Alachua County residents are invited to participate in the Community Reuse & Recycle Day to be held at Santa Fe College Northwest Campus on Saturday, April 19.
The event will run from 9 a.m. to noon at SF College (3000 NW 83rd St.) in Gainesville in the Construction Institute Parking Lot 8 on North Road across from the gym.
The Alachua County Solid Waste & Resource Recovery Department, in collaboration with the Santa Fe College Teaching Zoo, will be hosting the event.
Nonprofit organizations will be on-site to receive nonperishable food (no expired or open items), housewares in usable condition, clothing in wearable condition (no dirty or damaged items), supplies for school, offices or art, and household hazardous waste (such as paint, chemicals, old electronics, etc.) for recycling or proper disposal. Household garbage, general recycling, damaged/soiled items, and other materials unsuitable for donation will not be accepted.
The event, in honor of Earth Day and in conjunction with the Santa Fe College Teaching Zoo’s Party for the Planet, will offer donors a discount voucher for same-day zoo admission (while supplies last). The zoo will have special events, food trucks and informational tabling that day.
Volunteers will help unload and collect donations for local non-profits that include Haven Attic Resale Store, Santa Fe College Saints Share Wear, Santa Fe College Saints Food Share, and Tools for Schools. Alachua County staff will also be at the event to collect household hazardous waste.
“We make it convenient and easy to drive-thru and drop off donation items and household hazardous waste at this popular annual event,” said Alanna Carinio, the county’s Office of Waste Alternatives’ public education program coordinator, in a press release. “Donations support neighbors right here in our own community, protect valuable resources, encourage reuse, and reduce what we send to the landfill.”
Learn more about this event and what items will be accepted, or sign up to volunteer.
For more information, contact Carinio at 352-548-1278 or acarinio@alachuacounty.us.
The Alachua County Solid Waste & Resource Recovery Department does a fantastic job of education for recycling. The question I don’t understand why does Alachua County transports all there waste to another country land field for disposal. If Alachua County was sincere about zero waste, then they would incinerate the garbage for a secondary use. Stop dumping your garbage on poor communities be responsible for your own trash. If you insist placing the garbage in the ground keep it in your own backyard.