Look for this recycling box in front of the Winter Farmers’ Market, and also in front of The Ferrell Shop in Jackson Square.
Recycling drive at Winter Farmers’ Market during March
Electronics and plastic bags, for a new Jackson Square Trex bench
The Winter Farmers’ Market is hosting a recycling drive for electronics and plastic bags during the month of March, on Saturday mornings 9 a.m. to Noon, at the gym of St. Mary’s Catholic School, 323 Vermont Ave., Oak Ridge.
Old cell phones, computers, keyboards, tablets, radios, and other electronics will be collected in front of the market by local Oak Ridge business Atomic REC LLC. Owner Bradley Woodward collected electronics last year and customers have asked for his return. He will be outside from 9 to 11 a.m., March 6, 13, and 20 for collections.
In addition to electronics, market is collecting clean, dry household plastic bags during March, part of the NexTrex Recycling Program led by The Ferrell Shop of Historic Jackson Square. Produce bags, store bags, ice bags, Ziploc and other reclosable bags, cereal box liners, case overwrap, bread and newspaper bags and others are accepted at both The Ferrell Shop and the Winter Farmers’ Market.
No fast food bags or bags with food stains, please. No other items like cardboard, paper or glass will be accepted.
All plastic will be sent to NexTrex Recycling, which will donate a recycled plastic bench for Historic Jackson Square if 500 pounds of plastic can be collected. For more information about the bag recycling, call The Ferrell Shop at 865-483-0961.
The Winter Farmers’ Market is open through March 27 on Saturday mornings, for both in-person and online shopping. Contact-free, curbside pickup is offered in its Market-To-Go program. The market features local farmers, bakers and artisans, all of whom make, bake or grow what they sell within a 150-mile radius of Oak Ridge.
For more information about the Winter Farmers’ Market, or Market-To-Go, visit www.GrowOakRidge.org.
What can be recycled?
Plastic must be clean, dry