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Recycle unusual stuff, political signs

Tomorrow, Nov. 13, 10-2 pm, Shops of Seaboard, 802 Semart Drive, America Recycles Day event
Recycling:  Answering machines, camcorders, cameras and other electronics;  Rigid plastic items that have the #2 (HDPE) recycling symbol, plastic bags with recycling symbol #2 or #4, plastic film, and ink jet and toner cartridges.  Household hazardous waste at the . These include acids, automotive fluids and antifreeze, batteries, fuels, paints, polishes and pesticides.
Donating:  Got household items that are in good condition but you don’t want to throw them away? Organizers will be accepting furniture, cookware, utensils, drinking glasses, linen, small appliances, bookcases, small televisions, and floor lamps, to name a few. The Green Chair Project, a non-profit group, will oversee distribution of the items to needy residents in the area.
Through Nov. 30
Paperboard political signs:  Raleigh Recycling has placed a large recycling container out at the City’s Mini-City Drop Off Recycling Center located at North Boulevard Plaza, 4510 Capital Boulevard, behind the Taco Bell, adjacent to Food Lion.  Plastic film signs, metal and wood stakes will not be accepted.
Ongoing:
Political sign metal stakes:  Metal stakes can be separated and taken to any of Wake County’s Convenience Centers “scrap metal” boxes to be recycled. See www.wakegov.com/recycling for locations. Wood stakes can be composted.