PHOENIX — Arizona Department of Environmental Quality officials announced today that a free regional electronics waste recycling event will be held Saturday, April 4 from 7:30 a.m. until noon in the parking lot of the Casa Grande Parks and Recreation Building, 404 E. Florence Blvd.

The City of Casa Grande and its partners – ADEQ, Supply 29 and Westech Recyclers of Phoenix — anticipate collecting tons of unwanted flat-screen monitors, computer equipment, chargers, cell phones, VCRs, CD and DVD players, printers, small appliances, fax machines, stereos, cables and cords during the event.

Residents from the nearby communities of Arizona City, Eloy, Coolidge and Florence are also invited to bring their recyclable electronics materials to the event for recycling.

“We’re pleased to host this event every year as part of our efforts to promote the recycling of electronic waste. We encourage residents to come out and dispose of their e-waste responsibly,” said Casa Grande Public Works Director Kevin Louis.

ADEQ Director Henry Darwin said, “This is a great opportunity for people to dispose of all the unwanted electronics they have collected over the years while at the same time ensuring that this potentially toxic stream of waste is disposed of responsibly and does not take up valuable landfill space.”

If requested, companies and individuals donating e-waste will receive a certificate of disposal for their records from Westech Recyclers. Westech Recyclers recycles all material in accordance with state and federal regulations