April 12, 2025
Franklin County Fairgrounds
Thanks to a partnership with the Franklin County Fairgrounds and Franklin County 4-H Council Walk & Serve, the Environmental Sustainability Commission (Go Green Hilliard) is celebrating Earth Day early for bigger, better, more impactful results on the Franklin County Fairgrounds in 2025!
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Thank you to everyone for a fantastic 2025 Earth Day Celebration. 380 cars dropped off Styrofoam, household goods, clothing, electronics, and paper to be shredded. We look forward to seeing you again next year!
Activity Schedule
Please welcome once again our partners the Franklin County Fairgrounds, the Franklin County 4-H Council (4-H), Keep Hilliard Beautiful (KHB), RenTek Electronics, BlackOps Destruction, Volunteers of America, The Compost Exchange, and Electrify Ohio! for a wonderful day of walking, service, recycling, and building a sustainable community!
Volunteer with Us!
8:30-9:15 Franklin County 4-H Clover Run/Walk
Join the Franklin County 4-H Council for the 4-H Clover 5K at the Franklin County Fairgrounds on April 12, 2025. Sign up with your friends and family and have a fun time running/walking for a purpose by supporting the Franklin County 4-H programs as well as area non-profit organizations!
Learn more by clicking on the Sign Up button above.
9:30-12:00 Franklin County 4-H Walk & Serve
Learn more by clicking on the Event Page button above.
10:00-1:00 Recycling Drive: Electronics
RenTek Electronics will collect computers and peripherals, office and telecom equipment, mobile devices, data center equipment, and home entertainment for recycling
Note: some items such as televisions may require a disposal fee.
CASH ONLY
Please do not bring hazardous materials, items with Freon, smoke detectors, alkaline batteries, or small household appliances.
Please click the Acceptable Items button for a complete list and fee details.
10:00-1:00 Recycling Drive: Styrofoam
The City of Hilliard will collect Styrofoam packaging for recycling in our city's densifier. Please remove any tape or labels from Styrofoam before dropping it off. Styrofoam must be clean.
Note: no food Sytrofoam packaging, peanuts or extruded or "soft" Styrofoam accepted.
10:00-1:00 Recycling Drive: Paper Shredding
Black Ops Destruction will collect office papers only for shredding in this drive. Newspapers, magazines, and cardboard should be placed in your recycle container for weekly curbside pickup.
Each car may only have 3 “banker boxes” to unload. A banker box is roughly 16”L by 12”W by 10.5”H.
Each resident will be responsible for taking their empty boxes back with them. We will be checking the boxes for foreign material and will reject boxes if there is contamination.
This event will be limited to 13,000 pounds of shredding. Once truck capacity is reached, the event will end.
Please click the More Information button to learn more about Black Ops Destruction.
10:00-1:00 Recycling Drive: Clothing and Household Items
Volunteers of America will collect gently used clothing and household items.
Please click the More Information button to learn more about Volunteers of America.
10:00-1:00 Go Green Hilliard Earth Day Booths
On your way walking to or from the 4-H Walk & Serve, stop by the booths hosted by Go Green Hilliard this year! Pick up some stickers and swag and talk to members of Go Green Hilliard.
Go Green Hilliard and Keep Hilliard Beautiful will be there to discuss opportunities to contribute to Hilliard's environment.
Electrify Central Ohio will be there to talk to you about ways to reduce the carbon footprint of your home.
The Compost Exchange will join us to discuss options for composting at home.
Event Map
Thank You to Our Partners
