Woodstock sets electronics recycling, document shredding event

Woodstock will offer residents a way to get rid of difficult-to-recycle electronics and shred confidential documents at a “'Tis the Season to Be Green” recycling and paper shredding event in November.

The city, Premier Surplus, Waste Management and A1 Shredding & Recycling will host the event from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 7, at Woodstock Elementary School, 230 Rope Mill Road.

Items accepted at no charge include cell phones; laptop, notebook and personal computers; small household appliances; CD, DVD and VCR players; and compact fluorescent light bulbs (bagged – no tubes). TVs will require a fee of $25; projection TVs, $40; and CRT monitors, $10.

Hearing aids, eyeglasses, magazines and newspapers also will be taken. For a complete list of items: https://bit.ly/3c93Dyr

There will be a limit of eight boxes per vehicle for document destruction. Information: https://bit.ly/2RGcpdD

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