Trees and E-Waste collected during the 2006 Chipper

Keep Troup Beautiful has joined with corporate sponsors The Home Depot, WXIA-TV (Atlanta’s NBC affiliate), the Davey Tree & Lawn Experts and the Georgia Department of Community Affairs as part of a statewide effort to recycle Christmas trees in Troup County during the 2006 Bring One for the Chipper. This year also marks the kickoff of the LaGrange/Troup County Recycling Center’s e-waste recycling campaign.

Electronic waste (e-waste) has become an issue due to the quick pace consumers buy and discard electronics that often contain toxic substances such as lead and mercury. Cathode-ray tubes and liquid crystal displays found in many computer monitors and laptops are “hazardous waste”. The LaGrange/Troup County Recycling Center has decided to include electronics as part of the recycling stream collected in Troup County. Televisions, computers, monitors, cell phones are some of the items that will be recycled. For more information, contact Joe Adams at 883-7547.

This year both trees and electronic gadgets will be collected during the 2006 Bring One for the Chipper. The Chipper will be Saturday, January 7th from 9am to 1pm at The Home Depot on Lafayette Parkway, LaGrange. Each person who brings a tree or an electronic device will receive a free sapling while supplies last. All participants will also be eligible for a $25.00 gift certificate from the Home Depot (3 will be awarded). The drawing will be held January 7th, 2006.

Between December 26th and January 6th, a designated area will be marked in the parking lot of the Home Depot for early disposal of Christmas trees. Early participants can still get an entry form for the drawing at the LaGrange/Troup County Recycling Center at 550 N. Davis Road (across the road from the Home Depot) starting December 27 between 8am and 3pm. Saplings are only available on the 7th.

Bring One for the Chipper is one of many programs sponsored by Keep Troup Beautiful.

Call 706.884.9922 for more information.

Picture: Joe Adams, Supervisor of the LaGrange/Troup County Recycling Center, prepares for the kickoff of the e-waste recycling campaign during the 2006 Bring One for the Chipper. Both trees and electronics will be collected on January 7th, 2006.



Contact us for more information