IN HONOR OF EARTH DAY ...
Clear out the junk electronics. Your e-waste is wanted!!!
Help RecycleForce meet its goal of collecting 600,000 pounds of recyclables in the month leading up to Earth Day on April 22.
Items accepted include:
Outdated Software and Hardware * Printers * Fax Machines * Keyboards * DVD Players * Old Video-Game Consoles * VHS * Beta-Max * Cardboard * Newspapers * Aluminum * Glass * Plastics 1-7 * Styrofoam
All sorts of discarded materials - even old voting booths - are appetizing to The Beast!
RERUN: TELEVISION TRASH BY THE NUMBERS
4 pounds of lead in an average TV's glass and cathode ray tube.
20.6 million TVs to U.S. landfills in 2006-2007.
6 million TVs were recycled during the same period.
99 million TVs now in storage awaiting disposal.
Source: EPA figures cited in RecycleForce's 2010 annual report.
POUNDS OF MAJOR MATERIALS RECYCLEFORCE RECLAIMED IN FEBRUARY
Steel - 151,480 poundsPlastic - 37,924 pounds
Copper - 35,725 pounds
Precious Metals - 22,971 pounds
Aluminum - 8,878 pounds
Related Locations
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RecycleForce
- 754 N. Sherman Dr., IN Tel: Fax: 317.532.1369, Indianapolis Martindale-Brightwood Indiana 46201
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317-532-1367
- www.recycleforce.org/
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