The Rotary Club of Falmouth will host an electronics recycling day on Saturday, May 12 from 9-2 at the
Falmouth Shopping Center parking lot on U.S. Route 1 (near Lamey Wellehan) in Falmouth. Town residency is not required.
Items accepted include household electronics such as TV's, computers , monitors (keyboard, mouse),
printers, scanners, DVD players, VCR's, radios, stereos, microwaves ovens, cell phones, game
consoles, cords, circuit boards, and digital picture frames.
“This event allows people to drop off their electronics so they can be recycled or disposed of in an environmentally friendly way”, says Anne Payson of the Falmouth Rotary Club. “We simply ask that people make a donation to Rotary at the time they drop their items off. Donations will go primarily to our Rotary Youth Exchange Program.”
Falmouth Rotary is a volunteer service organization that supports a variety of community and international causes, including the Rotary Youth Exchange Program, polio eradication, Safe Passage, the Falmouth Food Pantry, Maine Childrens Cancer Center, and girls literacy in Afghanistan.
“We are especially interested in continuing participation in the Rotary Youth Exchange Program, which is a wonderful way to build goodwill and understanding between different cultures. Last year we hosted a student from Spain, and this year we are hosting a student from Chile. Maine communities have really benefited from having these students in their communities and we look forward to continuing this. We want to build recognition, because it has a low profile in this area.”
Items that will be NOT be accepted include appliances and white goods (ovens, washer/dryers, stoves),
items with freon such as refrigerators and air conditioners, fluorescent bulbs, and mercury-bearing items (thermometers, thermostats).
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