MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — The Monongalia County Solid Waste Authority wants county residents to look around their homes to see if they have old electronics they’d be willing to recycle.
The 2025 iteration of the annual Spring E-Cycling Event will take place at the Sam’s Club located in the University Town Center on Saturday, April 26, starting at 8 a.m. Mon County Solid Waste Authority Director Lynn Castro encourages any county resident who may be in the middle of spring cleaning or just trying to find ways to clear up space of unusable electronics to drive up to Granville and drop off any items that can be recycled.
“You drive up, you’ll get in line, and then you come back around the back of the Sam’s Club,” said Castro. “Mon County Solid Waste Authority members, me, a couple of board members, and a couple of volunteers are going to come out and welcome residents, and then we just get you checked in.”
According to Castro, any small electronic of any age will be accepted as part of the Monongalia County Solid Waste Authority Spring E-cycling event. This includes any kitchen appliances, office appliances, or any accessories that were used for older electronic devices. A full list of acceptable e-cycling items will be available on the Mon County SWA website.
“It’s actually small items like KitchenAid mixers, so the sort of smaller electronics,” said Castro. “They also take toasters and toaster ovens, but they also take toner cartridges, although it does say name brand only.”
To avoid any long lines for the spring e-cycling event, Castro encourages any Monongalia County resident to bring some sort of identification to show who you are and that you are a Monongalia County resident. This will include either your driver’s license or proof of residency, such as a lease agreement or a utility bill. Once you are registered, the donation process is expected to take no more than a half hour to complete.
“We actually ask for a zip code, but it would be good if they brought ID,” said Castro. “And mostly, it’s not only because of businesses, but the reason we have to do that is because residents from other counties are always wanting to come, so yeah, please bring your ID.”
The Monongalia County Solid Waste Authority Spring E-cycling event will be hosted until 12 p.m. on Saturday and will be free of charge for any Monongalia County resident. According to Castro, 369 residents participated in the 2024 iteration of the event, where over 11.3 tons of electronic recyclables were collected during a four-hour period. With a similar crowd expected to take part in the event on Saturday, Monongalia County residents with old electronics are encouraged to stop by the University Town Center to have them properly disposed of.
“We move people along as fast as possible based on how many people are provided by the vendor,” said Castro. “This year, on Saturday, if you get in line, I can’t imagine it’ll take more than three to five minutes.”