Earth Day Expo at Midland Center for the Arts collects batteries, books, gives out coffee grounds for gardening

The focus in Midland is on recycling, said Debbie Anderson, curator of education at the Alden B. Dow Museum of Science and Art, as “Rethinking Recycling: It’s Easy to Be Green!” follows the lead of the American Chemical Society. “We are a disposable society,” she said, and many of the groups that will fill the brick lobby from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, April 21, at the Midland Center for the Arts, 1801 W. St. Andrews, will give visitors a chance to drop off everything from household batteries to prescription drugs and gently used books and CDs. An art show features works created by young people from recycled materials.
“Parents of young children know how quickly those batteries can build up as their little ones play with their battery-operated toys,” Anderson said.

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