2024 ELECTRONIC RECYCLING

This year’s Electronic Recycling took place April 6. The weather tried to cooperate: it was cold but did not rain, and 51 drivers stopping by with assorted used or non-usable electronic items. Many of the drivers, perhaps nearly half, were from distant parts of RI like Cranston and East Greenwich, having learned about the event from the Indie Cycle website (our partner in the venture).

Our thanks to Kevin Mowry, owner of the Warwick Neck Garage, for allowing us again to use the garage’s parking area. And thanks also to Jason Case, owner of Presto Strange O, for a slew of vouchers for a free coffee or tea at the coffee shop given to those who dropped off televisions, calculators, cell phones, a lawn mower, and much more.

Electronic Recycling

Saturday April 6, 2024

9:00 AM – 12:00 PM

315 Warwick Neck Ave. (Warwick Neck Garage)

Bring your old unused computers, TVs, monitors, printers, small household appliances, air conditioners, and much more! Keep them from the landfill by recycling. Drive in, drop off, drive out. Staff will assist with unloading if necessary. Disposal fees apply for some items (see below).

WE ACCEPT all items listed below at NO charge:

  • Computers, laptops, servers, routers, and peripherals such as mice, keyboards, plastic speakers, and microphones.

  • TVs, monitors and flat screens (all sizes and models). TVs must be whole and intact (no broken or exposed TV tubes).

  • Hard drives, optical drives, motherboards, daughter boards, ram, CD ROMs, power packs, etc. We do not remarket or reuse any data storage devices.

  • Printers, fax machines, typewriters, scanners, shredders (empty of paper), toner cartridges, cameras, calculators, and small medical equipment. **Liquid or toner containing items should not be actively leaking**

  • Cell phones (including batteries), cordless phones, telephones, PDA's, iPods, tablets, and chargers.

  • Batteries accepted include auto/marine, laptop, cell phone, lithium, power tool, and battery backups.

  • All types of wires and cables including holiday string lighting.

  • Audio/visual equipment, stereos, CD/DVD Players, CD/DVD disks, cartridges, console gaming systems, cassette players, remote controls (no wooden cased items).

  • Small household appliances like toasters, microwaves (not glass plate), toaster ovens, blenders (not glass bowls), mixers, light fixtures, fans, vacuum cleaners (remove dust bag) and power tools (including lawn mowers).

$10.00 DISPOSAL FEE

Applies to large wooden stereo speakers ($5 for small), Laser jet printers, air conditioners, dehumidifiers, dorm size refrigerators, water coolers, and other coolant containing appliances. Additional charges will apply to large copy machines and printers.

WE DO NOT ACCEPT

Any types of light bulbs, disposable/single-use batteries, smoke or carbon monoxide detectors, thermometers, thermostats, glass blender bowls, furniture, electric organs/pianos, heating pads/blankets, blood pressure cuffs, cushioned chairs, mattresses, plastic bags, cardboard, rigid plastic bins, Styrofoam, wood, firearms, or hazardous waste such as paint or chemicals.

Co-sponsored by the Warwick Neck Improvement Association and Indie Cycle. Special thanks to Kevin’s Warwick Neck Garage for use of the parking lot.

WNIA’S 14th ANNUAL CHILI DINNER, JANUARY 20, 2024

The weather was perfect for the WNIA’s annual chili dinner: frigid cold with snow flurries. Inside St. Elizabeth’s Adult Day Care Center, Warwick Neck families, friends and neighbors, dined on 7 different chilis, an array of appetizers, and sumptuous desserts, all prepared by Neck residents. A 15-question genius quiz tested everyone’s knowledge of Rhode Island history, symbols, places, and people, and 14 raffle items yielded a slew of winners.

The staff of St. Elizabeth’s were again gracious and helpful in hosting the chili dinner, and our thanks to Warwick businesses and residents who were generous in donating items for the raffle: Maureen and Bill Miller, John Howell, Antonio’s Bakery, Chocolate Delicacy, D.P’s Laundry, Fresco Restaurants, Iggy’s, J. Alexander Landscape, PB&J’s Restaurant, Picasso’s Pizza, Presto Change O, R. Patenaude Landscape, Rocky Point Blueberry Farm, and Sunrise Cafe.

Veterans Day Celebration - November, 2023

This year’s annual Veterans Day Celebration, co-sponsored by the Association and the Warwick Neck Elementary School, featured the school’s 3rd, 4th and 5th grade students. Noah Smith and Marina Godbout from the 5th grade were the hosts for the Celebration, their responsibilities including reading the 136 names of veterans currently serving or having previously served. 5th grade students Tyler Mooney and Abigail McCluskey read poems they had written for the occasion, and the entire 3rd, 4th and 5th grades gave choral performances under the direction of Kristy Procaccianti.

Remarks were given by Frank Galligan, Principal of the school, Captain Clint Pringle, United States Coast Guard, and retired  Army Lt. Colonel and Warwick Neck resident Gregg Langevin. The military invocation and benediction were offered by Rev. Robert Marciano, United States Military Chaplain.

Joining in the celebration were families and friends of veterans present and past, Warwick Mayor Frank Picozzi, and representatives of the city’s police and fire departments.

In one respect, the Veterans Day Celebration this year was unique. For the first time in the many years that the Elementary School students have been part of the celebration, originally at the Warwick Neck Lighthouse and now at the school itself, the event was held indoors. The move to inside was prompted by cool fall weather.

The warmth of the building was more than matched by the shared sense of all those present of what we owe to the men and women of our nation’s armed forces.