By Jake Knopke, President of RecycleWorks

The Team!

A Beautiful Day for an E-waste Drive

The RecycleWorks team is very plaesed to see this great city of Kansas City embracing our company’s sustainability goals.  Each and every one of our customers has had a huge impact on our community.

The RecycleWorks Team

90% of all e-waste is reusable, which can save material and scarce resources in the manufacturing process. That’s a great thing considering rapidly developing technology makes many electronics obsolete after just 18 months.

Recycling e-waste keeps some pretty nasty and downright hazardous materials like lead, mercury and arsenic, out of our landfills and ecosystem.

Free e-waste drop off

Most homes and businesses have it, but don’t know how or where to get rid of it—electronic waste.

Here’s your chance…
RecycleWorks offers free e-waste recycling drives around the KC Metro area for:

• HOAs
• Apartment complexes
• Churches
• Businesses (office parks and large corporations)

How it works:

• Call to schedule a collection day
• We provide a truck staffed with trained collection specialists
• Simply drop off unwanted electronics at the designated collection site
• We haul it away free of charge* and see that it is recycled responsibly

*Small ($10) fee for each CRT or LCD monitor.

What can we take?

If it has lights, buttons or cords, we’ll take it:

• Cell phones/PDAs/Pagers
• Appliances
• Batteries (Lithium and car batteries only)
• All computers & equipment

We’ll do our part.

Every piece of e-waste we collect is recycled domestically by certified third-party facilities that properly handle 100% of the materials—from plastic and glass to precious metals and hazardous materials.

Plus we make it easy and free for you to do your part.

Since there are strict standards for dumping electronics, it’s never a good idea to just put it in your regular trash. But finding a proper e-waste disposal site can be time consuming and expensive. And with new technology as affordable as old, there isn’t much garage sale value for any of it. That leaves you looking for the best way to get rid of it…

Call today to schedule an e-waste collection day with RecycleWorks!

We will also be rolling out an electronic waste (e-waste) recycling program by the end of January. Once the program is in full operation we will update you on the details.

The RecycleWorks Team

Nov. 14 — Nearly 1.5 million more recycling jobs would be created if the national recycling rate reached 75%, according to a recent report.

“More Jobs, Less Pollution: Growing the Recycling Economy in the U.S.,” released by Tellus Institute and Sound Resource Management, also said that the higher recycling rate would mean reduced pollution and improved public health, along with generating strong local economies with stable employment bases.

“While the vast majority of municipal solid waste can be readily recycled, re-used, or composted, only 33% is currently diverted from disposal,” according to the report. “Most of our discards are still sent to landfills and incinerators.”

According to the report, not only would reaching a 75% national recycling rate create nearly 1.5 million more jobs than in 2008, but it also would reduce CO2 emissions by 276 million metric tons by 2030. This is equivalent to 72 coal-fired power plants or taking 50 million cars off the road, the report said.

Source: http://www.wasterecyclingnews.com/email.html?id=1321291192