Habitat for Humanity monthly electronics collection Saturday

[December 05, 2012]  Habitat for Humanity of Logan County will have its monthly electronics recycling collection on Saturday from 9 a.m. to noon at the Habitat for Humanity warehouse, 915 Woodlawn Road.

The Logan County affiliate of Habitat has entered into a new partnership with Advanced Recycling, of Pontiac, to provide electronics recycling to the area. Televisions will continue to be accepted for recycling under this new partnership. The collection remains free of charge to the public.

The following items will be accepted:

• Computer equipment, including laptop and desktop personal computers, hard drives, monitors, keyboards, printers, scanners, cords and cables, and CD-ROM, DVD, Zip and tape drives.

• Entertainment equipment, including TVs, radios, stereo and game systems, game controls, VCR and DVD players, and cameras.

• Small business equipment, including phones, copiers, typewriters, fax machines and calculators.

• Small household and countertop appliances will also be accepted, as well as aluminum, copper, brass and stainless steel items.

Electronic equipment is not to be left at the site and is not collected outside the hours of the collection.

Information on the electronics recycling program is available by contacting the Habitat for Humanity office at 217-732-6412 or by visiting the website at http://www.habitatlogan.org/.