The Environmental Stewardship recycling/reuse cabinet is located in Huffman Hall adjacent to the east door. Barrels for plastics and Styrofoam are located just west of the office area entrance.

 

Recycle              Comments

Paper (in parking lot bin)        Newspaper, magazines, catalogs, office paper, and mail are OK.

                                               Please, no cardboard.

                                               Received funds support St. Matthew’s Day School.

 

Batteries                                No Lead-acid or Lithium batteries please

                                                Alkaline, Nickel-Cadmium, Nickel-metal-hydride are OK.

                                                Please bring your batteries in plastic bags.

                                                Processed by BatteriesPlus or city hazardous waste dept.

 

Aluminum pull tabs                 Children can collect can pull tabs in a Ronald McDonald “house.”

                                                Everyone can empty your collections in a larger “house” at church.

                                                You can still recycle remainder of can with city recycling.

                                                Benefits families of critically ill children at Ronald McDonald House.

 

Digital Media

   CDs                                    Processed by MRC Polymers
   DVDs                                 DVDs with valuable content maybe reused. See Digital Media below.

 

Plastic, types 1-6                Please check the type number within embedded recycling triangle.

                                               Must be Clean. Plastic lids of marked containers are OK too.

                                               Please use city service for types 1 and 2 if practical for you.

Water & Soda Bottles          Clear or colored plastic bottles OK. Must be Clean.

Styrofoam, White                 Never used for food. Must be Clean. White color Styrofoam only.

                                               Break into small pieces.

                                               No packing peanuts. The UPS packaging store across the street

                                               from St. Matthew’s at 8127 Mesa Dr. will take and reuse peanuts.

Plastic films                          Clean, such as: newspaper bags, grocery and shopping bags,

                                               Saran Wrap, Cling Wrap, Ziploc,
                                               Blister pack (shape molded stiff clear plastic), Bubble wrap
Plastics and Styrofoam are collected in blue barrels just west of the office area entrance.

 

 

Reuse                Comments

Digital Devices                  Please observe Brand, Model, and Feature restrictions.

                                                 Devices do not need to be in working condition.

                                                 We can not accepte accesories like extra batteries,

                                                 chargers, or cables, except for cell phones.

                                                 Received funds support further ESC efforts.

   Laptops                               With CPU speed greater than 266MHz

   Digital cameras                    Models with at least 2 megapixels, with memory.

   Camcorders                          Models with at least 2 megapixels, with memory.

   Video game consoles              Models: PS2, PS3, Xbox, Xbox360, Wii, Game Cube

   GPS devices                          Models by Garmin, Tom-Tom, & Megellan

   PDA devices                         Models by Treo, Palm, Blackberry, Sidekick

   Portable DVD players           Any model.

   MP3 and iPod players           Any model.
   Cell Phones                          Any model. Batteries, chargers and accessories are not required
                                                 but gladly accepted. Proceeds buy phone cards for soldiers.
                                                 For your protection see Erasing Cell Phone to delete phone data.

 

Digital Media                         Received funds support further ESC efforts.

   DVDs                                   Working original manufactured games or movies with orig. case

                                                  No copies or burned DVDS

   Ink jet cartridges               Never been refilled, from Canon, Dell, HP & Lexmark

 

Eyeglasses, serviceable        Please include case, if available.

                                              Redistributed to domestic and Middle Eastern needy

 

Prescription Containers         We take only the light brown/amber colored containers.
                                               For your own protection,
                                                  remove or scratch out your name from containers.

                                               Empty. See Dump Old Meds for recommended

                                                    procedures to dispose of unwanted pharmaceuticals.

                                               Processed and reused for AIDS drugs in African nations.

 

 

Reduce               Comments

Oil consumption                      Cloth tote bags save oil & avoids plastic bag toxic decomposition.

   and toxic waste                    Contact Susan Robertson at SRobertson44@austin.rr.com

                                                   or 453-4115