E-waste recycling event in Quincy Thursday

QUINCY (WGEM) — While technology is constantly evolving, your old tech doesn’t have to go to waste.

During Tigerhawk Green Day event, in partnership with Didion Orf Recycling, people can safely dispose of extra e-waste like cords, desktops and more on July 30.

While people can get rid of old tech, it will help the environment more by properly disposing old tech.

“And we are going to load it up into a truck so they can safely recycle it. So anytime this week, people can bring their recycling over down to our offices and we will take care of it,” said Bobby Randall, an employee at Tigerhawk Technologies.

Proper disposal can also reduce potential safety risks in people’s homes from old technology.

“You can’t just throw [technology] away, like any old — like recycling, there’s electronics obviously in it, like batteries and stuff like that, that can catch on fire, when they’re getting rid of those things. So, to keep the earth safer, we safely dispose of those and other things,” Randall said.

You can drop your items at Tigerhawk Technologies at 3011 Maine St. in Quincy, and 22B Northport Plaza in Hannibal. A list of accepted items can be found on the Facebook page. Items like monitors and televisions may have a fee. Tigerhawk Green Day is on Thursday, July 30.