The Portage County Solid Waste Management District is conducting e-waste collection events from 9 a.m. to noon on:
- Oct. 9 at Rootstown Middle School
- Oct. 16 at Nelson Circle
- Oct. 23 in Freedom (8966 S.R. 700)
- Oct. 30 in Randolph
People may drop off computers, laptops, phones, scanners, hard drives, unused printer cartridges and toner, servers, cell phones, stereos, VCR/DVD players, routers, MP3 players, cameras, keyboards, paper shredders, LCD monitors, game consoles and accessories, networking equipment, and speakers. A $5 fee will be charged for CRT monitors and printers. A $10 fee will be charged for TVs over 22 inches.
GreenBoard IT will process the material, and will not landfill it, Collins said.
Wendy DiAlesandro is a former Record Publishing Co. reporter and contributing writer for The Portager.