Thought everyone would be interested in the links, Donna Mazza sent me in response to my Questions, Are there any in the East End? Do you knowwhere to recycle running shoes? Ed Sullivan -----Original Message----- From: Donna Mazza <Donnam@ccicenter.org> To: Ed Sullivan <sulliv362@aol.com> Cc: Donna Mazza <Donnam@ccicenter.org> Sent: Thu, Sep 15, 2011 8:49 am Subject: RE: [Highland Park] Upcoming Hard to Recycle and Household Chemical Collections There aren’t any collectionsscheduled for the East End area/ however, manyitems can be recycled at Construction Junction http://constructionjunction.org/– but, they do not accept any household chemicals at CJ.Please let me know if you have a specific item or several that you are lookingto recycle or reuse, and I’ll do some research and get back to you. Running shoes are accepted by Nike intheir reuse a shoe program: http://www.nikereuseashoe.com/ or youcan bring them to the Hard to Recycle collection on Saturday and drop off forreuse. Here is a link to a recent article with addresses of local drop offsfor batteries, cell phones, ink & toner cartridges and CFLs ( cfl’sare only accepted at PRC’s south side location) http://togetherweflourish.com/2011/08/24/prc-is-making-recycling-easy-for-pi... Thank you so much for the questions! Hope this information helps. Youcan always visit http://www.zerowastepgh.org/res-index.html for a current collection schedule and a list of resources. Or just keepmy email address if it’s easier. From: Ed Sullivan[mailto:sulliv362@aol.com] Sent: Thursday, September 15, 20118:33 AM To: Donna Mazza Subject: Re: [Highland Park] Upcoming Hard to Recycle andHousehold Chemical Collections Donna, Are there any in the East End? Do you knowwhere to recycle running shoes? Ed Sullivan Highland Park -----OriginalMessage----- From: Donna Mazza <Donnam@ccicenter.org> To: neighborhood <neighborhood@highlandparkpa.com> Sent: Thu, Sep 15, 2011 7:58 am Subject: [Highland Park]Upcoming Hard to Recycle and Household Chemical Collections The Pennsylvania Resources Council andpartners will sponsor the final Hard to Recycle Collection event of the yearthis Saturday, September 17, 2011 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at The Galleria atPittsburgh Mills. Materials collected free: Televisions, computer monitors,laptops, CPU towers, mice, keyboards, cell phones, ink and toner cartridges,CFLs office paper, newspapers, magazines, junk mail. Many items collected forreuse at no cost. Tires, batteries and Misc. e-waste collected for asmall fee. View event flyer here: http://www.zerowastepgh.org/HTR-Galleria%20B.PDF.Please contact Sarah Alessio Shea for more information or questions at 412-488-7490ext. 236 or saraha@ccicenter.org. A Household Chemical Collection will takeplace Saturday, October 1, 2011 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the South Park WavePool parking lot. Fee: $2.00 per gallon. Acceptable items include: paint andpaint products, chemistry sets, household cleaners, automotive fluids, mercury,pesticides, etc. View event flyer here: http://www.zerowastepgh.org/pubs/2011/ZW-Allegheny2011FALL.PDF.Please contact Michael Stepaniak for more information or questions at 412-488-7452or Michaels@ccicenter.org. Donna Mazza Pennsylvania Resources Council 64 South 14th Street Pittsburgh PA 15220 412-488-7490 ext. 246 www.prc.org www.facebook.com/prc.org -- REDISTRIBUTE ONLY WITH PERMISSION OF AUTHOR <http://lists.highlandparkpa.com/mailman/listinfo/neighborhood>;