The Tomah VA Medical Center will host a home electronics recycling collection on April 24, 25, outside of Building 25 on the Tomah VA campus. The third annual Tomah VA Earth Day Electronics Recycling Day will be a community-wide recycling event for rechargeable batteries and electronics. The collection will take place outside Building 25 from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. on both days. There is no cost to the participants or to the Tomah VAMC. Some items eligible for recycling include rechargeable batteries including nickel cadmium, lithium ion and lead acid batteries. Please no alkaline batteries. Electronics that can be recycled include televisions, computer monitors, cell phones, VCR’s, and microwaves. Access the following web sites for a complete list of items eligible for recycling http://www.call2recycle.org/faq and http://www.unicor.gov/recycling/acceptable_items.cfm The home electronics recycling collection will be held outside Building 25, on the sidewalk. Enter on 2nd Street of the Tomah VA campus, turn right on E Street.For more information, please contact Dave Brande, in the Tomah VA logistics office at 608-372-3971 ext. 61149 or e-mail david.brande@va.gov.
Contributed by Charity Anderson