such items must be brought to Essex County’s Household Hazardous Waste Disposal day on Saturday, May 20, 2023. Visit ecuanj.com for more information.

Other unaccepted items include exercise equipment, alkaline batteries, car batteries, smoke detectors, or household hazardous materials. Please check the Township website to find out when and how these items can be recycled.

Regular “Edison” — incandescent — light bulbs will not be accepted at this event; dispose of those with regular household garbage.

Paper Shredding

All types of confidential paper documents will be accepted for shredding. These personal paper documents will be shredded and recycled on site at Livingston’s 9 am to 2 pm event on April 15.

“There’s a limit of five boxes of papers per household, and shredding is for Livingston residents only," continued the Mayor. "Home-based businesses or institutions are not eligible to use this service."

Residents are reminded that the following will not be accepted:

• hard-cover books
• three-ring binders
• paper clips
• CDs
• computer disks
• pendaflex-type folders
• other fastened documents

The shredding trucks fill up quickly, so Livingston residents are reminded to bring their documents to the site in a container that can be easily emptied.

Remove pages from plastic binders, and bring only sensitive documents for shredding.

Newspapers, magazines and books should always be recycled with regular bi-weekly paper pickup, and will not be accepted at this event.

Karen’s Kart Food Donation

This Electronics Recycling and Paper Shredding Event will also feature a food drive drop-off for Livingston Neighbors Helping Neighbors. Food items and paper goods should be put into Karen’s Kart, a collection named for Karen Garber, who was an active volunteer of both LNHN and the Recycling Committee.

Residents are asked to bring nonperishable items like canned foods, cereal, mac & cheese, pasta, peanut butter, snacks and candy, as well as paper goods. Collections will be distributed to local families in need.

Find out more about Livingston's Electronics Recycling Events here

This press release was produced by the Livingston Township. The views expressed here are the author’s own.