Mayor George C. Brown Announces Electronics Recycling and Document Shredding Event for City Residents

Mayor George C. Brown is pleased to announce a free, drive-through, electronics recycling and document shredding event for city residents this October. The city has partnered with Responsible Recycling Solutions (RSS) for Electronics Recycling and with Paper Eaters Document Destruction Service for document shredding. 

The event will be held on Monday, October 16^th from 2:30 PM to 5:30 PM and Thursday, October 19^th from 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM, at the Wilkes-Barre Public Works Facility, 3 Conyngham Ave., Wilkes-Barre, PA  18711. The event is only for City of Wilkes-Barre residents, who must present proof of residency (i.e. Driver’s License). Items will not be collected from businesses. It is a non-contact event and residents must stay in their car. Please visit www.wilkes-barre.city/specialcollections or call 570.208.4152 for more information.

E-Recycling

Electronics accepted for FREE are as follows:

Additional Items that can be recycled with a fee, paid via Cash or Checks ONLY. Please Make Checks Payable to Responsible Recycling Services or RRS:

• Computer Monitors - $20.00
• Floor Copiers - $20.00
• Console Stereos (in cabinet) - $35.00
• Televisions under 42” (All Types )- $40.00
• TVs (in wooden cabinet, Projection, Over 42”) - $58.00

Offsite Hard Drive destruction services are $10 per drive and include a Certificate of Destruction. Household batteries, light bulbs, CDs, DVDs, VHS Tapes and Styrofoam are NOT accepted.

Document Shredding

Residents can have up to 3 boxes of their private documents properly destroyed at no cost. A 3-box limit, per car, will be strictly enforced.

ACCEPTED ITEMS:

Documents that contain personal or private information.  Examples include:

• Bank statements

• Outdated medical records
• Pay stubs
• Old bills or receipts
• Credit card offers
• Tax returns older than seven years

PROHIBITED ITEMS:

• Newspapers
• Binders of any type: 3-ring, plastic, spiral, metal

• Plastic document covers
• Hanging file folders with metal support bars
• Metal binder clips
• Books, either hardback or paperback
• Credit Cards
• Magazines, catalogs, or newspapers
• Film or photographs
• Shredded paper