The City of Covington is holding its annual E-Waste and Paper Shredding event on Saturday, June 22, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Holmes High School.
The event, which is in its ninth year, is hosted by the city in partnership with the Center for Great Neighborhoods and its Keep Covington Beautiful program.
Several categories of recyclable items can be dropped off:
- Electronic waste.
- Confidential documents to be shredded.
- Certain types of Styrofoam™-like materials.
- Miscellaneous, including batteries and light bulbs.
The event is free for Covington residents, small businesses, schools, churches and non-profits. However, donations will be accepted to help cover event costs. No registration is required.
Electronics
The e-waste will be collected by certified recycling company Cohen Recycling, which will disassemble and dispose of computer equipment, cell phones, and other related items that can contain hazardous materials like lead, cadmium, and mercury.
Accepted items:
- All computers and equipment: towers, laptops, keyboards, mice, monitors, servers, routers, modems, power cords, cables.
- Keyboards, mice, speakers, hard drives.
- Switches.
- Tablets, LCD screens.
- Telephone equipment, cell phones.
- Printers, fax machines, copiers.
- Stereo equipment.
- TVs, VCRs, Betas, DVRs, and remotes.
- Cable and satellite boxes.
- Video game systems.
- Microwaves.
- CRT monitors.
Paper
Shred-it will be in attendence to collect paper documents to be shredded, providing a needed service for people who are worried about identity theft.
Security experts recommend shredding anything containing social security numbers, birth dates, passwords or PINs, signatures, home addresses, email addresses, full names, or other confidential information.
This can include documents like bank statements, tax records, pay stubs, credit card statements, medical records, insurance records, home documents, expired warranties, voided checks, and utility bills.
The paper must be loose and dry, and there is no need to remove staples and paper clips.
Foam
The polystyrene foam will be processed by Boone County Solid Waste and brought to Eco Development, where it will be further processed and made into new, usable products.
The foam is required to be clean, with no tape, stickers, or food residue.
Accepted items: clean expanded polystyrene foam, described as firm, white plastic foam used in things like coolers and packaging sheets. Do not bring fast-food foam containers, cups, packing peanuts or compostable packing peanuts.
Miscellaneous items
- Batteries: Alkaline batteries — like D, C, AAA, AA and 9 volt — lithium-ion batteries, rechargeable batteries and button cell batteries.
- Light bulbs, including incandescent bulbs, LED bulbs, and fluorescent bulbs.
Not accepted
Do not bring:
- Thermostats and mercury switches.
- Equipment containing biological waste, chemicals, oils, or fluids.
- Radioactive material, asbestos or PCBs.
- Equipment with tanks or sealed units.
- Large appliances.