Recycle Day for Tyler

TYLER — Keep Tyler Beautiful prepares to host the 16th annual Tyler Recycles Day on Saturday. Keep Tyler Beautiful will provide a community collection event joining thousands of local organizers holding recycling events across the country in correlation with America Recycles Day. Ark-La-Tex Shredding Company and Interstate Batteries will be providing special services for the duration of the event. This is a national initiative of Keep America Beautiful, designed to help communities spotlight their recycling efforts with thousands of local events focused on how and what to recycle.

The drive for Tyler Recycles will be held from 8 a.m. to noon at the Tyler Recycling Collection Center,on N. Bois D’Arc Ave. Keep Tyler Beautiful is asking residents to bring acceptable recyclables to the collection center during this event to support and celebrate our recycling efforts. Ark-La-Tex Shredding will offer free personal document shredding for individuals and businesses. There will be a collection station for all types of batteries hosted by Interstate Batteries. Acceptable items to bring to the collection center include:

newspapers, magazines, phonebooks
junk mail, mixed office paper, paperback and hardback books
#1 and #2 plastic soda and water bottles, milk jugs and detergent bottles
cardboard of any type, aluminum cans, tin cans
cell phones and chargers, small electronics, computers, printers
green, brown, and clear glass bottles and jars
metal (copper, aluminum, brass, steel)
motor oil/hydraulic fluid and anti-freeze

Some fees may apply for electronic devices. For more information on accepted items and fees, please call Tyler Solid Waste at (903) 531-1388. For more information, please contact Angela Bennis, Keep Tyler Beautiful Community Coordinator, at (903) 595-7217.