The Greater Cincinnati Earth Coalition is inviting seventh through 12th-grade students to compete in the Cincinnati Earth Day Celebration logo design contest, which will be used for the 43nd Earth Day Celebration at Sawyer Point on April 20.

CINCINNATI, OH (FOX19) - Keep Cincinnati Beutiful and Whole Foods invited residents to take part in an electronic waste recycle event over the weekend.

The “One Stop Drop”, was held Saturday in honor of America Recycles Day. Residents were encouraged to participate by bringing hard-to-recycle items like electronic waste to one convenient drop off location for free recycling. 2TRG, an e-StewardsÒ certified electronics recycler, provided free recycling for a wide variety of electronic waste including computer monitors, audio equipment, printers, and more. They collected over 17,000 pounds of e-waste and dozens of TVs.

The e-waste will be diverted from the landfill and recycled locally at 2TRG’s Blue Ash facility. 

 

HAMILTON COUNTY, OH (FOX19) - The Hamilton County Recycling and Solid Waste District’s free residential computer equipment and television drop-off program will be open on Saturday, August 11 from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. at the CSI/Republic Transfer Station located at 10751 Evendale Drive.

This program will not be open any other Saturday in August. 

Special weekend collection times are from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on the following Saturdays:

• August 11
• September 8
• October 13

Hamilton County residents can also drop-off their unwanted computer equipment/TVs Monday through Friday from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. through October 31, excluding holidays. Since the program opened on May 1, residents have recycled more than 68,000 pounds of electronic waste.