Hills & Gardens: Recycling; a House of Stories
By Trudy Whitman
The periodic E-waste recycling events at PS 29 in Cobble Hill have been successful endeavors that help community members bond through a good cause. Added to the mix at the last event was a truck that shredded documents and a used clothing table. After relieving our home of an old monitor, some useless peripherals, two boxes of documents, and a bag of clothing that never made it to Goodwill, I left the playground feeling like a good citizen.
One of the partners in these E-waste events is the Lower East Side Ecology Center, which has now made it easier than ever for Brooklynites to dispose of working and non-working electronics by opening a permanent recycling site nearby. The center is at 469 President Street at Nevins and can be reached by telephone at 718 858-8777. The drop-off hours are Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Wednesdays from noon to 7; and Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.