Computers and other electronic devices well on the way to being a hazardous waste crisis, loaded with heavy metals that can leech into groundwater if they're junked in landfills not set up to handle such materials. So don't trash 'em. Bring that electronic junk, as well as unneeded clothing, to a collection event instead, such as these being held (rain or shine) by the DSNY Bureau of Waste Prevention, Reuse and Recycing this fall in all five boroughs:
STATEN ISLAND
Saturday, September 8, 2007
8am - 2pm
Staten Island Mall, Parking Lot F (near main entrance, 2655 Richmond Ave.)
MANHATTAN
Sunday, September 9, 2007
8am - 2pm
Union Square North Plaza (southeast corner of 17th St. and Broadway; cars enter at 16th St & Union Square West).
BRONX
Sunday, September 16, 2007
8am - 2pm
Lehman College, North Lot (Goulden Ave., just south of Bedford Park West)
QUEENS
Saturday, September 29, 2007
8am - 2pm
St. John's University, Alumni Hall Parking Lot (corner of Utopia Parkway & Union Turnpike, cars enter at Gate 3 on Union Turnpike & 80th Rd.)
BROOKLYN
Sunday, September 30, 2007
8am - 2pm
Keyspan Park, Coney Island (Surf Ave. & 19th St., take Cropsey Ave. exit off the Belt Parkway)
