Anthem Recycling and Shredding Event
Great for the Environment and Our Community!

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The Anthem Recycling and Shredding event is a great reason to clean out your garage, attic or storage space under the stairs and throw out anything that’s not a hazardous material. This means pack rats can get rid of old cell phones, computers, printers, televisions, microwaves, and much more without guilt. As a service to Anthem residents, the Anthem Community Council has partnered with Allied Waste and Iron Mountain on a recycling and shredding event scheduled for Saturday, October 2, from 9:00am-1:00pm at the Anthem Community Center.

With the assistance from Westech Recyclers, Allied Waste will provide Anthem residents the opportunity to recycle computers, electronics, medical equipment, and more. To free up space in residents’ recycling bins, Allied Waste will also accept typical recycling items such as cardboard, catalogs, magazines and newspapers, office paper, paper bags, plastic bags and packaging, phone books, unwanted mail, aluminum and bi-metal cans, plastic and glass bottles (no other plastics or window glass will be accepted), jugs and dairy containers. Below is the complete list of acceptable items to be recycled at the event.

  • Computer Equipment: PCs, laptops, CRT monitors, modems, switches, hubs and routers, storage devices, main frames, servers, power supplies, tape libraries, circuit boards, power cords, printers, wire and cabling, surplus metals, mice, keyboards, hard drives, floppy, DVD and CD drives, etc.
  • Point of Sale Equipment: Credit card machines, printers, scanners, etc.
  • Telecom Equipment: Telephones, cell phones, switches, CSU/DSU multiplexing equipment, phone systems, answering systems, etc.
  • Printing Equipment: Printers, fax machines and copiers, calculators, typewriters, and printer cartridges.
  • Audio/Visual Equipment: Televisions, stereos, radios, amplifiers, projectors, satellite and cable equipment, video equipment, VCRs, CD players, video game equipment, surveillance equipment, cameras, broadcasting equipment, communications equipment, etc.
  • Batteries: Alkaline, nickel cadmium, lead acid, lithium, etc.
  • Electronic Components: Capacitors, diodes, resistors, transistors, and integrated circuits, etc.
  • Miscellaneous Electronic Items: Test equipment, lab equipment, medical equipment, cables and wire, connectors, ballasts, batteries, power strips, etc.
  • Household Appliances: Microwaves, toaster ovens, and other white goods (items containing Freon must be tagged and certified that the Freon has been removed).

Additional items that will be accepted include surplus metals and wire and cable (aluminum, copper wire, etc.), CFLs and other fluorescent bulbs.    

Iron Mountain, the world’s leading provider of record management, data protection and recovery, and information destruction, will provide residents with secure destruction of sensitive materials including bank statements, check stubs, and credit card offers. Shredding is one of the most effective tools in the fight against identity theft and everyone should get into the habit of shredding any documents containing personal or financial information. The following items will not be accepted for shredding: metal, CDs, tapes, disks, binder clips, and three-ring binders. File folders with metal will be accepted.

Assistance will be available to help unload boxes for recycling and shredding. Westech Recyclers will sort recyclables into bins and Iron Mountain will handle shredding the documents while participants watch.

For more information or questions about what can or cannot be recycled, please contact the Anthem Community Council at 623-742-6050.

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