KCB’s Electronics Recycling (or E-Recycling) is an amnesty event held twice a year and open to all residents of Carroll County (check our Facebook Events Page for future events). During the event, participants drop off old, broken, and/or unusable electronics in a designated location, and KCB ships them off to Atlanta Recycling Solutions – a recycling facility specialized in breaking down old devices. ARS complies with federal and state environmental requirements, including Responsible Recycling (R2) Practices and EHSMS (Environmental, Health, and Safety Management System) standards. ARS also provides secure data destruction – all of the devices dropped off during the event are stored in locked&sealed containers until they are processed!
E-Waste Recycled in 2020:
- TVs – 173 total devices:
- 104 CRT TVs at 5,899 lbs.
- 69 Flat Screen TVs at 2,994 lbs.
- An average cost to recycle one CRT TV is $20, and $15 for flat-screen TVs.
- Computers – 500 total devices:
- Tower PCs – 200
- Laptops – 142
- Large Tablets – 57
- Monitors – 101
- Total weight of all devices, cables, batteries collected:
28,482 lbs.!
E-Recycling 2020 was made possible by…
Our awesome volunteers, staff, and board members!
And sponsors!
Brad Cole Construction joined the E-Recycling dream-team this year and sent us a forklift with the operator – Colt Morris!
Keep Carroll Beautiful relays on sponsorships and donations to run the recycling amnesty events, like E-Recycling, and to operate our litter prevention and beautification programs. We are so grateful for everyone who donated during the event and to our 2020 sponsors:
Strong Sustainable Southwire (check Southwire’s journey to Carbon Zero) | Carroll County Government | Alice Huffard Richards Fund | Southland Insurance Agency | Carroll County Sherrif’s Office | SLM Recycling | Villa Rica Golden City Lions Club | Brad Cole Construction | Gradick Communications | Atlanta Recycling Solutions and Midway Church!
