FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Wednesday, June 1, 2022
Solid Waste Program Announces June Events 
Calhoun County will hold two free recycling events during the month June. These events are for residential material only and are open to all Calhoun County residents. Participants are asked to stay in their vehicle while materials are being unloaded by recycling volunteers.
 
Scrap Tire Collection
Monday, June 13, 2022
12 to 5 p.m.
Athens Township
130 E. Burr Oak St., Athens, MI
 
Conditions for participating in scrap tire event:
  • Must be Calhoun County resident.
  • Tires must be residential. (no business or farm tires)
  • Passenger vehicle tires with and without rims will be accepted. 
  • No tires larger than semi-truck tires will be accepted.
  • Events may end early if the trailer is full. 

Scrap tire collections are funded through the EGLE Scrap Tire Cleanup Grant.  EGLE rules limit the number of scrap tires brought by a resident to 10 scrap tires (this is the amount of tires anyone can haul without requiring a scrap tire hauler registration).

Commercial businesses may NOT bring tires to the cleanup event. The event is limited to household and residential scrap tires ONLY. A commercial “farm” or “farm operation” as defined in the Michigan Right to Farm Act is a commercial business. 
Residents are encouraged to properly dispose of tires (such as paying the disposal fee when buying new tires), rather than taking the scrap tires home.  
Electronics, Scrap Metal, and Scrap Tire Collection
Thursday, June 30
12 to 5:30 p.m.
Ketchum Field
1203 E. North St., Albion, MI

Items accepted: 
Electronics – CRT monitors, LCD displays, CPU’s, All-in-Ones, laptops/notebooks/tablets, servers, switches, hubs, UPS systems, hard drives, optical drives, wires and cables, telephones, televisions, DVD players, VCRs, stereos, radios, camcorders, cameras, game systems, cellphones, pagers, PDAs, two-way radios, fax machines, photocopiers, printers, and scanners. 

Scrap Metal – Appliances - oven, dishwasher, washer, dryer, and scrap metal (metal: bed frames, fencing, patio furniture, gutters, grills w/o propane tanks, etc.). No items with refrigerant. 

Scrap Tires – See Scrap Tire Collection details above.
Future Event Dates
Monday, Sept. 12 – Calhoun County Fairgrounds, Marshall: Household Hazardous Waste
Monday, Oct. 10 – Bailey Park, Battle Creek: Household Hazardous Waste
Monday, Oct. 24 – Village of Tekonsha: Scrap Tire Collection 
For information, contact
Sarah Kelly, Program Coordinator
269-969-6395