It’s SHREDDING Time: Toss Your Docs and e-Waste at April’s Shred-a-Thon Event

Just in time for Tax Day, the Downtown Alliance is hosting its annual Spring Shred-a-thon and e-Waste Recycling Event on Sunday, April 14. Grab your old electronics and unwanted documents and bring them over to Fulton Street between Ryders Alley and Cliff Street. There, you’ll find a mobile shredding truck ready to securely destroy and recycle all sensitive documents, tax receipts and old bills from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. or until the truck is filled. (Note that you should keep at least three years worth of old tax records, so don’t shred all your 2023 receipts just yet!) 

Likewise, for electronics (working and non-working) that are currently collecting dust, the following list covers what to bring: 

• Computers (laptops, desktops, servers, mainframes) 
• Monitors (CRT and flatscreen) 
• Handheld devices (smartphones, tablets, MP3 players, e-readers) 
• Network devices (routers, hubs, modems) 
• Peripherals (keyboards, mice, cables, cords, chargers) 
• Components (hard drives, CD-ROMs, circuit boards, power supplies) 
• Printers under 50 pounds, scanners, fax machines 
• TVs 
• VCRs, DVRs, DVD and Blu-ray players
• Digital converter boxes, cable/satellite receivers 
• Video-game consoles and accessories 
• Cell phones, pagers, PDAs 
• Audiovisual equipment (cameras, microphones, stereo equipment, etc.)

We cannot accept home appliances such as microwaves, humidifiers and dehumidifiers, refrigerators, air conditioners or ionization smoke detectors/carbon monoxide detectors (those that are labeled as containing radioactive material); batteries, except lead-acid batteries from uninterrupted power supply (UPS) systems, and media like floppy disks, CDs, VHS tapes and cassette tapes are also not accepted. 

For additional e-waste questions you can check out the LES Ecology Center’s FAQ. For other items that require disposal, use the Department of Sanitation’s How to Get Rid of… tool, and stay tuned for more ADNY recycling resources in the days to come.