Successfull E-Waste Drive Hosted by Arvest Bank

Yesterday, Arvest Bank off 135th & 69hwy in Overland Park, KS partnered up with RecycleWorks to host a successfull e-waste drive.  The purpose of the drive was two fold.  One, to build awareness about the hazardous nature of electronics ending up in our landfills, and two to divert as much e-waste from the landfills as possible.  RecycleWorks has not officialy weighed all the e-waste collected.  However, they are confindent there was around 10,000 pounds diverted!  “Thanks to Rick Dierks at Arvest Bank, this event was made into a huge success”, said President Jake Knopke.  “It is wonderful that Arvest Bank has the desire to be involved in their community”.