Eye on Design to participate in Recycling Extravaganza at 23rd Annual St. Louis Earth Day Festival

SLED logo TRANSPARENTJoin Eye on Design and many other organizations to help make the world a better place to live at the Recycling Extravaganza!

For a second year, the Earth Day Recycling Extravaganza will accept your hard-to-recycle items 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the St. Louis Community College Forest Park campus parking lot, off Oakland Avenue on Sunday, April 22nd.

Take this opportunity to make your personal space AND the environment a bit cleaner and a bit neater, while sending your idle items on a journey to find new purpose. In addition to helping the environment, your donated materials will also be supporting the programs of numerous non-profits, including St. Louis Earth Day. So, grab a pair of gloves, maybe a mask—and attack that attic!

Some people go to the drive-through to get fast food, but you’ll be driving through the collection event, dropping off recyclables. Please plan your experience by separating your donation by the organization/business that will be accepting your specific items. This will help keep up with the traffic flow of drop-offs through the STLCC parking lot.

After your car is purged of spring cleaning debris, leave it at STLCC and catch a ride to the Festival via a free shuttle service, provided by the St. Louis Lambert International Airport biodiesel bus and Super Park compressed natural gas (CNG) bus. The shuttle service will be available between 10:30am and 6:30pm and will leave every 15 minutes on the hour.

A short list of the kinds of items that will be accepted at the collection event include:

  • Medications – over-the-counter & prescription
  • CDs & DVDs, VHS, cassette tapes
  • Carpet & tile, window coverings
  • Electronics – including computers, monitors and TVs
  • Appliances & extension cords
  • Construction & building materials
  • Musical instruments
  • Styrofoam/polystyrene (clean only)
  • Shoes, keys, bicycles
  • Holiday lights & CFL light bulbs
  • Fabric, wine corks, art supplies and children’s books
  • Rechargeable batteries, cell phones
  • Compostables (organic waste), untreated wood, yard waste
  • Window Treatments, Blinds, Shades etc.

A complete list of accepted items is published on www.stlouisearthday.org, so you can plan your spring cleaning strategy accordingly.