SEATTLE (Recycling Monster): The CITGO Lake Charles Refinery and community partners announced that the annual CITGO E-Recycle Day will be held on Saturday, March 16, 2024. They invited residents to be part of the event by recycling their unwanted electronics. The free event will be held at the Lake Charles Event Center, located at 900 Lakeshore Drive in Lake Charles 8-11 AM.

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The event will accept electronic items including computers, printers, fax machines, keyboards, photocopiers, televisions, VCRs, stereos, home and office phones, household electronics, tablets and gaming consoles. Also, mercury items such as lamps, thermostats and thermometers containing metallic or liquid mercury will be accepted.

Meantime, the event will accept microwaves, smoke detectors, fire alarms, dehumidifiers, batteries, large appliances and medical equipment units with liquids.

CITGO’s Caring for Our Coast is celebrating its tenth anniversary this year. The program, which started as a yearlong project aimed at promoting coastal conservation and restoration in remembrance of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita has now expanded itself as a program to protect vulnerable coastal and inland habitats. The annual CITGO E-Recycle Day is being held in support of the program.

The recyclable materials in e-waste can become hazardous if disposed with regular garbage, CITGO noted.