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But what do you do with that out-of-season wardrobe? Discarding lightly worn clothing is clearly a waste. The most practical option is to donate it. The same goes for last year's cell phone or your unwanted computer. That's why the Department is again sponsoring its " Fall 2007 Electronics Recycling and Clothing Donation Events " to provide you with a way to dispose of these unwanted items responsibly. In Brooklyn you can donate your lightly worn clothing, as well as recycle desktop and laptop computers, monitors, printers, scanners, keyboards and mice, television sets, VCRs, DVD players and cell phones, on Sunday, September 30, 8 a.m. - 2 p.m. outside of KeySpan Park, Surf Avenue and East 19th Street in Coney Island (Cropsey Avenue exit south off the Belt Parkway). Sanitation donation events are made possible through the assistance of the following organizations: Donation of clothing and linens: Goodwill Industries Electronics recycling: Lower East Side Ecology Center. Partial funding provided by Best Buy, Intel, and Toshiba. Site Partners: Herbert Lehman College, NYC Department of Parks and Recreation, St. John's University and Staten Island Mall/General Growth Properties. Only New York residents may drop off material (limited to five pieces per vehicle), no businesses allowed. The first 100 people to drop off electronics will receive a $5 Best Buy gift card! For further information and locations in other boroughs call 311 or visit www.nyc.gov/sanitation. After donating unwanted clothes and recycling your electronics, you'll feel good about yourself and about having done the right thing. It just might be the perfect time to go out and reward yourself with some brand new clothes or that new gizmo! | |||||
