Annual Hard-to-Recycle event planned at Pittsburgh Mills

The Pennsylvania Resources Council is offering four Hard-to-Recycle events this year, including one on May 9 at the Pittsburgh Mills in Frazer, for residents to get rid of items not typically collected by trash haulers.

Residents can bring their e-waste, cellphones, alkaline batteries, Freon-containing appliances, tires and more to the Pittsburgh Mills from 9 am. to 1 p.m. May 9.

Other sites and dates are: Bethel Park High School on June 20, La Roche University on July 25 and Settlers Cabin Park wave pool parking lot on Oct. 3rd.

Over the past 16 years, Hard-to-Recycle events have collected 2 million pounds of electronics, more than 12,000 tires, 3,700 appliances and more.

Some items are recycled for free while others are fee-based.

Materials collected at no cost: CPU (towers), laptops, mice and keyboards; home phones and cellphones; tablets, PDAs and UPS; servers, routers, and modems; web and digital cameras; DVD Players and VCRs; paper shredders; clock radios; stereos; microwaves; copiers, fax machines and scanners; electronic cables; video game consoles; expanded Polystyrene packaging material; compact fluorescent light bulbs; glass bottles, jugs, and jars (all colors, labels and lids can remain on);

Materials collected for a fee: computer monitors, $20; televisions, $30; console or rear projection TVs, $40; printers, $5; alkaline Batteries, $1.50 per pound; small Freon-containing appliances, $10 each; CDs, DVDs, VHS tapes and floppy disks, $1 per pound; tires, $3.50 without rims and $10 with rims; hard-drive data destruction verification, $11.50 for the first one and $3 for each additional drive; and fluorescent tubes, $2 to $3.50.

Hard-to-Recycle accepts cash, check, credit or debit. Organizers suggest that participants consider bringing cash as people move more quickly through the cash-only lane.

There will be on site to help participants unload their recyclables.

To learn more, visit the Pennsylvania Resources Council website.