KENNEBUNK — It seems to be everywhere and costly to get ride of. Those unwanted piles of e-Waste and relics of emerging technology that time has passed by are taking up valuable space in the basement or garage, but difficult to get rid of safely.

Enter the Catholic Church to the rescue.

Catholic Charities Maine’s Parish Social Ministry is hosting a free e-waste Day in Kennebunk next weekend.

The ministry will be be at St. Martha Church, 30 Portland Road, from 8 a.m. to noon on Saturday, Aug. 18 to collect e-Waste from the public.

Electronics will be taken and recycled at no cost and that includes old televisions, computers, printers, microwaves, VCRs, and leftover components and parts.

Bill Wood of Catholic Charities Maine says that those concerned about the personal information stored on the hard drives in their old computers have no need to worry about identity thieves ending up with personal information from donated PCs and iMacs.

“All hard drives are destroyed in the process of recycling the computer parts, so there is no possibility of that information being accessed by someone else,” Wood said. “All the collected items are recycled for the precious metals they contain, the wiring, the glass, and the regular metals.”

He said that the monetary value of e-waste can vary widely, depending on national and international markets.

“Catholic Charities Maine partners with North Coast Services to produce these e-waste days as part of our Eco-Joy environmental program,” Wood said. “We like the fact that none of what is ‘donated’ at these events will end up in a landfill.”

Participants are welcome to donate to Catholic Charities Maine at the event, Wood said.

Those donations will be used to support Catholic Charities Maine Eco-Joy initiatives.

For more information about the e-waste Day in Kennebunk, call 956-1457.