Recycling event coming to Turner Field Saturday
Anyone in the mood for spring cleaning can get rid of their old junk and pick up free paint for neighborhood beautification projects this Saturday at Atlanta’s Annual Earth Day Collection from 9 a.m. until 1 p.m. in the Gold Lot of Turner Field.
Councilmember Carla Smith is encouraging people to recycle old computer and electronic equipment instead. Old latex paint is also being accepted this year.
In exchange, groups can get free containers of paint for neighborhood beautification projects, including ridding intown communities of graffiti.
Information: 404-330-6039.
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Ernie Suggs is an enterprise reporter covering race and culture for the AJC since 1997. A 1990 graduate of N.C. Central University and a 2009 Harvard University Nieman Fellow, he is also the former vice president of the National Association of Black Journalists. His obsession with Prince, Spike Lee movies, Hamilton and the New York Yankees is odd.
