Environment

Recycle your electronics at eWaste event

Submitted by Debra Worley, Digital Content Director

Monday, April 22nd, 2013, 5:22am

Recycle your electronics at eWaste event

WILMINGTON, NC (WECT) – Your Computer Friends is hosting another electronics recycling event.

You can drop off printers, phones, batteries, computers, cables, fax machines, copiers and stereos free of charge. However, there is a $10 charge for televisions and CRT monitors.

You can drop off your items at 3816 Oleander Dr. on the corner of 39th Street. The event will run from April 22 until April 26 between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m.

The business has collected over 6.5 tons of eWaste recycled by people in Wilmington and the surrounding areas.

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Mark your calendars for this upcoming eWaste recycle event

Submitted by Debra Worley, Digital Content Director

Friday, March 29th, 2013, 8:22am

Mark your calendars for this upcoming eWaste recycle event

WILMINGTON, NC (WECT) – Mark your calendars! Your Computer Friends is hosting another electronics recycling event next month.

You can drop off printers, phones, batteries, computers, cables, fax machines, copiers and stereos free of charge; however, there is a $10 charged for televisions and CRT monitors.

You can drop off your items at 3816 Oleander Dr., on the corner of 39th and Oleander. The event will run from April 22 until April 26 between the hours of 9 a.m. and 5 p.m.

The business collected over 6.5 tons of eWaste recycled by Wilmington residents and surrounding areas.

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How to live a plastic-free life

Submitted by WECT Web Staff

Tuesday, March 12th, 2013, 7:34am

WILMINGTON, NC (WECT) - A woman who now lives a life free of plastic shared her experience and tips at UNCW Monday night.

Beth Terry is the author of Plastic Free: How I Kicked the Plastic Habit and How You Can Too. She started out small five years ago by using reusable shopping bags and water bottles. She also kept track of how much she used over a year's time.

Terry is now down to a single plastic bag full of plastic used per year.

She says in order for the environment to actually change, legislation will have to change, "Things like no smoking on Wrightsville Beach are steps in the right direction because cigarette butts contain plastic."

Terry started reducing her plastic use when she saw a picture of a dead chick that died because it thought the plastic it was eating was actually food.

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Beach leaders back from Washington D.C.

Submitted by Craig Reck, Reporter

Thursday, February 28th, 2013, 11:57am

NEW HANOVER COUNTY, NC (WECT) – Many leaders from the Carolina coast are back home Thursday after a few days in the nation’s capital.

Representatives from New Hanover County and its three local beach towns, along with other coastal communities, gathered in Washington D.C. for the NC Water Resources Congress.

In addition to the planned events, attendants take the time to meet with members of the Army Corps of Engineers and U.S. Representatives and Senators.

Carolina Beach Mayor Bob Lewis said Thursday that the time spent in Washington is meant to remind decision makers about the important of coastal concerns like inlet dredging and beach nourishment.

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NHC residents can take their Christmas trees to 3 locations for recycling

Submitted by Sarah Crandall, Web Producer

Monday, December 24th, 2012, 9:00am

NHC residents can take their Christmas trees to 3 locations for recycling

NEW HANOVER COUNTY, NC (WECT) – New Hanover County residents can begin recycling used Christmas trees during daylight hours on Wednesday, Dec. 26.

The New Hanover County Environmental Management Department is offering three locations for residents living outside the city limits to take their trees. Here are the locations:

Ogden Park, near baseball fields (225 Ogden Park Drive)
Myrtle Grove Middle School (901 Piner Road)
New Hanover County Landfill (5210 US Highway 421 North)

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Lumina Station honored for landscape

Submitted by Scott Saxton, News Director

Tuesday, November 27th, 2012, 3:00pm

WILMINGTON, NC (WECT) - Lumina Station is being honored for its landscape.

The shopping center near Wrightsville Beach is set to received the "Beauty Spot - Outstanding Landscape Award" by the Civics Improvements Committee of the Cape Fear Garden Club this Friday.

The award honors beautification efforts done along the street fronts of the Wilmington area. Friday, the center will get an award to place by its entrance.

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