Bring Out Your Dead April 28th
Posted by: Kathie Brosemer (kathie) on March 27, 2007 at 22:25:39
from the one-month-and-counting dept.
Clean North announces its spring Bring Out Your Dead e-waste reuse and recycling event. The program, which has run twice per year since the spring of 2000, will take place at the PUC building on Second Line. All unwanted electronic equipment will be accepted, except TVs and microwave ovens, for which no market can be found.
“We have to charge $3 per computer monitor, because of the fees we face with the recyclers in southern Ontario,” explained Kathie Brosemer, spokesperson for the group. “The city is helping with half the cost of recycling the monitors, and TransProvincial Freight is shipping them for us at no charge, so the cost to people participating is really very low.”
The public is invited to drop off unwanted electronics, known as e-waste, on Saturday, the 28th of April, from 10 am to 4 pm., and to browse the sale tables at the same time.
“We've been fortunate to locate a supply of used but still very recent computers, in advance of our program, so we know that we will have some very nice equipment on the sale table for this event,” said Brosemer. “We usually don't know in advance what will turn up, but this time we will have a nice reuse component to the project. If you're in the market for a Pentium III, come and see what we have.”
Wishlists are also being accepted from local charities, for free computers. Click here, for the wishlist form.
Businesses and institutions, be aware that we will only be accepting a maximum of one pickup truck load, and then only by appointment on the Friday before the event. Please send in this form by fax in advance.
Volunteers are always needed - please email volunteer@cleannorth.org for more information. This is a great way to get high school community service hours!