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Have old coffee pots, VCRs or phones? Recycle them Saturday!

Adjacent to this year's Harvest Your Energy Festival will be an electronics recycling fundraiser organized by the Friends of Medford Rowing.  This Saturday, October 26, 11am to 2pm, bring your electronics (anything that plugs in or has a battery) to be properly recycled.  

After recycling, pick up some lunch at the Festival. There will be hot dogs, Salvatore’s pizza, sweet treats, frozen ice cream hoagies and all kind of goodies.

There is a $5-10 per item fee for small electronics: CD Rom/DVD drives, computer mice, keyboards, plugs, speakers, wires and parts/accessories of computers, toasters, coffee makers, Walkmans, iPods and accessories and small power tools

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There is a $10- $15 per item fee for medium electronics: Servers, copy/fax/scanner/printers, phones of any kind and phone systems, UPS (computer battery back-up systems), camera/video/audio equipment, DVD players, stereos, VCRs and larger power tools.

There is a $10-$25 per item fee for larger electronics and all appliances: Microwaves, air conditioners, dehumidifiers, computer monitors, laptops and televisions (up to 50 lbs), desktops and laptops.

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Televisions more than 50 lbs incur a surcharge dependent on the weight.

Also at the Festival will be free paper shredding!  Medford residents can bring up to 7 boxes of paper to be shredded.  

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