Recycle Those Unwanted Items

The Environmental Advisory Council of Upper Saucon Township has scheduled a Clean-Up Day for April 16.  Items may be dropped off in the parking lot of the Upper Saucon Township Municipal Building, 5500 Camp Meeting Rd., Center Valley from 9 a.m. to noon.

Acceptable items include telephones and cell phones, keyboards, stereos and speakers, printers and fax machines, small appliances, DVD players, VCR’s, microwave ovens, cables and cords, and bundled cardboard.

A fee will be charged for the following items:  floor freezers, refrigerators, dehumidifiers, washers and dryers, dishwashers, stoves, air conditioners, televisions, floor copiers, computer monitors, LCD monitors, computers, hard drive destruct with certificate.  Also, batteries, non-PCB ballasts, straight lamps, u tubes, circular lamps, compact lamps, shatter shields/coated lamps, halogen and incandescent lamps, and Christmas lights.

The EAC is asking residents for their assistance in cleaning up littered areas throughout the township.  If anyone is aware of an area in need of clean-up, contact Erin Frederick at efrederick@lehighconservation.org.  Volunteers are asked to meet at Upper Saucon Township Community Park on Preston Lane at 9:30 a.m. on clean-up day.  Bags, gloves and safety vests will be provided.

The township has also placed two bins in the lobby of the municipal building.  One bin will be used to collect rechargeable batteries.  This includes batteries in toys, cell phones, drills – anything which can be recharged.  The second bin will be used to collect CFL bulbs.  These are the energy-saving compact fluorescent bulbs, which should not be thrown in the trash due to their mercury content.