Recycling Opportunity to Go Green

We have a golden opportunity this next month to get rid of old electronic devices which we have put aside in our garage or basement. They are gathering dust in our homes because we don't want to send them in to our landfills and yet don't know what else to do with them.
A local recycler AERC has made arrangements with our municipalities and Peapack Gladstone Bank to provide a special collection day on September 13, 2008 9:00 am to 2:00 pm. to accept computers,TVs ,Telephones,Printers etc. from residents.

We can bring them to the Administrative Building of the Peapack Gladstone Bank which is on Route 206 in Gladstone.They tell us everything will be recycled with a donation going to COTA,Children's Organ Transplant Association.

If you have defunct cell phones it is even easier to recyle .Rotary has several sites where they can be dropped off. They will be recycled and the money used by Rotary to fund a project which is focused on bringing clean water to villages in Africa and India. It is hard to imagine poverty so intense that sickness and death occur due to a lack of potable water.
Drop off your old cell phones at:

Coldwell Banker 21 East Main St. Mendham
Provident Bank East Main St. Mendham
Brookside Post Office Brookside

If you have more questions about the September 13th Recycling Event you can direct your inquiries to AERC at info@aercrecycling.com or 866-447-5177

Cell Phone Magic

As a member of Rotary of the Mendhams I receive a magazine from Rotary International which offers articles on projects world wide which benefit those in need. I read an ad there which was about a company which recycles no longer used cell phones and would pay the club for them. They even pay the shipping costs.




Our club has been anxious to help with a water project for a distressed community in India or Africa . People are heavily impacted with disease and poverty due to no potable water source. For a few thousand dollars we could enable a town to have a well with "good water".


Our club is involved currently in many projects which benefit Mendham ,our country and the world. We need more money to take on another project.


I found a way! I soon had boxes from Page Butler Co.and the explanation of how they use the telephones which they receive to benefit others .The boxes have been placed in various locations listed below. I collect the telephones reqularly and ship them out to the company. A short time later a check arrives and we have a start on a fund to transform cell phones into a well across the world. Truly a magical transformation!

Help a good cause and recycle you cell phones at the same time.!You can drop off your phones at our Coldwell Banker Mendham office located at 21 East Main Street in Mendham Borough or the Brookside Post office on the corner of Cherry Lane & Main Street in Brookside.