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APPLIANCES are also accepted during regular business hours. There is a $ 20 Freon removal fee for items that contain Freon: freezers, water coolers, dehumidifiers, and refrigerators.
INK & TONER CARTRIDGES for printers and copiers are accepted in the office only during regular business hours.
In 2022, cardboard made up 49.9 % of the total intake by weight, with metal cans / scrap metal 10 %, paper products 8 %, plastics 7.7 %, glass 28.2 %, and 1 % miscellaneous.
Items NOT handled by Brown County Recycle Center include:
Plastic shopping bags, which can be returned to stores. Expired and unused medications are collected at the sheriff’ s office. Usable clothing can be donated to the St. Vincent DePaul Society and the Community Closet. Blankets and towels may be donated to the Brown County Humane Society. Hardback and paperback books and magazines can be donated to public libraries for their book sales. Because yard waste can release methane when it doesn’ t have enough oxygen to decompose, it is prohibited from landfills by state law.
Throughout the year, special events are sponsored at the Recycle Center for collection of electronics, tires of any size; and for paper shredding.
If recycling is not available when traveling, bring plastic bottles and carry-out containers home for recycling. What looks like small climate-related acts can be cues to others to make the environment a priority in their daily lives.
The Washington Post recently reported on personal green actions:“ Scientists have observed that what we do and don’ t do are profoundly influenced by how others act.”
For more information about recycling in Brown County, special event dates in 2024, and the Adopta-Road Program, call the Brown County Recycle Center at 812-988-0140, and bookmark their website: < browncountyrecycles. org >. •
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812-336-2053 1-800-344-3967
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Brownie’ s
Featuring some of your old favorites and some tasty new ones
Dine In or Carry Out
Helmsburg GENERAL STORE
Owners: Sharon & Leonard Richey
Pizza & Wings, Groceries, Ice Large Selection Domestic / Craft Beer & Wine Tobacco Products Camping Supplies, Live Bait & Tackle Hunting & Fishing Licenses Check Station, Firewood
State Road 45 and Helmsburg Road Intersection •( 812) 929-7797
5730 N State Rd 135 • Bean Blossom • 812-720-3743
Daily Specials • Breakfast till 2:00 7 am to 8 pm • closed Thursdays Owners Paul and Tania Lattimore
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