Holiday Wrap-Up

12/14/2004

Wake County residents will be able to recycle extra holiday waste for two weeks after Christmas during the Solid Waste Division's 11^th annual "Holiday Wrap-Up" event. Items such as wrapping paper, trees, gift boxes and greeting cards can be dropped off for recycling at five Convenience Centers across the County beginning December 26 through January 9, from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.

The Holiday Season is a time for exploding consumption rates for all sorts of materials. Studies found that in the weeks between Thanksgiving and the end of the year, Americans generate a 25-percent increase in waste. For that reason Wake County Solid Waste Management is encouraging all residents to be environmental stewards this holiday season by reducing consumption and taking advantage of a great opportunity to recycle their extra waste at any of the five participating Convenience Centers:

10505 Old Stage Road in Garner
3600 Yates Mill Pond Road in South Raleigh
1101 U.S. 64 Business Highway in Wendell
9004 Deponie Drive in North Raleigh
6000 Old Smithfield Road in Apex

Each of these five sites 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
Holiday cards
SBS board (shirt boxes, etc.)
Wrapping paper (no foil)

Residents are also urged to contact their municipality for information regarding curbside Christmas tree collections or drop-off programs in their cities and towns.

Other opportunities to recycle holiday waste include:

Residents can recycle any electronics made by LEXMARK, JVC, PANASONIC, SHARP and SONY at the County's North Wake Multi-Material Recycling Facility, Monday thru Saturday, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. This program is in addition to the County's ongoing computer recycling at North Wake. Call program coordinator Kelley Dennings at 856-5277 for details.

For more information about the Holiday Recycling program, go to: http://www.wakegov.com/county/recycling/specialevents.htm#tree

To locate organizations that reuse, recycle or dispose of unwanted materials, visit Trash Takers, Wake County's recycling and trash database at http://www.wakegov.com/county/recycling/trashtakers/. Call Wake County Solid Waste Management at 856-6186 for more information.

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