​Olney Days Free Paper Shred, Household Donations, Lightbulb Exchange, & Electronic Recycling Event
FREE but cash donations are appreciated to offset costs
– Paper shred – 3 boxes or 3 large bags of paper. No newspapers​.​
– Household Donations – Project B Green will accept household donations include clothing, shoes, hand bags, housewares, toys, bed & bath, media, holiday decorations, kitchenware, small electronics (working), sporting goods, books, small furniture (no larger than 4ft by 4 ft).
– Lightbulb Exchange – The Department of Environmental Protection will be there to swap out your old incandescent and compact fluorescent bulbs for energy efficiency LED bulbs. Feel free to bring as many lightbulbs as you have and receive up to 3 LEDs per person.
– Electronic Recycling – Montgomery County will accept activity fitness trackers, alarm clocks, audio equipment, cable/satellite boxes, cables, calculators, circuit boards, computers and related items (CRT and flatscreen monitors, keyboards, flash drives, modems), copiers, digital cameras, drones, small handheld electric tools, radios, remote controls, stereos, cell phones, empty toner cartridges, video game consoles and controllers. For a complete list of accepted items go to the county’s electronics recycling page.
– Terracycling – Green Olney will be collecting hard to recycle things that cannot be placed in the household blue bins picked up by the county. These things include: Crayons, pens, pencils (wood and mechanical), markers, toothpaste tubes with caps, toothbrushes, floss containers and the packaging it comes in, disposable razors, blades, and the packaging it comes in, socks, Brita brand filters, pitchers, and the packaging it comes in, beauty and skincare bottles, tubes, caps, mascara tubes and wands, jars, compacts, contact lens cases, single use eye-drop vials, contact solution bottles and caps.