Saturday, May 13, 2017

9:30 AM—12:30 PM Louisville Water Tower Park,

3005 River Road

Visit www.louisvilleky.gov/district9

for more information,

or contact Kyle Ethridge at

574-3908 or email

kyle.ethridge@louisvilleky.gov

Clean out your house and drop

off these items for

RECYCLING for FREE:

(This event is not for businesses)

BATTERIES (rechargeable and non-

rechargeable) Please have them separated

COMPUTERS & ELECTRONICS (terminals,

towers, laptops, printers, copiers, fax

machines, scanners, VHS/DVD players,

stereo, monitors - NO CRT monitors NO older

non-working TVs accepted—10 years old or

newer, no console and projection TVs)

HANDHELD ELECTRONICS (cell phones, cell

phone accessories, iPods, tablets, MP3

players)

HAZARDOUS MATERIALS (fluorescent light

bulbs, oil based & latex paint, household

chemicals - MUST have labels and no leaks,

no containers larger than 5 gallons)

HOUSEHOLD BUILDING SUPPLIES

(cabinets, doors, flooring, windows, hardware,

light/ceiling fans, lumber, roofing, siding, tools)

HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE must be in good

condition (NO mattresses, items with odors,

water beds, baby cribs and accessories, enter-

tainment centers, armoires for TVs/computers)

HOUSEHOLD ITEMS (working appliances)

MEDICAL SURPLUS ITEMS (walkers,

wheelchairs, orthopedic items, diabetic

supplies, ace bandages, gauze pads, canes)

PERSONAL DOCUMENTS (shred on-site

paper documents ONLY) Unable to take

boxes or plastic bags

SHOES (new and gently used) Must be dry

and free of mold

Produced By:

Councilman Bill Hollander

Louisville Metro Council

www.louisvilleky.gov/district9

Recycling Vendors:

Department of

Public Works

Please consider recycling your Computers and Electronics with Commonwealth E-waste and Computer Recycling, LLC. CECR provides Environmental and Privacy Compliance to many Fortune 500 companies; local, state, and federal agencies; and hundreds of small and medium businesses.

Materials Accepted For Recycling

Monitors

Terminals

Computers (towers)

Servers

Laptops

Printers

Copiers

Fax Machines

Scanners

Keyboards/Mice

Cables

Retiring Medical Equipment

Cable & Wire

UPS

Rechargeable Batteries

VHS/DVD players

Recycle Medical Supplies & Equipment SOS DONATION GUIDELINES

THINK GREEN & RECYCLE

Thank you for recycling leftover medical supplies or medical equipment with Supplies Over Seas (SOS). SOS looks for usable and needed donations that meet high product standards for our medical surplus donations to hospitals and clinics around the world.

Walkers

Wheelchairs

Canes

Crutches

Potty Chairs

Shower Chairs

Hospital Beds

Braces – Slings – Splints

Orthopedic Boots

Dressings

Ace Bandages

Adhesive Tape

Band-Aids

Q-Tips

Cotton Balls

Gauze Pads

Syringes

Gloves

Depends (opened packages accepted)

Weight Scales

Diabetic Supplies

Ostomy Supplies

BiPap Machines

CPap Machines

Nebulizers

Blood Pressure Monitors

Thermometers

Baby Blankets

Antibiotic Ointment

Burn Ointment

Hydrocortizone Cream

Adult & Children’s Tylenol

Examples of Medical Supplies to Donate

About SOS – SOS is a Louisville-based nonprofit organization with a global reach! SOS recovers surplus medi-cal supplies and redistributes them to medical impoverished communities around the world. Founded in 1993 by Dr. Norton Waterman and members of the Greater Louisville Medical Society, SOS’s environmental and humanitarian aid mission has aided over 100 countries with life-saving items that would otherwise have gone into our landfills.

THINK GREEN & RECYCLE

Acceptable Donations – Items must be in good working order with all necessary parts and acceptable to patients regardless of economic status. Items can be gently used.

Unable to Accept as a Donation - SOS is unable to accept the following: IV Fluids or Liquids; Liquid Nutri-tion; Pharmaceutical Drugs; Prosthesis devices; Hazardous Materials and NO items exposed to pathogens.

Call First - To ensure your donation is one that SOS will be able to accept, please call SOS before bringing any donation to the SOS warehouse. It is very helpful to send via email a list of the items you want to do-nate so the SOS staff can review the donation.

How to Donate – After your items are approved by phone or email, bring your donations to Supplies Over Seas (1500 Arlington Ave.) warehouse located off of Spring Street in the Butchertown neighborhood. For security and insurance reasons, SOS staff and volunteers are not able to pick up at private home locations.

Hours – 8 AM to 5 PM, Monday-Friday. We are also open the 2nd & 4th Saturday of each month (except in May and December) from 9 AM to Noon.

Organize a Medical Recycling Event

Corporate, Faith-Based, School, Neighborhood, Scout Troop or Service Groups can help SOS remove useful items from our area landfills by organizing a medical recycling event and asking participants to donate left-over medical supplies and equipment. Call SOS for more information.

Volunteer Opportunities

SOS needs individuals and groups to volunteer in order to accomplish our “green” humanitarian aid mis-sion. For community service opportunities, please call SOS for more information.

Electronics Recycling

The electronics recycling program is available to all Louisville Metro residents and businesses. This program provides a convenient and environmentally-friendly way to dispose of unusable electronics. Remember to think "Reuse" first! If your electronic equipment is still functioning, consider donating it to extend its useful life.

Where do I take my electronic items? Louisville Waste Reduction Center 636 Meriwether Avenue

When can I drop off electronics? Tuesday - Friday 8 a.m. - 5 p.m. Saturday 8 a.m. - 3 p.m.

What electronics can I recycle? Accepted items include:

cell phones compact discs (CDs) and CD players computers copiers digital cameras electronic game systems floppy disks microwaves monitors printers scanners tapes and disk drives television sets VCRs Commercial-sized copiers, servers, and printers will be considered as business equip-

ment and charged accordingly.

Residents may dispose of three items or systems per visit at no charge. A system is a

computer, monitor, keyboard, printer, and external drive.

Businesses will be charged a disposal fee of 30 cents per pound. Large amounts of

electronic equipment from businesses are accepted by appointment only. Dial Metro-

Call at 311 or 574.5000 to schedule an appointment.

Non-profit organizations with a 501 (c) 3 status will be charged 15 cents per pound.

Large amounts of electronic equipment from non-profits are accepted by appointment

only. Dial MetroCall at 311 or 574.5000 to schedule an appointment.