Events

The Clean City Program will be hosting two recycling events in 2010 where residents can bring hard to recycle items.

Spring Recycling Day - Saturday, May 1, 2010

As of January 2010, the following recycling opportunities will be available at the Spring Recycling Day. Please separate materials based on their category:

• Paper shredding service (paper will be recycled): Newport area residents are invited to bring up to four banker size boxes of paper to be shredded. Residents will be served on a first come, first serve basis. Once the truck is full, we will not be able to take additional documents for shredding.
• Electronic waste:
  • Computers/CPUs, monitors, keyboards, mice, scanners, televisions, laptops, fax machines, modems, routers, VCRs, DVD players, miscellaneous computer parts and wires, digital cameras, cell phones & accessories and more.
  • No freon bearing items such as air conditioners, dehumidifiers, refrigerators and large metal items such as washers and dryers.
• Rigid plastics:
  • #3-7 plastics, plastic toys, buckets, milk & soda crates, laundry baskets, lawn furniture, landscape items such as edging, microwave trays, plastic totes, plastic drums (food grade only, no chemical containers), pet carriers, plastic pallets, coolers, shelving, closet organizers, dish drainers, flower pots (no soil), garbage cans, recycling bins, waste baskets, 5 gallon water bottles.
  • All plastic items brought for recycling must be clean and free of any wood, metal, glass, wires or batteries.
• Big Sisters of RI accepts "gently used" items such as:
  • Anything made of cloth - clothing for all ages and genders; and sheets, towels, curtains, blankets, area rugs, table linens, etc. as well as unusable clothing/fabric
  • Household items - home décor, kitchen items such as plates, glasses, vases, etc
  • Books, toys, games, etc.
  • Small appliances and electronics in good working order, such as blenders, mixers, radios, etc.
  • No car seats, cribs, electronics (computers, TVs, etc), broken items, magazines, newspapers, books without covers, plants, mattresses, water heaters, tires, car parts, lawnmowers, wall-to-wall carpeting, building materials or health care equipment.
• Reading Tree:
  • Books (hardcover, paperback, any age - child or adult), DVDs, VHS tapes.
  • No magazines, phonebooks, catalogs, or books that have mold or mildew.
• Bicycles/bikes
  • Working and salvageable bicycles will be accepted for recycling.
  • The East Bay Met School refurbishes bicycles. Students learn mechanics & go for bike rides. The bikes are also used a program that works in conjunction with the Newport Heights Boys and Girls Club. Local children also earn free bikes by taking one of our 6-hour introductory bike maintenance and safety classes.

This event is NOT the Eco Depot collection for hazardous waste, therefore, no paints, fluorescent bulbs, and no other hazardous waste that's not on the above list will be collected at this event. Please see the Clean City Program's hazardous waste page for more information, or visit www.rirrc.org.

For more information about this event, please contact the Clean City Program at 845-5613.

Fall Recycling Day - Saturday, November 20, 2010

This event will also feature many of the recycling options that the Spring event offers. Please stay tuned for a detailed list.

Aquidneck Growers' Market

The Clean City Program will attend the Aquidneck Growers' Market periodically during the growing season between June and October to sell recycling bins & compost bins and answer questions about recycling. Please check back for specific dates.

Past Clean City Program events

At the Clean City Program's first shredding event on May 2, 2009, we recycled 6,760 pounds of shredded paper. We also sold over 140 compost bins to Newport residents (compost bins are now available to purchase anytime, please visit the Clean City Program's compost bin page for more information.

At the first Fall Recycling Day on November 21, 2009, we recycled 19,940 pounds of electronic waste (such as computers, TVs, monitors, printers and more) and 3,288 pounds of rigid plastic (plastic lawn chairs, plastic buckets, old laundry baskets and trash cans and more). We also sold 60 recycling bins during the event.

Thank you Newport!