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Other Recycling Efforts
Thanks to
you, we've:
- Diverted
over 85,000 pounds of plastics and metals from the waste
stream, as well as toxic chemicals from electronic
equipment (cell phones, pcs, etc.)
- Made a number of loans to community development programs
- Contributed to many local charities
- Donated PCs and laptops to both low-income families and
charities
Raised public awareness on the merits of recycling
Now we have identified another environmentally-friendly
opportunity that also helps us offset our operating
expenses so we can continue to fund charitable causes.
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,
Cans For Charity receives no outside funding, so launching
this recycling fund-raiser will help us offset some of our
operating cost, as well continue to provide and enhance
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.
Because of the metals and chemicals found in these
devices, they have a much more damaging effect on the
environment than beverage containers do, so you really
will be doing a lot to support our Green efforts.
Your help in recycling these products will also enable
Cans For Charity to continue to broaden its services, play
a bigger role in environmental stewardship, offset some of
our operating costs and help enhance services to make it
easier for the business community to recycle, while
allocating more money 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:
617-983-1489 or 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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