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Recycle everything from lawn mowers to soda cans in Roswell

According to the Roswell Recycling Center, recycling a single aluminum can has the potential to save enough energy to power a 100-watt light bulb for nearly four hours. (Courtesy Pixabay)
According to the Roswell Recycling Center, recycling a single aluminum can has the potential to save enough energy to power a 100-watt light bulb for nearly four hours. (Courtesy Pixabay)
By Karen Huppertz for the AJC
March 1, 2022

Residents and businesses in Roswell can bring steel and cast iron, as well as aluminum, copper, and tin to the Roswell Recycling Center at 11570 Maxwell Road.

The center accepts metal, steel, and aluminum including grills, lawn mowers (fluids removed), appliances, aluminum cans, aluminum pie plates, and clean foil, rinsed tin cans, wire coat hangers, screws, nails, and even punctured, empty helium tanks.

For a complete list of accepted items, go to roswellgov.com/RecyclingCenter.

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