If you\u2019re a Lower Saucon Township resident with old electronics or other \u201ce-junk\u201d you would like to get rid of, mark your calendar for Saturday, Sept. 19. That\u2019s when the township\u2019s Environmental Advisory Council (EAC) will host a drive-thru electronics recycling event at the municipal complex at 3700 Old Philadelphia Pike, Bethlehem, from 9 a.m. to noon.<\/p>\n
According to an event flyer, the location of the collection will be the Public Works Garage. Some examples of fees that will be charged for certain items include:<\/p>\n
Televisions: $25 (for 20 inches or smaller), $45 (21 inches or larger), $55 (projection TVs)
Stereo Speakers: $5
Microwaves: $5
Multifunctional Printers: $20
Printer\/Scanners: $5
Humidifiers: $3
Vacuum Cleaners: $3
Keyboards\/Mice: $1
Video Game Consoles: $1
Radios: $1<\/p>\n
Items that will be accepted for free include laptops, tablets, computer towers, servers, cords, cables, hard drives, cell phones and telephones.<\/p>\n
Items containing freon, biohazardous materials and radioactive materials will not be accepted.<\/p>\n
Payment must be with cash or by check made payable to Clean Earth. The flyer also noted that prices are subject to change.<\/p>\n
Also on the horizon is a household hazardous waste collection event for Northampton County residents which is planned for Saturday, Oct. 3 at Northampton Community College. According to the summer newsletter published by the township<\/a>, registration is required and will begin Sept. 3, with more information to be available via the county\u2019s website<\/a>.<\/p>\n Later in the fall, the EAC is planning a Backyard Home & Garden Compost Bin Workshop where both residents and non-residents will be able to create a compost bin for use at home. The cost to participate is $20 and there is a registration requirement, with a limit of 60 participants. Registration will be available at the EAC booth at Community Day in Hellertown\u2019s Dimmick Park, which will be held Saturday, Aug. 15<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"If you\u2019re a Lower Saucon Township resident with old electronics or other \u201ce-junk\u201d you would like to get…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":123574,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[2358,153,155,154,108892,22438,5609,8430,205,434,8431,29322,56074],"class_list":["post-255690","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bethlehem","tag-2358","tag-bethlehem","tag-bethlehem-headlines","tag-bethlehem-news","tag-eac","tag-electronics","tag-event","tag-hazardous-waste","tag-lower-saucon-township","tag-northampton-county","tag-recycling","tag-waste","tag-workshop"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/255690","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=255690"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/255690\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/123574"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=255690"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=255690"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=255690"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}