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Local Recycling Club outlines ink-cartridge, appliance recycling and scholarship work to Natural Resources Board
Summary
Rosie Stubs of the Recycling Club described her group's volunteer collection of ink cartridges, appliances and other items to keep material out of landfills; the board agreed to help place an ink-cartridge drop box at City Hall and to publicize the program.
Rosie Stubs, founder of the Recycling Club, presented to the Sebastian Natural Resources Board on June 2 about the nonprofit’s community recycling work and volunteer-driven services, and requested permission to place an ink-cartridge drop box in City Hall’s lobby.
Stubs described the club’s activities: collecting and selling or refurbishing ink cartridges, collecting appliances and small electronics for scrap, running occasional yard sales to fund scholarships, and trading ink cartridges for school supplies. "Every year we get about $800 a year between the rewards and the selling," she said of the cartridge program, noting much of the value is returned as paper and supplies to local schools.
Staff and board members discussed logistics and existing regional drop-off locations. Staff indicated the city is supportive and will help coordinate publicity; Gordian said the city and chamber would publicize the upcoming drop-off and that the city is amenable to hosting a monitored collection box at City Hall once procedures are finalized.
Board members thanked Stubs for the work and asked follow-up questions about acceptable cartridge types, how appliance pickups are coordinated and tax-deduction receipts for donors. Stubs said the club will accept most ink cartridges that produce the image (not waste containers or some toner housings) and that donors can request tax documentation for larger donations.
The board did not take a formal vote on the ink-cartridge drop box on June 2 but directed staff to assist with coordination and publicity so the program can move forward with a monitored collection arrangement.
