April 13, 2024

Franklin County Fairgrounds

Thanks to a partnership with the Franklin County Fairgrounds and Franklin County 4-H Council Walk and Serve, the Environmental Sustainability Commission (Go Green Hilliard) will be hosting a bigger, better, more impactful Earth Day on the Franklin County Fairgrounds in 2024!

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Thank you so much for a successful Earth Day! We look forward to seeing you next year!

Activity Schedule

Please welcome once again our partners the Franklin County Fairgrounds, the Franklin County 4-H Council (4-H), Franklin Soil and Water Conservation District (FSWCD), Keep Hilliard Beautiful (KHB), RenTek Electronics, Habitat for Humanity, BlackOps Destruction, and our new partner, Volunteers of America for a wonderful day of walking, service, recycling, and building a sustainable community!

Volunteer with Us!

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8:30-9:15 Franklin County 4-H Clover Walk & Run
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Join us for the in-person 4-H Clover 5K at the Franklin County Fairgrounds on April 15, 2023. 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 Event Page button above.

9:30-12:00 Franklin County 4-H Walk and Serve
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Visit over 10 different non-profit organizations! They each have ample space to complete a project that has been prepared specifically for their mission in mind.

Learn more by clicking on the Event Page button above.

10:00-1:00 Recycling Drive: Electronics
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RenTek Electronics will collect computers and peripherals, office and telecom equipment, mobile devices, data center equipment, and home entertainment.

Note: some items such as televisions may require a disposal fee.

CASH ONLY

  • Flat Screen TVs: $10 flat fee
  • CRT Monitors: $30
  • Printers/Scanners: $3
  • Older Tube TVs: $3 per diagonal inch

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
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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
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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.

Because this shredding drive will be limited, please click the More Shredding button for additional options coming up in the Greater Columbus area.

10:00-1:00 Recycling Drive: Household Goods
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The MidOhio Habitat for Humanity ReStore will collect new and reusable household goods and home improvement items.

All items donated must be in good working order. Please click the Acceptable Items button for more information and complete list of items.

10:00-1:00 Recycling Drive: Clothing
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The Volunteers of American will collect new and gently used clothes.

All items donated must be in good condition. Please click the More Information button to learn more about Volunteers of America.

Event Map

Street Closing Alert

Starting April 8, there will be a two-week closure to reconstruct the Main and Center streets intersection and repair the railroad track pavement.
Map of 2024 Earth Day event at the Franklin County Fairgrounds. Labels indicate entrances and major driving stops for items to be reused or recycled. Gate 3: Walk and Serve Entrance. Green arrows pointing south lead to buildings holding the Walk and Serve Event. Gate 4: Exit. Red arrows pointing north indicate that all cars leave all events through gate 4. Volunteer Parking is highlighted in yellow. Gate 5: Recycling Entrance: orange, black, blue, and purple arrows point to respective drop off areas, such as Electronics: Recycling RenTek (orange), Home Goods: Reuse, MidOhio ReStore (purple), Styrofoam: Recycling City of Hilliard (dark blue), Clothing: Reuse Volunteers of a America (dark blue), and Paper Shredding: Black Ops Destruction (black)
Watch here for more details as the day approaches!

Updated 2024 Google Map arriving soon! 

Google Map

Thank You to Our Partners

List of logos for Earth Day Partners 2024: Go Green Hilliard, Franklin County Fairgrounds, 4-H Walk & Serve, Franklin County Soil and Water Conservation District, Keep Hilliard Beautiful, RenTek, Black Ops Desctruction, Habitat for Humanity, Volunteers of America, Hilliard City Schools, City of Hilliard, Franklin County 4-H Council, Hilliard Arts Council

For more information about our partners, please visit our Earth Day 2024 Partners page

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