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Tuesday, July 14th, 2009
Residents will have the opportunity to discard unwanted and expired prescriptions and over the counter medicines in a safe and environmentally-friendly manner on July 18th from 9am until 1pm at the Earth Fare in Bearden. The medication packaging will be recycled. Participants will be provided markers to mark over personal information.
The goal of the collection is to prevent these pharmaceutical and over-the-counter products from getting into the water supply – or into the hands of children – and to make sure they are disposed of in a safe, environmentally-conscious way.
The Medication Collection is part of an ongoing, nationwide effort to reduce the amount of drugs and over the counter products that are entering water systems from going down the drain.
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Monday, April 20th, 2009
Oak Ridge will be celebrating EarthDay on Saturday, April 25th from 11am to 6pm. The OR EarthDay web site describes the event at:
“A free, family-friendly celebration with the mission to
Educate, Encourage, and Empower citizens
to create a sustainable community.”
The KRC will have a booth at the event, and we will be collecting tennis shoes for recycling. [...]
Tags: booth, education, events, giveaway, shoes
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Wednesday, February 25th, 2009
We are holding this quarter’s Secure Paper Drop-Off on March 7th from 10am to 1pm at our office just off Sutherland Ave.
The Drop-Off is available for free to the public. The paper is locked in our office until it is transported to the recycling facility where it is destroyed.
Normally this is a service offered to [...]
Tags: education, events, recycling, secure paper
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Sunday, January 4th, 2009
Knoxville has two upcoming opprotunities to recycle old electronics. The eCylce event is being held to benifit Goodwill, East TN Children’s Hospital, and the Optimist Club of West Knoxville.
The first even will be held at Farragut High School on January 10, 2009 from 9 am to 3 pm. The second opprotunity will be at Chilhowee [...]
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