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Other Recycling Efforts
Thanks to
you, we've:
- Diverted over 110,000 pounds of plastics, metals, electronics
(computers, printers, laptops & notebooks & monitors),
toxi chemicals, toner and cell phones from the waste stream, pcs, etc)
- Made many loans to community development programs
- Contributed to many local charities in Massachusetts
- Donated PCs and laptops to both low-income families and charities
- Raised public awareness on the merits of recycling
- Provided an avenue for businesses to recycle and feel good about supporting local and overseas charities.
We have received a number of requests from our
constituents to recycle computers, laptops, printers,
memory boards and hard and DVD/CD drives. As you know,
Recycling for Charities receives no outside funding, so
launching this recycling fund-raiser helps us mitigate the
need to solicit outside grant funding, while offsetting
our operational cost, and helps us continue providing free services as well as launch new tools and
programs to educate and engage local business and civilian
communities.
All you need to do is donate your no longer needed
laptops, computers, cell phones, toner cartridges, digital
cameras, etc., and we'll pick it up, and provide a tax
deduction receipt.
Your help in recycling these products will enable
Recycling for Charities to continue to broaden its services, play
a continue role in environmental stewardship, help enhance services to make it
easier for the business communities to recycle, while
allocating more funding for charities.
Thank you in advance for your continued support, and for
your continuing interest in making our community a better
place by recycling.
Please contact us if you wish to make special
arrangements, or need assistance on how best to collect
these items:
info@cansforcharity.org
Electronics
Impact on the Environment
It takes about six hundred pounds of fossil fuels and
chemicals to create the chips for one personal computer.
Seventy pounds of water are used to rinse out impurities
in a single chip. The amount of waste generated to produce
one laptop is close to 4,000 times its weight. When you
throw away a 5 pound laptop you are throwing away roughly
20,000 pounds of waste.
Approximately 300 million ink cartridges are thrown away
each year! The production of a single ink jet cartridge
requires 2 and 1/2 ounces of oil. That's more than 6
million gallons of oil wasted each year.
Over 6 million DVDs go into landfills and incinerators
each year. DVDs have a shelf life of over 100 years.
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