SAVE THE DATES and SAVE YOUR STUFF

for the following upcoming Conifer area Recycling Events: 

1.  January 7, 2012 9 am – 2 pm – Conifer Community Church, 9998 Havekost and Hwy 285

Download the Flyer: Single Stream Recycling Jan 2012

FREE SINGLE STREAM – newspaper, office paper, mixed paper including wrapping paper, bulk/junk mail, magazines, phone books, brown paper bags, glass bottles and jars, steel/tin cans, aluminum foil, pie tins, corrugated cardboard, chipboard (cereal/tissue boxes), empty aerosol cans, plastics #1-#7, plastic milk/water jugs, yogurt containers, butter tubs, detergent bottles, vitamin bottles – NO PLASTIC BAGS

METALS – Appliances (washers, dryers – NO refrigerators, gases or mercury), exercise equipment, scrap metal, bikes (non-refurbishable), ancient heavy-metal microwaves, tire wheels only– NO TIRES.

BIKES – those in good condition will be refurbished by Recycle Bicycles for reuse by underserved kids

MOBILITY DEVICES – crutches, canes, walkers, knee/leg braces, wheelchairs – donated to Crutches4Africa (Mountain Foothills Rotary)

STYROFOAM – #6 blocks. NO food containers, bubblewrap or “peanuts”.  UPS in Conifer will take the bubblewrap and peanuts any time.
ELECTRONICS – CHARGES APPLY 
~TV/Monitors – $1.00/inch diagonally
~$10 – Computer, monitor, laptop, fax, scanner, copier, multifunction, stereo, speaker (additional charges may apply for large systems)
~$5     – CPU, printer, modem, hard drive, radio, newer plastic microwave, DVD/VCR player/recorder, analog phone
~$5/box – CD/DVDs, floppy disks, audio/video tapes
~$3     – Large cameras
FREE   – Answering machines, cell phones, keyboards, mice, cable, tiny cameras, small electronics (ipods, gameboys, walkmen, PDA, e-readers,
ipads), inkjet/printer cartridges.

NON ACCEPTABLE ITEMS
NO Household Hazardous Materials, Paints, Batteries, Mattresses
NO DOCUMENT SHREDDING, CLOTHING, SHOES OR TIRES this time – see us May 19, 2012 at Conifer High School Parking Lot and Conifer BigO Tires – stay tuned for details.

VOLUNTEERS  NEEDED We need volunteers to set up, take down, direct traffic, help unload recyclables, complete price sheets for electronics, cashier, answer questions.  Two shifts will be 8 til 11:30 AM and 11:30 AM til 3 PM.  Please reply to this e-mail or contact Susan Imming (303-838-5163) if you can help make this event a success, while having fun seeing your friends and neighbors!  Please indicate the shift you prefer, your name, home or cell phone number and e-mail.  Thanks so much!

SPONSORS and SUPPORTERS:  Thanks to Conifer Community Church, Rotary Club of Conifer, Conifer Area Council, Conifer Area Chamber of Commerce, EDS Waste Solutions, Inc., Recycle Bicycles, Mountain Foothills Rotary for making this event possible.

2.  January 7 and 14, 2012 Saturdays 8 am  – 4 pm – CHRISTMAS TREES – EDS Transfer Station

Once again, you can recycle for FREE your “real” Christmas trees at the EDS Transfer Station (see address, phone and website link below).

~Trees must be bare – no stands, lights, ornaments, tinsel or garlands
~ No artificial or flocked trees
~Christmas trees only, no other trees can be accepted
~Cal 303-674-TREE (Lam Tree Service) for info on receiving free mulch.

Thanks to EDS Waste Solutions, Inc., Lam Tree Service and EAS+Y (Evergreen’s Alliance for Sustainability) for providing this valuable service to our community.

EDS Station Location
5801 Hwy 73
Evergreen, Colorado
303.278.8600
http://www.edswaste.com/Pages/Services/TransferStation.php

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