Rockaway Beach, Queens – In order to help their constituents safely and legally dispose of their electronic waste, State Senator Joseph P. Addabbo is once again partnering with Assemblywoman Stacey Pheffer Amato and the Lower Eastside Ecology Center to bring an e-waste recycling event to the Rockaways in September.

On Saturday, September 7, Addabbo, Pheffer Amato and members from the Lower East Side Ecology Center will be at St. Camillus, located at 99-15 Rockaway Beach Boulevard, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The trucks for recycling will be located in the parish’s back parking lot off Shorefront Parkway, between 99^th and 100^th Streets.

“These recycling events are some of the most popular events if the year as it gives people within my district the chance to get rid of their unwanted or broken electronics without facing a fine for putting them with their normal garbage,” Addabbo said. “I am glad we were able to again bring this fantastic service to the Rockaways to allow our constituents to recycle their electronics at a location in their own community. I would like to thank Stacey for joining me, and the staff at the Lower East Side Ecology Center for helping to make this event possible.”

“Electronic waste is a major environmental hazard. Too many people just drop computer parts and electronics in the garbage. If e-waste isn’t processed the right way, it can poison sanitation workers and our water supply,” Pheffer Amato said. “That’s why events like these are so important, and why I am so excited to partner with Senator Addabbo and the Lower East Side Ecology Center to bringing this event to Rockaway!”

Lower East Side Ecology Center will be accepting working and non-working computers, monitors, printers/scanners, keyboards, mice, cables, TVs, VCRs & DVD players, phones, audio/visual equipment, cell phones and PDA’s.

For more information about this event, call Addabbo’s office at 718-738-1111 or Pheffer Amato’s office at 718-945-9550.