A cool fall Saturday served as the backdrop for a full morning of ferrying electronics from cars to recycling containers. Volunteers from Wilmington FFA, Clinton County Community Action Program and the Clinton County Foundation hauled in 191 televisions, monitors and a massive amount of other electronics for recycling on October 1.
During the event, 59 TVs and monitors totaling over 4,000 screen inches rolled through the host site at Clinton County Engineer’s facility on Fife Avenue. Two local schools, Blanchester and Clinton-Massie, participated in the event and arranged for separate pick-ups given the volume of items they each had to recycle – a combined 4,485 screen inches.
Since Clinton County does not have a dedicated location for TV and monitor recycling, an event like this offered residents and businesses an option to safely dispose of unwanted items in a responsible manner through a certified recycling vendor. Thanks to a grant from the Ohio EPA, Clinton County Solid Waste Management District and the Clinton County Foundation, all items were recycled at no cost for residents and businesses of Clinton County.