On Saturday, the Northern Schuylkill County of Governments held their first electronic recycling event at Skytop Coal in New Boston, Mahanoy Township, near Mahanoy City.
“We wanted to give our residents the opportunity to dispose of electronic items in a safe, legal manner,” noted NSCOG Chairman Champ Holman, “It’s become increasingly difficult to dispose of some items, televisions in particular, so this will be a great opportunity for people to get rid of many types of unwanted items for a nominal fee."
The event was held in conjunction with the Boroughs of Ashland, Girardville, Gordon, Mahanoy City, Shenandoah and the Townships of Butler, Delano, Mahanoy, Ryan, Schuylkill and West Mahanoy Township.
Volunteers were on hand from each of communities involved to help unload vehicles.
"A lot of the people want to do the right thing, but don't know what to do with them. Our little outreach here goes a long way", said TJ Stinson, of TotalRecycle Inc.
Stinson said "These items will be properly broken down and most of the resources we collect will be used again".
Over 100 people brought items to the event such as televisions, kitchen appliances, vacuums, computers, and more.
Some communities such as Gordon and Schuylkill Township held their own events prior and brought their items by the truckload.
Volunteers from Schuylkill Haven and Pitman also brought items to the event after cleaning up abandoned items from their own communities.
"A lot of people appreciated this event", said Mary Beth Dougherty, NSCOG Secretary/Treasurer.
Organizers thanked Ettore D'iCasimirro and Skytop Coal for allowing them to use his location on Morea Road as the location to hold the event.
Story by J. Reed
