FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — Families in Fayetteville with an old, broken or recalled child car seat have three days to drop it off for recycling. The collection runs Wednesday, Nov. 11, through Friday, Nov. 13, and residents can bring seats to any Fayetteville public elementary school while classes are in session.
Fayetteville Public Schools is hosting the drive together with the City of Fayetteville and EcoTech, a recycling partner. Organizers scheduled it to line up with America Recycles Day, which is observed every year on Nov. 15 and promotes recycling and cutting down on waste.
Last year the same event kept more than 125 car seats out of the landfill, according to the city. Organizers say they hope to top that number this time, and they also want to make sure seats that may no longer be safe are not handed down or resold to another family.
The city stresses that a seat still being used for a child has to be undamaged, inside its expiration range and installed correctly. Residents who are not sure about the condition of a seat can ask the Fayetteville Police Department, whose child safety seat technicians will look it over. Requests for an inspection or an installation can be made through the child safety seat program page on the city website, fayetteville-ar.gov/ChildSafetySeatProgram.
Drop-off is open only during school hours, so parents who work during the day may need to plan a stop before or after a shift. The city’s communications office, led by Chief Communications Officer Gracie Ziegler, is the media contact for the event and can be reached at 479-575-8303.