Electronic Recycling Day Scheduled in September

Get out the old gadgets.  Clean out those old files.

Livingston will hold its next Electronics Recycling and Paper Shredding Day on Saturday, September 29, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Livingston Senior and Community Center, located at 204 Hillside Ave.

Accepted items included for electronic recycling include: computers and components, monitors, flat screens, printers and copiers, fax nachines, scanners, speakers, keyboards, laptops, USB and other cables, telephones and telephones systems, televisions, VCRs, stereos, radios, DVD players, toasters, irons, cell phones, pagers, typewriters, stereo equipment, electronic games, portable electronic music devices and PDA's, diskettes, CD's and DVD's, and zip disks, audio and video tapes, inkjet, laser printer and fax cartridges, and rechargeable batteries.

Accepted items for paper shredding include all types of sensitive paper documents for shredding except: hard cover books, 3 ring binders, paper clips, pendaflex folders, other fastened documents.

The event is sponsored by the Livingston Township Council, the township recycling and reclaiming committee, the township's environmental commission, and living green initiative.