PRESQUE ISLE, Maine — Due to popular demand, The Aroostook Medical Center will offer the community a chance to bring used, broken and unwanted electronic devices for proper disposal, free of charge, this fall.
The electronics recycling collection day is planned for Wednesday, Sept. 20, from 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. at TAMC’s A.R. Gould Memorial Hospital on Academy Street in Presque Isle. Items will be accepted at the maintenance garage near the rear of the campus; signs will direct participants.
For nearly two decades, the hospital has participated in electronics recycling, but since 2015 they have co-sponsored a special electronics recycling day with partner Electronics End, LLC, extending the event into the community.
“We have been amazed at the response from the community during these events,” said Mark Bourgoin, organizer. “Properly disposing of these electronic items keeps harmful material out of the environment and allows for recycling of reusable elements, thus improving the sustainability of earth’s resources.”
The public may bring in computer monitors, network servers, TVs, desktop printers, digital frame pictures, cellphones, laptops, game consoles, computer towers, data/electrical cables, FAX machines, scanners, copiers, speakers, keyboards, stereos, DVD/VHS players and overhead projectors. Event workers will not accept light bulbs or batteries.
For additional information regarding the electronics recycling event, contact Bourgoin at (207) 768-4349 or by email at mbourgoin@emhs.org.
