Earth Day to Arbor Day

Celebrate Earth Month with Us!

Join the City of New Albany for Earth Day to Arbor Day for a week of sustainability-focused activities, including paper shredding, e-waste and hazardous waste drives, an Arbor Day proclamation, and tree planting.

E-Waste, Household Hazardous Waste Drop-Off & Paper Shredding Event

Clear out the clutter and dispose of unwanted items safely! Join us on Saturday, April 18, 2026, from 8 a.m. to noon at the public service complex (7800 Bevelhymer Road) for our annual e-waste and hazardous waste collection event. New Albany residents are encouraged to bring old electronics, household hazardous waste, and confidential documents for secure on-site shredding (space is limited so first-come, first-served).

What is allowed?
  • Please note: Paper shredding drives are intended to shred truly sensitive materials. Paper materials that do not contain sensitive information can be recycled with your residential recycling services (vendor dependent).
  • To help manage volume, we are unable to accept commercial quantities or bulk collections.
  • While the event remains open to the public, it is specifically designed to serve household and residential waste, with a primary focus on New Albany residents.
  • Learn about accepted materials, e-waste guidelines, and more by clicking here.

We encourage non-New Albany residents to seek out recycling options closer to home rather than waiting for one-time events like ours or traveling long distances.

Click here for a list of regional locations that accept recyclable items throughout the year.

Traffic should enter the Public Service facility from Walnut Street – not from Bevelhymer Road. Bevelhymer Road will be dedicated to pickleball complex traffic and for traffic leaving the waste drive. Signage on site will direct traffic to the appropriate lanes based on the materials they have to drop off. Please see the map below.

A woman wearing sunglasses and a cap stands beside a large bin filled with gardening and cleaning products, including bags of fertilizer and bottles of disinfectant. She is smiling and wearing a long-sleeved shirt. In the background, there are pallets and more large bins covered with black plastic bags, with a large building and parked vehicles visible.
Man holding a document speaks to a group of schoolchildren and adults gathered outdoors among trees.

Arbor Day Proclamation & Tree Planting

Celebrate Arbor Day with us on Friday, April 24, as we recognize the importance of trees in our community! This special event will feature an official Arbor Day proclamation, followed by local students planting over 300 trees to help grow our urban canopy.

Two uniformed emergency responders at a fire station holding clear bags of prescription bottles and pills with blue gloves.

National Prescription Drug Take Back Day

National Prescription Drug Take Back Day is Saturday, April 25, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Plain Township Fire Department. Safely dispose of unused medications and help protect our waterways and environment. Can’t make the event? Drop off medications year-round at the NAPD lobby.

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Become a Green Guardian!

We’re looking for student and adult volunteers to help keep our community events clean and green by ensuring compost, recycling, and trash go in the right receptacles.

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