A big thanks to everyone at CPW and to all of the volunteers who helped out with the October 19th DropOff-SwapOff. It was a busy event, especially in the morning, and it ran very smoothly thanks to everyone’s efforts. There were 842 vehicles at the DropOff portion of the event alone. Below is a summary of the items collected at the DropOff. Thanks very much again to everyone for all of your help in making this another successful event!
204 bags of styrofoam
Four 30 yd roll-off containers of scrap metal
One 30 yd roll-off container of upholstered furniture
One 30 yd roll-off container of bulky plastic
1/3 of a 30 yd roll-off container of carpet
Eleven 30 yd roll-off containers of oversize waste and construction & demo materials
Two truckloads of household goods
One truckload and one vanload of reusable building materials
12 containers of rags
180 boxes of paper were collected for off-site shredding
23 bags of sneakers
One 48’ trailer was filled with electronics
43 dehumidifiers
66 air conditioners
15 microwaves
50 propane tanks
2 helium tanks
2 boxes of holiday lights
1/2 box of crayons
1/2 box of laser toner cartridges
1 box of inkjet cartridges
1 box of cell phones
Two 5 gallon buckets of rechargeable batteries
Seven boxes of compact and 2’ fluorescent bulbs
Four containers of 4’ fluorescent bulbs
One box of 8’ fluorescent bulbs
Three 30 gallon boxes of unwanted medicine
Six 30 gallon boxes of SHARPS
57 bikes
3,000 books
11 toilets
2 sinks
6 fire extinguishers