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Travel Delays Expected During E-Recycling Dropoff on October 17th and 20th.

Posted on: October 14, 2022 - 2:29pm

Travel delays, along North Pennsylvania Avenue, between Butler Street and Conyngham Ave., are expected during the City of Wilkes-Barre’s E-Recycling Drop Off events, on Monday, October 17th, 2022, from 2:30 PM to 5:30 PM and on Thursday, October 20th, 2022 from 9:00 AM  to 12:00 PM, at the Wilkes-Barre Public Works Facility, 3 Conyngham Ave., Wilkes-Barre, PA. Wilkes-Barre City Police Department Officers will be on site to help direct traffic.

The event is only for City of Wilkes-Barre residents, who must present proof of residency (i.e. Driver’s License). It is a non-contact event and residents must stay in their car. Participants will be directed to enter the facility for the drop off from North Pennsylvania Avenue, and exit on to Conyngham Ave., as shown below.

Items accepted for free are as follows:

  • Desktop & Laptop Computers
  • DVD Players & VCR’s
  • Keyboards & Mice
  • Gaming Systems
  • Printers/Fax Machines
  • String Christmas Lights
  • Cables & Cords
  • Small Appliances
  • Cell Phone & Laptop Batteries
  • Metal Items & Water Heaters
  • Calculators & Adding Machines
  • Exercise Equipment-bikes/treadmills                 
  • UPS Battery Backups
  • Car Batteries (sealed lead acid)
  • Toner & Ink Cartridges
  • Bed Frames & Rain spouting
  • Audio Visual Equipment
  • Lawn Mowers
  • Filing Cabinets
  • Paper Shredders
  • Telephones & Cell Phones*

*Please Remove Cell Phone Batteries

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

  • CRT Monitors - $18.00 (Tube Type)
  • LCD Monitors - $12.00
  • Televisions under 42” - $38.00 ALL Types
  • Floor Copiers - $20.00
  • TVs (in wooden cabinet, Projection, Over 42”, TV Tubes (Broken TVs”) $55.00
  • Console Stereos (in cabinet) - $35.00
  • Paint Cans (1-gallon cans) $5

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. Please visit www.wilkes-barre.city/erecycling or call 570.208.4152 for more information.

 

2022 E-Recycling Traffic Flow