Come
Celebrate Earth Day in Abingdon!
EARTH
DAY CELEBRATION, PAPER SHREDDING & E-WASTE RECYCLING
The Town of Abingdon will hold its 2018 EARTH DAY CELEBRATION
on Saturday, April 21st from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Fields-Penn
House on Main Street across from the Farmers Market in Abingdon. Admission is FREE. This year there will be approximately 60 groups (non-profits,
private groups, local businesses, educators and state & federal agencies) providing
a great deal of fun and information to share. The theme of
the event is Biodiversity:
Plants, Animals & Habitats of SWVA.
Several activities are planned throughout the celebration such as a rain barrel workshop where you can make your own rain barrel to take home (registration required). MECC’s mobile solar powered energy system, SPARC-E, will be on-site for walk-through tours. There will be a free Kids Zone area with free games & prizes, a “trash to treasure” crafts tent, educational displays, face painting, and a local foods food court. Kids who bring the Earth Day flyer to the Sustain Abingdon table will receive a free “green” item! There will be a food drive to benefit Second Harvest Food Bank. Bring in two (2) cans of food and receive a free gift (one per family, supplies are limited).
Several activities are planned throughout the celebration such as a rain barrel workshop where you can make your own rain barrel to take home (registration required). MECC’s mobile solar powered energy system, SPARC-E, will be on-site for walk-through tours. There will be a free Kids Zone area with free games & prizes, a “trash to treasure” crafts tent, educational displays, face painting, and a local foods food court. Kids who bring the Earth Day flyer to the Sustain Abingdon table will receive a free “green” item! There will be a food drive to benefit Second Harvest Food Bank. Bring in two (2) cans of food and receive a free gift (one per family, supplies are limited).
Just down the street in front of the Arts Depot, we
will have free document shredding and a drop-off area for electronic waste
(e-waste). Any item that has a
power-cord or uses batteries is considered e-waste. E-waste includes but is not
limited to laptop/desktop computers, CRT /LCD monitors, hard drives, modems, plug
and play devices, printers/scanners, copiers, commercial telephone equipment,
fax machines, power backups, power transformers, misc. electronic business
equipment, wires, cables, circuit boards, video game systems, DVD/VCR players, microwave
ovens, televisions, and small electronic household appliances. This will be a free service provided by the
Town of Abingdon. Items with compressors
like refrigerators, ACs and dehumidifiers cannot be accepted. Other household hazardous materials (like
batteries, chemicals, petroleum products and fluorescent light bulbs) can be
taken to MXI Inc.
during their annual HHW event in May.
For information, please contact Sarita Moore, of the
Town of Abingdon Sustain Abingdon Committee, at 276-628-4321 or visit the Sustain
Abingdon website: www.sustainabingdon.com or
like us on facebook: www.facebook.com/SustainAbingdon.
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