Detroit Zoo: Recycle Old Electronics And Get Free Admission
If you’re an avid recycler or looking for ways to kick-start your recycling routine, the Detroit Zoo has the perfect opportunity. Next Month, the Detroit Zoo will hand out free…
If you're an avid recycler or looking for ways to kick-start your recycling routine, the Detroit Zoo has the perfect opportunity. Next Month, the Detroit Zoo will hand out free tickets in exchange for recycling old electronics.
On April 20 and April 21, from 9 a.m. to noon, visitors can bring electronics to the zoo's surface lot off 10 Mile Road. Each vehicle that brings items to recycle will receive a ticket to the zoo, and cars with large loads will get two tickets.
"By embracing your green journey and participating in the Detroit Zoo's E-Recycling Event, you are not only helping the DZS continue to be a leader in environmental sustainability, but you are also reducing landfill waste, protecting animal habitats, and making the world a greener place!," said the Detroit Zoo.
How does the e-recycling program work?
According to the Detroit Zoo, tickets can be redeemed the day of or later. But they must be used by the end of the year. If used the weekend of the recycling event, the tickets include entry to GreenFest, an "eco-friendly festival that features live music, a marketplace to purchase sustainably sourced products, educational activities, access to the Zoo’s 125 acres, and more."
What can you recycle at the E-Recycling Event at the Detroit Zoo?
You can dispose of various electronic items. This includes all types of TVs and monitors (such as flat screen and CRT models), printers, computers, laptops, cell phones, and tablets. Additionally, holiday lights, cords, and other wires, DVD and VHS players, and batteries. The zoo notes to ensure lithium terminals, sealed lead-acid, and those greater than 9 volts are covered with clear tape. Radios, small electronics, and small appliances (excluding refrigerators) can all be properly recycled.
"Personal information should be deleted from electronic devices before coming to recycle. All hard drives will be destroyed to U.S. Department of Defense standards. A certificate of destruction can be emailed upon request," they said.
If you can't make it to E-Recycling at the Detroit Zoo between 9 a.m. and noon on April 20 or April 21, you can drop off your unwanted electronics for recycling at Suburban Subaru of Troy now through April 21.
Only those who recycle electronics at the Detroit Zoo between 9 a.m. and noon on April 20-21 will be eligible to receive a complimentary Zoo ticket. Those dropping off e-recycling at Suburban Subaru of Troy will not qualify for this offer.
According to the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), recycling electronics helps reduce pollution that would be generated while manufacturing a new product and the need to extract valuable and limited virgin resources. Electronic recycling also reduces the energy used in manufacturing new products.
