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The  Town of Huntington will be celebrating Earth Day 2010 by once again hosting the Family Earth Day Expo. Mark your calendar for Saturday, April 24, 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., Town Hall Parking Lot at 100 Main Street, Huntington.

Covanta is again our sponsor for the Plug in to E-Cycling. This is the latest addition to the Town's comprehensive and expansive recycling program, giving residents and businesses the opportunity to dispose of obsolete e-waste items such as cell phones, pagers, radios, stereos, computers, laptops, fax machines and televisions. Bring in your old mercury thermostat and Covanta will reward you with a $5.00 gift card to a local home center.

Joining us again this year will be Shred-It. They are the oldest providers of on-site document destruction and identity theft portection in the world. Bring your old unwanted outdated documents for on-site disposal.

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This year's Green Showcase is co-sponsored by GreenLogic Energy, TD Bank, Energy by Choice, Ltd. and LIPA. There will be multiple demonstrations including residential solar energy, green cleaning, composting, organic gardening and fun activities for the kids along with raffles and give-aways. The first 150 families that bring ten used plastic grocery bags for recycling will be given a free reusable grocery bag compliments of Wild by Nature.

Back by popular demand is the 'Touch-a-Truck' event. This is always a unique and fun opportunity for kids of all ages to climb on, touch and learn about the functionality and safety aspects of the different trucks displayed. Included will be a fire truck, rescue vehicle, dump truck among others.

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Join us at this fun-filled event and learn simple ways in which to protect our precious environment. For additional information, please call 351-3171.


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