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Announcements
Help Abington Go Green! Please help us make Abington greener and healthier for us all. Everyone is welcome to attend our public meetings on the second Wednesday of each month at 7:30 pm at the Abington Township Building 1076 Old York Rd, Abington PA 19001, in the second floor board room. Our meetings are listed on the Abington Township calendar at www.abington.org/calendar/calendar%20year%20page.htm. Volunteer information is listed below and on the Volunteer page. You can make a difference. For more information, please contact us at eac.abington@gmail.com. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Thank you to our 2011 project partners including: Abington Township, Abington Township Commissioners, Abington Township Parks and Recreation Department, Abington School District, Abington Senior High School Service Learning, the League of Women Voters of Pennsylvania Water Resources Education Network, Pennsylvania Environmental Council, Pennsylvania Horticultural Society, TreeVitalize, Willow Grove NAACP, Briar Bush Nature Center, Boyscout Troop 72, Cheltenham EAC, Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful, Ocean Conservancy, McKinley Civic Association, Roslyn Boys and Girls Club, and the Roychester Community House. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Recycling Reduce, Reuse, Recycle! Recycle your Plastic! Abington Township recycles plastics #1 through #7 Help Abington go green by recycling your plastic! Just look for the number on the bottom of the item (usually inside the recycling triangle). If the item has a number 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, or 7, then you can recycle it. Then place your numbered plastics in your recycling container on your regular trash day. For more information, and for a list of items that can and cannot be recycled, visit the Abington Township Refuse/Recycling Department website: http://www.abington.org/refuse/recycling_commingle.htm , or telephone (267) 536-1037 or (267) 536-1038. Plastics recycling at Whole Foods Market Every second Thursday of the month, 9 am - 7 pm. Cost: Free. Bring your #1 through #7 plastics to Whole Foods Market Jenkintown Store, 1575 The Fairway, Jenkintown, PA. No Styrofoam, please. Details at http://www.wholefoodsmarket.com/stores/jenkintown/storecalendar.php*
Best Buy Electronic Recycling Customers may drop off up to two devices per day at any Best Buy including televisions and monitors up to 32 inches, desktop computers, notebooks, videocassette recorders, DVD players and phones. A $10 recycling fee will apply to any unit with screens, such as televisions and computers. Customers instantly will received a $10 Best Buy gift card in exchange for the recycling fee. The fee does not apply for any of Bet Buy's exclusive-branded products, such as Insignia, Dynex and VPR Matric. Appliances are not covered under the program.
The EAC and STC need neighbors to help maintain public green spaces in their neighborhoods. You can learn the tricks of growing green in an urban environment, and discover free local gardening and plant resources. The township green spaces are listed on the Local Programs page, under the heading "Greening Projects". If you would like to adopt or help with a certain site, contact the person listed there, or contact eac.abington@gmail.com.
Become an associate member of the EAC If you are an Abington resident, you can become part of a local network of concerned and generous people who care about our environment in Abington. Volunteers are always needed to help with EAC and STC events, projects, planning, and on-going maintenance of public green spaces. This volunteer work qualifies as community service for most organizations, and fulfills requirements for service learning and scouting. Please contact us for more information at eac.abington@gmail.com.
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