NEWS: Wrap Up the Holiday Season by Recycling Waste

1/6/2009

From wrapping paper to Christmas trees to television sets, Wake County citizens can recycle a variety of celebration waste during the annual Holiday Wrap Up Recycling Event. Residents can recycle wrapping paper, trees, gift boxes and greeting cards at the five Convenience Centers listed below, Friday, December 26, 2008 through Monday, January 19, 2009, from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Convenience Centers will be closed one-half day on Christmas Eve and all day on Christmas.

• Convenience Center #1 – 10505 Old Stage Road in Garner
• Convenience Center #2 – 6000 Old Smithfield Road in Apex
• Convenience Center #4 – 3600 Yates Mill Pond Road in South Raleigh
• Convenience Center #7 – 9008 Deponie Drive in North Raleigh
• Convenience Center #11 – 5051 Wendell Blvd. between Wendell and Zebulon

 

The County's program will accept the following materials: Christmas trees (remove ornaments, lights and tinsel); corrugated cardboard; chip board (paper roll tubes, cereal boxes, etc.); glossy magazines/catalogs; greeting cards; SBS board (shirt boxes, etc.); and wrapping paper (no bows or foil).

Trees Only

Wake County citizens can recycle their Christmas trees at the following Wake County Parks between Friday, December 26 and Monday, January 19, from 8 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. All County Parks will be closed Christmas Eve, Christmas Day and New Year’s Day.

• Blue Jay Point County Park – 3200 Pleasant Union Church Road in Raleigh
• Harris Lake County Park – 2112 County Park Drive in New Hill
• Lake Crabtree County Park – 1400 Aviation Parkway in Morrisville

Last year 3,381 trees were collected through the Holiday Wrap Up Program. The goal is to collect more trees this year. Christmas trees are chipped and used as cover material for County park trails.

Televisions Only

Citizens can recycle television sets year-round at Wake County’s Multi-Material Recycling Facilities. The locations listed below are open Monday – Saturday from 8 a.m. – 4 p.m.

• North Wake Multi-Material Recycling Facility – 9029 Deponie Drive in Raleigh

• South Wake Multi-Material Recycling Facility – 6130 Old Smithfield Road in Apex

For more information, call Wake County Solid Waste Management at 919-856-6186.

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