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Cans
For Charity
will recycle and restore used computer
equipment donated by area businesses and
individuals. Our mission is to have a
significant environmental impact by
driving more unwanted functional computers
into the refurbishing process, and hands
of low-income families and nonprofit
organizations, while minimizing their
effect on landfills, and their
contribution to harmful greenhouse gases.
According to the National Recycling
Institute, 500 million computers became
obsolete in 2007. As of 2007,
Massachusetts prohibits disposing
computers into the trash – it must now be
responsibly recycled, often requiring a
fee from either the town or a recycling
center. In his book Natural Capitalism,
Paul Hawken writes when you discard a
five-pound laptop you are also throwing
away the 20,000 pounds of raw materials it
took to make it. Besides benefiting from
not having to pay for recycling a
computer, donors who donate computer
equipment can receive tax deduction
receipt.
Used computers in a downsizing or
uncertain economy can offer low cost
alternatives to low income families or
nonprofit organizations, such as schools,
and bridging the digital divide. Our
long-term goal is to also offer computer
training at our new location.
Cans For Charity also recycles Toner and
Cell Phones.
Won’t you please say “Yes” and fill out the form below,
and contact us today so we can arrange a
pickup?
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