East Windsor residents who missed the electronics and general recycling event sponsored by the Mercer County Improvement Authority last month will have another crack at recycling their unwanted items.

East Windsor is sponsoring a free, contactless document shredding and electronics recycling event for township residents only on Oct. 3 between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. at the East Windsor Township Senior Center, 40 Lanning Blvd.

Electronics recycling is limited to televisions, computers and accessories – keyboards, mice, speakers, cords and cables, ink and toner cartridges, monitors, printers, scanners and hard drives – plus fax machines, VCRs, cable boxes and telephones.

Residents also may bring up to 10 boxes per household of unwanted and unneeded documents to be shredded. The document shredding is limited to households – commercial entities and businesses may not bring papers to be shredded.

Mayor Janice S. Mironov said document shredding is a “great opportunity” for residents to get rid of the documents, which in turn will help to prevent identity theft. Document shredding provides a non-recoverable tool for providing confidentiality and protecting against identity theft, she said.

“We are committed to recycling in East Windsor, reducing the township’s solid waste costs (for trash disposal). It also helps to preserve a green environment,” Mironov said.

Recycling helps a town to control its trash disposal costs. Towns are charged a “tipping fee” at the Mercer County Improvement Authority’s transfer station, based on the weight of the contents of the trash trucks. The fee is an additional cost to the town.

This year’s recycling event pays close attention to the potential transmission of COVID-19 by making it a contactless event. Trained staff, wearing masks and gloves, will remove the unwanted items from the rear seat or trunk of the resident’s car.

Upon arrival at the recycling collection site, residents must display their driver’s license through the car or truck window. They must remain in their vehicle at all times, and may not get out of the vehicle to watch or help, Mironov said.

Residents, who should be the only occupant in the car or truck, should wear a face mask. It is preferable that no extra passengers or pets should be in the vehicle when dropping off the unwanted electronic items and boxes of documents, Mironov said.