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Addabbo’s Howard Beach office is located at 159-53 102nd St.
By Forum Staff
State Sen. Joe Addabbo, Jr. (D-Howard Beach) is partnering with the City Department of Sanitation to help recycle electronics.
From May 3 through May 31, Addabbo’s Howard Beach and Middle Village offices will be able to collect small electronics to be properly recycled through DSNY.
Addabbo’s Howard Beach office is located at 159-53 102nd St., and the Middle Village office is at 66-85 73rd Pl. Both offices are open Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and can accept the small electronics during those times.
Addabbo requests that any electronics dropped off at his offices are small so they can fit into the DSNY-provided bin until there is enough collected for a pickup.
Photo Courtesy of Sen. Addabbo’s Office
On Sunday, May 2, Addabbo, Assemblywoman Jenifer Rajkumar (D-Woodhaven), and Councilman Bob Holden (D-Middle Village) invited their constituents to the Forest Park Bandshell Parking Lot for the bi-annual E-waste recycling event where they were able to safely recycle their electronic waste.
Accepted items are:
- Small TVs monitors computers laptops;
- Printers & scanners;
- Fax machines, keyboards & mice;
- VCRs, DVRs & DVD players;
- Small servers hard drives satellite boxes;
- Tablets & e-readers; and
- Mobile phones, MP3 players, & video game consoles.
Items that WILL NOT be accepted are:
- No appliances. Any household appliances, which are mostly metal or mostly plastic, can be recycled with your regular recycling.
- No loose batteries. Regular alkaline batteries can be discarded as regular trash. Consumer take-back programs exist for rechargeable batteries.
- No light bulbs or ballasts. These can be carefully discarded in the trash. Consumer take-back programs exist for fluorescent bulbs and CFLs.
“I am hopeful that we can replicate the success we had with this partnership and collect even more electronics,” Addabbo said. “Keeping our landfills clear of harmful toxins and damage-causing components starts with us and making sure that we get our old or broken electronics into the right hands to be properly recycled.”
