Fort Thomas is planning an Earth Day recycling event, come rain or shine.
On Earth Day, Sunday, April 24, Tower Park will become a hub for recycling groups to take unwanted items off the hands of residents.
Green PC Recycling and Cincinnati Recycle and Reuse Hub will be accepting items ranging from old electronic devices to plastic bags, while a number of other conservation-focused groups will be present at the park to show what they have to offer in the way of trails and programs.
The Highlands High School Green Club will raffle off a handmade canoe at the event. Tickets will go for $10 and will be sold at the event.
Chuck Keller, chair of the board for Fort Thomas Forest Conservancy, said this will be the “first time that every major conservancy in Northern Kentucky will be together.” The celebration will run from noon to 4 p.m. in Tower Park on Earth Day.
Green PC Recycling will be accepting the following items at the Earth Day celebration:
- All computers and laptops
- Servers and networking equipment
- Printers, fax machines, and copiers
- Office phones, cell phones, and landline phones
- VCRs, DVD players, cables boxes, and home video equipment
- Small kitchen appliances
- USB battery backups
- Wires, cables, and cords
- Computer accessories
- Audio equipment
- Tube televisions and computer monitors, with a $20 fee to recycle.
Cincinnati Recycle and Reuse Hub approaches recycling by taking items and offering them a fresh start by giving them directly to residents, where appropriate. On Earth Day, they will be accepting:
- Corks
- Straws
- Cell phones, which will be shredded
- Plastic utensils
- Cell phone cases & Pop Sockets
- Kroger brand bag packaging, including Kroger, Simple Truth, Private Selection, Comforts, HemisFares, Luvsome, and Abound bags (i.e. for cheese, apples, baby wipes, pet food, etc.)
- Bimbo Bakeries bags, including Thomas’ English Muffins, Beefsteak, Ballpark, Bimbo, Brownberry, Boboli, Sara Lee, Entenmann’s, Arnold’s, Bay’s
- Oral Care & Deodorant, including toothbrushes, toothbrush packaging, empty toothpaste tubes, empty floss containers, empty deodorant sticks
- Brita water filters, packaging, and pitchers
- Plastic gift cards, expired (cut up) credit cards, membership cards