The drive will take place from 10:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Nov. 15 at the ReStore’s drop-off center, located at 2450 S. Henderson St.
Additional drop-off locations will be active for those who can’t make it to the ReStore: the Chocolate Moose will host a drive from 10:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. and Bloomingfoods East will be operating during those same hours.
National Recycling Day, also known as America Recycles Day, is Nov. 15 each year.
According to the America Recycles Day website, the efforts are carried out through the fall and even into December, with recycling drives and related events continuing into ?November.
America Recycles Day is a program created by Keep America Beautiful, “a nationally recognized day dedicated to promoting and celebrating recycling in the United States,” according to the website.
Members from communities across Bloomington will help to run the Habitat for Humanity ReStore event.
Volunteers from Habitat for Humanity, the Evangelical Community Church and the Kelley School of Business are expected to attend and lend a hand, according to a Nov. 4 press release from Habitat for Humanity ReStore.
Proceeds from the event will “directly support Habitat for Humanity’s work to eliminate substandard housing in Monroe County,” according to the release.
Donations can be made in the form of furniture, cabinets and appliances or smaller-ticket items like kitchenware, housewares and tools.
The drop-off will also serve as a site for basic recycling of cardboard, plastic, aluminum and other metals. This also includes used holiday string lights.
“Donations of unusable holiday string lights help us raise funds through scrap metal while keeping unnecessary items from the landfill,” the release reads.
If people want to participate but cannot physically make it to any drop-off sites Nov. 15, they may call Habitat for Humanity ReStore’s manager Carmela Garcia at ?812-331-2660.
ReStores are branches of Habitat for Humanity that specialize in gathering and selling both new and used home items below retail price, according to the organization’s website.
