Yardley Borough’s Annual Recycling Day, scheduled for Saturday, April 27th, from 9:00am to 1:00pm, provides local residents and businesses with the opportunity to do some early spring cleaning while protecting the environment. This “rain or shine” event, co-sponsored by the Yardley Borough Environmental Advisory Commission (EAC) and the Yardley Business Association (YBA), takes place in Buttonwood Park, adjacent to the Yardley Town Center in the borough.

Entry to the event will be off of Main Street, between Firehouse Cycles and The Face and Body Spa. Volunteers will direct anyone with donations to drop off locations within Buttonwood Park.

Recycling Day also offers the convenience of on-site shredding of paper, documents and CDs. Any “sensitive” documents will be shredded directly in front of the person and disposed of properly.

On the same day and in conjunction with the event, the Yardley Borough Police Department sponsors a prescription drug collection. All unused medications, current or expired, will be accepted at the Yardley Borough Police Station. No sharps of any kind will be accepted.

“We are very enthusiastic about community involvement and the opportunity to expand on an incredibly successful event,” says Carol Such, an EAC member and coordinator of Recycling Day. “It brings together residents and businesses in the borough and nearby communities to enhance our quality of life by reducing waste, recycling and repurposing items that are no longer usable,” she notes.

Most items collected are handled and processed by Advanced Green Solutions, Inc., a Pennsylvania-based recycling company.

Acceptable Items Include:

• American flags
• Bicycles (any condition)
• Cell phones (any model/year/condition)
• Computers
• Electronics and related equipment
• LPs/albums/cassettes/CDs/DVDs
• Non-alkaline batteries
• Packing materials (bubble wrap, air packs, peanuts, Styrofoam)
• Paper, documents, CDs, DVDs (shredding on site – cardboard not accepted)
• Printers/toner/fax cartridges
• Sneakers – dry and clean (cannot accept cleats or dirty, wet shoes)
• TVs, DVD/VCR/VHS/Beta players.

Unacceptable Items Include:

• Alkaline batteries
• Antifreeze or used motor oil
• Car batteries
• Cardboard
• Clothing
• Hazardous waste or materials
• Lead paint
• Regular paint

Recycling Day provides an opportunity to learn about proper recycling and composting while enjoying a community event. Yardley Starbucks and Cramer’s Bakery will donate refreshments and baked goods.

Local Girl Scouts and Boy Scouts help collect and organize donations. The Yardley Business Association sponsors NEXCUT Shredding, a document shredding company.

Glen Lowe, of Bucks Ship and Print, will collect packing materials. Firehouse Cycles will collect bicycles to be donated to the Trenton Boys & Girls Club. The Yardley VFW collects and properly disposes the American flags.

In addition to the sneakers collected on Recycling Day, Optimal Health Center of Yardley, located at 301 Oxford Valley Road, Suite 1405, will accept donated sneakers throughout the month of April that will be given to NIKE™ for recycling.

“Last year we collected 1.79 tons of paper, 48 bicycles, 112 sneakers, 131 cell phones, 113 laser and ink cartridges, six tons of computers and 20 bags of clothing,” says Carol, adding that some recyclable items will be donated to A Woman’s Place, Bucks County’s only organization that assists victims of domestic violence.

For more information, call Carol at 215.369.1479 or email: Ladymcgowen@verizon.net. On Facebook, visit “Yardley Borough EAC” or email yardleyboro_recycles@comcast.net.