SIDNEY — The sixth annual Super Saturday Recycling Day will be April 8, from 9 a.m. until 1 p.m, at the Shelby County Fairgrounds.
The city of Sidney, the Shelby County commissioners, the Shelby County Sheriff’s Office, Minster Bank, Shelby County Libraries, the Sidney-Shelby County Chamber of Commerce, the Shelby County Emergency Management Agency, the Shelby County Agricultural Society, the Sidney-Shelby County Health Department, the North Central Solid Waste District and Cohen Recycling will partner for Sidney’s Super Saturday recycling event, Sidney Mayor Mike Barhorst announced.
“Based upon the positive feedback we have received from previous year’s events, we will once again include document shredding, the opportunity to drop off prescription drugs and the opportunity to bring in books that are no longer needed,” Barhorst said. “We will, of course, also be collecting electronics — the reason we began this event five years ago. The market for electronics has changed dramatically. While in the past, we’ve been billed for electronic devices with screens, this year we will be billed for every electronic device. Even so, we plan to collect electronic devices for recycling and still charge only for those with screens.”
Acceptable working and nonworking items include computers, monitors, hard drives, printers, cell phones, printer cartridges, keyboards, mice, speakers, cords and cables, software, routers and switches, fire walls, servers and scanners.
“In reality, if it has a cord, we will accept it,” Shelby County Commissioner Bob Guillozet said. “We cannot accept large appliances or any type of hazardous waste including paints, pesticides and batteries. In addition, the sheriff cannot accept needles, syringes or any kind of liquid medication at the drug drop off. ”
Minster Bank Sidney Branch Manager Rhonda Keister said, “Minster Bank will again be providing onsite document shredding service for individuals and businesses. The program provides secure, confidential document shredding. Minster Bank is pleased to once again be a part of the program.”
Minster Bank has provided document shredding at their Sidney location since 2008 and provided it at the Super Saturday Recycling Event since 2013.
The Shelby County Sheriff’s Office will participate, collecting no-longer-needed drugs, so that they can be disposed of properly.
“I’d like to encourage families to clean out their medicine cabinets and bring their out-of-date prescriptions to the fairgrounds on Super Saturday,” Shelby County Sheriff John Lenhart said. “We will ensure that the drugs are disposed of properly. Drugs should not be flushed down the toilet, as they will only pollute our streams, rivers and oceans.”
Books were collected for the first time two years ago. The books are collected by volunteers from Amos Memorial Public Library.
“The books are separated into three categories,” Shelby County Public Libraries Executive Director Suzanne Cline said. “Some of the books may be added to our extensive collection, many of them will be sold at the library’s annual book sale, and some, especially sets of encyclopedias, are recycled.”
Barhorst said, “I want to thank Fourth Ward Councilman Steve Wagner for making the connection with Cohen Recycling. Cohen’s participation guarantees that the devices will be disposed of properly. In addition, we’ll again be able to ensure those who drop off their computers that the hard drives will be secured and scrubbed.
“In the first five years of the Super Saturday event, we have recycled nearly 120 tons of electronics,” Barhorst said. “As someone long interested in recycling, I am delighted that we have been able to properly dispose of these items, provide jobs and help keep landfills from filling up. When you add to the recycling of electronics the ability to properly dispose of drugs and being able to find new homes for books, this is indeed a ‘super’ event.”
For information, call 498-8143 or email [email protected].
