The Orange Recycling Committee’s paper shredding and mattress recycling event scheduled for Saturday, Oct. 13 from 9 a.m. to noon at High Plains Community Center will once again be joined by the Orange Community Women hosting a FUNDrive for clothes and household items.
The Orange Community Women are asking residents to bring clothing, shoes, towels, electronics, toys and games, kitchen items, sporting goods and more to the pavilion that morning. The benefit will help support many community projects.
Orange Recycling Committee Chair Mitch Goldblatt said he is excited about the additional service. “Saturday, October 13 will be a great morning for a fall clean-out at its best,” Goldblatt said. “I’m encouraging all residents to bring their household goods and clothes in addition to their documents, papers, and even mattresses for an ultimate recycling event!”
The secure, on-site paper shredding service will once again be handled by town resident Joe Johnston’s company, Affordable Solutions. Residents may bring bags or boxes filled with documents for shredding and volunteers from the Orange Recycling Committee will deposit them into the shredding truck. This service is funded by the Rotary Club of Orange. Residents may show their appreciation by donating to the Orange Rotary Scholarship Fund. Rotarians will be on hand to collect donations.
Residents may also bring mattresses and box springs for recycling. The free service is made possible through a partnership with the Mattress Recycling Council’s Bye Bye Mattress Program. Dry mattresses of all sizes and box springs will be accepted. However, mattresses from futons/sofa beds or waterbeds; mattresses infested with bed bugs; wet, damaged or excessively soiled mattresses; sleeping bag or mattress pads/toppers, are not part of the program.
For residents who need assistance getting mattresses and box springs to the event, members of the Orange Lions Club will pick these items up from residences, as long as they are outside and dry or in a garage for easy access. Volunteers will not enter individual homes.
Anyone interested in this pickup service should contact Ken Lenz at 203-795-3906. The fee for pickup is $10 per mattress or box spring. Payment is by cash or check made out to Orange Lions Charities, and all proceeds are considered a charitable donation.
“We are thrilled to partner with the Rotary Club of Orange, the Orange Lions Club, and the Orange Community Women to offer these important environmental services to residents,” Goldblatt said. “Purging homes of these items and keeping them out of landfills helps our environment as well as tax dollars. This is a fun event that gives volunteers and residents an opportunity to work together for a cleaner and more sustainable planet.”
The Orange Recycling Committee is a group of volunteers appointed by the Board of Selectmen who live in Orange and are committed to increasing and simplify recycling options for Orange residents. For more information, visit orange-ct.gov/180/Recycling or the Facebook page at facebook.com/ORCinCT/.