Electronic Waste Collection Event Coming to Willow Springs September 18

Bring your old computers, printers, and other electronics to the E-Waste Collection event September 18 in Willow Springs. 

The South Central Solid Waste District and the City of Willow Springs is pleased to offer this service free of charge to residents of Howell, Douglas, Oregon, Ozark, Shannon, Texas, and Wright counties.

The E-Waste Collection event will be held from 10:00 a.m. to noon, September 18 at the Willow Springs Booster Field, at 812 E. Main Street. This is a first come, first serve event until the transport truck is full.

Residents can bring laptops, desktops, tablets, servers, all in ones, cell phones, routers/hubs/switches, adapters, inkjet/toner cartridges, printers/scanners, copy machines, fax machines, landline phones, keyboards/mice, LCD/LED computer monitors, remote controls, cable/satellite boxes, dishes/receivers and equipment, stereos/speakers, VCRs/DVD players, blue ray players, DVRs, typewriters, all appliances, all batteries, all cords, all TVs, microwaves, refrigerant-containing items, computer monitors, and fluorescent bulbs. If it ran with a cord or a battery, you can bring it.

South Central Solid Waste District Coordinator Tegan Vaughn, who started last October, said she is pleased that these events are starting again. “The collection of electronic waste had been on hold in our district in 2020 due to staffing changes and Covid-19,” she said. “We have been getting calls and hearing that these items have been piling up in garages and that there is certainly a need for e-waste collections. Our goal is to be able to continue collections into the future.”

Funding for these collections comes from grants from the Missouri Department of Natural Resources. For questions about these events, please contact the South Central Solid Waste District at 417-256-4226.