On occasion, the City of Carmel, a local church, school or business, will host a Recycling Drive. These community recycling drives are listed below.  Many thanks to all who are making recycling more convenient in our community!

Crime Stoppers Shred-It-Day
Saturday April 20, 2013
10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Merchants Square (NW corner of Keystone Parkway & 116^th St.) in the parking lot near Petco.

• Free Electronics & Appliance Recycling ($5 charge for TVs & Monitors)
• Document shredding ($5.00 for a bankers box size or equivalent). Proceeds benefit Crime Stoppers of Central Indiana.
• Free Prescription Drug Disposal
• Used Book Donation Drive for Indy Reads

This is a joint event with Carmel Utilities and CHS Carmel Area Roots & Shoots, DAO, Technology Recyclers, DEA and Indy Books.

WHOLE FOODS MARKET

Are you holding onto items because you don’t know where to recycle them? This event is for you! We’ve partnered with non-profit RecycleForce and My Sister’s Urban Recycle to help you, our community & the environment.

Accepted items:

• All Electronic Waste

(Anything with a cord - all computers and equipment*, game systems, TVs*, VCRs, DVD/ CD players, phone systems, power cables, surge protectors, electronic wiring and motors, microwaves, printers, scanners, satellite components, CDs, DVDs, floppy disks, thumb drives and more!)

• Rechargeable Batteries

• Paper, cardboard, phonebooks

• Bikes & accessories

• Cell Phones+

• Toner cartridges

• Plastics #1-7, Brita filters

• Wine Corks+

• Clothing (Clean, dry clothing in bags preferred. Fabric, textiles, worn out clothing (men’s, women’s & children’s), torn and stained clothing, seasonal clothing, shoes, purses, belts, hats, sewing supplies, yarn, art and craft supplies, office supplies, latex paint, sports and promotional banners.)

+denotes items accepted at Whole Foods Market year-round

*RecycleForce would appreciate donations to offset the disposal cost of $5 for CRT Monitors, $10 for CRT TVs, $20 for items containing refrigerant.

Recycling Fair at Whole Foods

Saturday, October 6, 2012
Carmel Store at Clay Terrace 569-1517 
11-1 pm

FREE

Recycle Drop When You Shop

Recycling Fairs at Whole Foods Market Indiana^® Stores

Have you been trying to ‘do the green thing’ by holding onto items that you no longer need, but don’t know where to recycle? This event is for you! The Clay Terrace Whole Foods Market stores have partnered with RecycleForce to help consumers, our community & the environment with Recycling Fairs.Accepted items:

- Batteries
- Paper, cardboard, phonebooks
- Bikes & accessories
- Shoes (like new/gently used)
- Cell Phones**
- Toner cartridges
- Plastics #1-7, Brita filters
- Wine Corks**
- Anything with a cord (all computers & equipment, game systems, TVs, VCRs, DVD/ CD players, phone systems, power cables, surge protectors, electronic wiring & motors, microwaves, printers, scanners, satellite components, CDs, DVDs, floppy disks, thumb drives & more!)

* RecycleForce would appreciate donations to offset the disposal cost of $5 for CRT Monitors, $10 for CRT TVs, $20 for items containing refrigerant.

**Items accepted at Whole Foods Market year-round

Organized by the CHS Environmental Club