[Editor’s note: There were several responses to last week’s plea from a reader for information on where to properly dispose of used cell phones and old computers.
Below are two of them:]

Please, please, please give your unused cell phones to Christian City, a non-profit organization that supports and raises abused and abandoned children, located in Union City.

It’s an awesome place with dedicated and, believe it or not, long-time foster parents. They are in need of anything you have.

They can take your cell phone, set it to 911 only, and give it to their kids for emergencies only. Doesn’t matter how old the phone is.

This is so important to these families. If it’s more convenient and you are a Peachtree City resident, I encourage you, and anyone else you know, to drop your cell phones off at World Airways, across from the Kedron Shopping Center at 101 World Drive.

We support Christian City and our HR Department collects them every two weeks on a Friday.

Or, anytime it’s convenient for you, please see Sherry Carter in HR, first floor.

Jill Chambers, Manager

In-flight Policies and Procedures

World Airways, Inc.

Peachtree City, Ga.

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[And from Peachtree City:]

PTC recycling center expands operation and is now accepting computers, tin cans, and all cardboard.

Peachtree City residents now have a free, “green” option when deciding how to dispose of electronics. The Peachtree City Public Works Department, which operates the city’s recycling center, is working with Creative Recycling in Palmetto to dispose of the computer, communications, and office-type equipment that a growing number of people have in their homes.

Among the items accepted are computers, monitors and LCD displays, data cartridges, cameras, hard drives, zip, DVD and floppy drives, keyboards, printers, cell and standard telephones, answering machines, pagers, circuit boards, cables, stereos, camcorders, VCRs, fax machines, typewriters, and projectors.

The center cannot accept televisions, microwaves, wooden stereo speakers, or light bulbs.

The city has also expanded its services with Newnan Salvage so that residents can recycle all types of cardboard, rather than only corrugated boxes. The recycling center will also be accepting tin cans along with aluminum beverage cans.

Other items the recycling center continues to accept include grass clippings, leaves, tree trunks and limbs (3 inches to 12 inches in diameter, 4 feet maximum length), plastic containers, magazines, and newspapers.

The Peachtree City Recycling Center is located at the southern end of the city at Ga. Highway 74 and Rockaway Road and is open on Wednesdays from 1:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. and on Saturdays from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Proof of residence is required.

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