Atlantic residents have another chance to take of spring cleaning by getting rid of good, used/and-or broken electronics, for FREE. Jason Erickson, COO of ThinkSpace IT, said the company and Southwest Iowa Composite Squadron have joined with Midwest Metal Recyclers in Logan, to host an e-waste recycling drive in Atlantic from 4-until 8-p.m. on Tuesday, April 18^th, at the American Legion Memorial Building (The Old Armory), at 2^nd and Poplar Streets.

Most all electronics expect tube televisions and large lead batteries, will be accepted. The electronic equipment can be almost anything can carry. Televisions and computer monitors should be recycled at your local landfill, or large “Box Stores,” like Best Buy (but you should call ahead first). The E-waste is transported to another location to be broken down into separate, smaller components and then melted down into their valuable metals (Gold, silver, etc). Those metals are re-sold to make new products.

Erickson says there’s really no limit on the amount of small electronics you can bring to event. They will accept laptops, desktops, servers, computer mice, printers, scanners, external & internal hard drives, keyboards, UPS battery backups, tablets, and more. The event is being coordinated by the local Civil Air Patrol group, the “Southwest Iowa Composite Squadron.”

The community service project is aimed at getting toxic chemical found in electronic that might otherwise be illegally dumped in the country, into a safe place for disposal.