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Paper Shredding and Electronics Waste Recycling Event
Saturday , September 28 , 2024
LOCATION : FCCSA Parking Lot 4350 Austin Parkway , Sugar Land , TX TIME : 9 am – 12 pm
FCCSA is hosting a FREE paper shredding and electronics recycling event on Saturday , September 28th from 9 am – 12 pm .
✅ Acceptable shredding items include : all paper , file folders , hanging files , notepads , and envelopes . There is no need to remove staples or paper clips .
✅ Acceptable Electronics recycling items include laptops , desktop computers , cell phones , charging cables and flat screen monitors , tv ’ s and printers .
❌ Unacceptable shredding items include photographs , floppy disks , diskettes , CD ’ s , plastics , hanging file folders , folders with metal fasteners , binder rings , x-rays , hard drives , and any other non-paper materials .
❌ Unacceptable electronics recycling items are CRT monitors or Televisions .
Please make sure that these items are removed from your shredding documents . Drops are limited to six ( 6 ) boxes or garbage bags per FCCSA household . Boxes & plastic bags need to be taken back with you .
This is a drive through only event , we ask that you stay in your car . The shredding trucks will be at the FCCSA large parking lot , and the electronics recycling truck will be parked in the smaller parking lot that faces Austin Park Elementary . The address is 4350 Austin Parkway , Sugar Land .
Bulky Waste Pick Up Days
Bulky waste items are an eyesore in our beautiful FCCSA neighborhoods . When placing bulky items out on the curb , please remember that each neighborhood and municipality ( both Sugar Land and Missouri City ) has their own schedule for bulky waste trash pickup days . FCCSA would like to remind residents to please be aware of those days and to place your bulk trash items no earlier than the day before your designated bulk trash pickup day . Please visit the links below to find out what the designated days are for your neighborhood .
City of Sugar Land – https :// www . sugarlandtx . gov / 518 / Bulky-Waste
City of Missouri City – https :// www . missouricitytx . gov / 478 / Municipal-Solid- Waste-Program
You will find an interactive map on each of these websites that will allow you to check your pick up dates by entering your address .
What is Heartworm Disease ?
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Heartworm disease is caused by a parasite called Dirofilaria immitis , better known as heartworm . The parasites are long , hair-like worms that live in the right of the heart and the pulmonary artery , which is the large blood vessel that carries blood from the heart to the lungs . Dogs become infected when they are bitten by an infected mosquito carrying infective heartworm larvae .
The larvae pass from the mosquito into the dog and move through the tissues of the body , eventually entering the bloodstream and migrating to the right ventricle of the heart . Within the heart , the worms mature into adults , mate , and produce immature worms called microfilariae , which circulate in the bloodstream .
When the infected dog is bitten by another mosquito , the microfilariae are taken up by the mosquito . Inside the mosquito , the microfilariae develop to become infective larvae . These infective larvae move into the mouth parts of the mosquito , where they wait until the next time the mosquito bites a dog . It takes about 5 to 6.5 months for the heartworm life cycle to be completed .
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