{"id":34989,"date":"2025-11-15T12:50:17","date_gmt":"2025-11-15T12:50:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/34989\/"},"modified":"2025-11-15T12:50:17","modified_gmt":"2025-11-15T12:50:17","slug":"city-of-scranton-to-host-e-recycling-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/34989\/","title":{"rendered":"City of Scranton to host e-recycling event"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">SCRANTON, LACKAWANNA COUNTY (WBRE\/WYOU) \u2014 The City of Scranton will host an electronics recycling event on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The event will take place from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. at the Department of Public Works headquarters, 101 W. Poplar St.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">This is the second electronic recycling event of 2025. According to the release from the city of Scranton, the first event, which took place in May, collected over five tons of E-waste.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">At no cost to residents, the City of Scranton will accept televisions, monitors, computers, mice, keyboards, and peripheral computer devices with non-electronic contents removed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a class=\"link  yahoo-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/articles\/nepa-republicans-freedom-event-kyle-182506246.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:NEPA Republicans Freedom Event with Kyle Rittenhouse canceled;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> NEPA Republicans Freedom Event with Kyle Rittenhouse canceled <\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cWhen we work together to recycle properly, we can keep contaminants and other harmful materials from entering our environment,\u201d Scranton Mayor Paige G. Cognetti said. \u201cWhether it`s properly recycling an old television, plastic bottles, or paper and cardboard, our residents have more resources to keep the wrong items out of our local landfills.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Residents can register at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scrantonpa.gov\/recycling\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:www.scrantonpa.gov\/recycling;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">www.scrantonpa.gov\/recycling<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">For further recycling questions, residents can email Scranton Recycling and Safety Coordinator Chris McClatchy at recycle@scrantonpa.gov.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. 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