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.

Marsh Pharmacies
The Marsh Clean Out Your Medicine Cabinet program will be collecting and qualifying unwanted medications for FREE disposal in the Spring and Fall. For details, vist Marsh website.

March 2013

• Friday, March 15th, 9AM to 7PM
• Saturday, March 16th, 9AM to 5PM
• Sunday, March 17th, 11AM to 5PM
• Monday, March 18th, 9AM to 7PM.

September 2012

• Friday, September 21st, 9am – 7pm
• Saturday, September 22nd, 9am – 5pm
• Sunday, September 23rd, 11am – 5pm
• Monday, September 24 th, 9am – 7pm

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• Visit DisposeMyMeds to search for pharmacies that will accept unused meds.

• Visit IDEM Unwanted Medicine for additional information.

A BIG thanks to Orchard Park Presbyterian Church for hosting a recycling drive. This is definitely a valuable service to the community. Over 7,760 pounds of recyclable materials were collected, most of which were electronics. As of January 1 of this year, Indiana state law banned electronics from landfills.

Where can I find The Story of Stuff?

Click here. This 20 minute video is packed with info, entertaining and educational.  Helpful in understanding why reducing is better than recycling.

What's the difference between cardboard and cereal boxes?