Annual Electronics Recycling Event Sparks Great Turnout By: Michelle Williams, Litter Control Committee Coordinator Photography Credit: Susan Pruitt, Landfill Scale Master
The Orange County Landfill, the Litter Control Committee (LCC), and Rappahannock Goodwill Industries (RGI) hosted an Electronics Recycling event on April 9, 2022. This event provided the community with the opportunity to properly dispose of electronic waste, which is generally considered anything that plugs into a wall or accepts batteries. Cars began lining up at the entrance to the Landfill at 7:30 a.m. At 8:00 a.m., volunteers and Landfill staff began directing traffic, which included both event participants, and those disposing of household trash. Volunteers and staff collected 8,976 lbs. of electronic recyclables from 91 vehicles in only four (4) hours! Last year, only sixteen (16) Gaylord boxes were filled and loaded into the RGI trailer. This year, Randy Clatterbuck, Landfill Supervisor, proudly loaded twenty (20) Gaylord boxes into the trailer. Once the trailer filled with electronics leaves the Landfill, it heads to a sorting facility where RGI separates them into categories. Items like computers are wiped clean of personal information, refurbished, and then sold in their Goodwill stores. Older computer items are packaged up for Dell to salvage any recyclable materials. Other electronics are sent to stores for a chance to sell. RGI has scrap partnerships for items that do not work and those items are pieced out. These partnerships allow for the proper disposal of harmful components, keeping our Landfill from being contaminated.
Pictured: M. Williams, LCC Coordinator
Youth volunteers help unload vehicles. Pictured L to R: I. Tolbert, S. Wilbanks, J. Hamilton, and N. Edelman.
This event would not be possible without the support of Randy Clatterbuck and the Landfill staff, Rappahannock Goodwill Industries, and the volunteers, especially those from the Orange County High School ’ s FFA, and the Orange County Youth Council.
Youth volunteers place new Gaylord containers. Pictured L to R: J. Hamilton, I. Tolbert, and C. Heiston
Full containers being loaded. Pictured L to R: A. McWilliams, C. Heiston, I. Tolbert, J. Hamilton, and R. Clatterbuck.
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