Let’s see, On the Tracks, Cancer Walk in Downtown Opelika, Electronic Recycling and that just half of what’s planned for the weekend.  More details later on Tuesday here at the Opelika Daily News.

The City of Opelika has moved the recycling drop-off center at Miles Thomas Field over to the Denson Drive Recreation Center (now called the Denson Drive Community Center), located at 1102 Denson Drive.  A trailer with multiple compartments will be used to collect items, instead of the “igloos” used at the Miles Thomas fields.  The same materials will be collected:  glass, cardboard, newspaper, steel cans, aluminum cans and plastic containers.

The City of Opelika requests that plastic bags not be placed in the plastic containers bins.  Unfortunately, plastic bags are not the type of “recyclable plastic” the city can send off with the other plastic products.  They can, however, be returned to Kroger, Winn Dixie or Wal-Mart shopping centers, which all have plastic bag “drop off” areas.

For more information on recycling call KEEP OPELIKA BEAUTIFUL offices at (334) 749-4970.

Now I know that some of you are just getting their trees up, so if you’ve got the real thing, then remember this! On Saturday, January 2nd Keep Opelika Beautiful and Opelika Tree Commission will host a Christmas Tree Recycling Event. The event will take place at the Opelika Chamber of Commerce parking lot from 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. Volunteers will be on hand to assist in removing the trees from residents’ vehicles. In exchange for trees, Opelika Tree Commission will be giving away dogwood tree seedlings. Christmas trees collected will be ground and the mulch used throughout the City of Opelika. For more information call Keep Opelika Beautiful at (334) 749-4970.

Got old, broken or unused electronic equipment? Don’t trash it! Recycle it! Saturday, January 17th from 9AM-2PM at Miles Thomas Field (Just off of Rocky Brook Road!) Acceptable items include computers and related equipment,telecommunications equipment and consumer electronics and: Computers,CD and DVD drivers, Monitors, Hard drives, Floppy and zip drives, Scanners, Printers, Fax machines, Adding machines, Toner cartridges, Cell phones, Corded & cordless phones, Coffee makers, Electrical cords, CDs & CD cases, VHS tapes, Pagers, Computer cables, Alkaline batteries, Small kitchen appliances, Electronic parts, Video games, Microwaves and TVs (Note: $10 charge for TVs – but everything else is free!) For more information call: 334-745-4861.

Here’s an update from the event itself.  Stopped by to drop off some old computer and monitors from the office and grabbed these pictures. There are more in the flickr picture trail.

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