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Free Electronic Waste Collection Event
Last updated February 20, 2011
 The Vietnamese United Methodist Youth Fellowship (VUMYF) will be hosting a free E-Waste collection event in which post-recycling proceeds will benefit the upcoming 2010 Mission to Malaysia. Help our City get rid of E-Waste the right away by sending it to a proper recycling process and not into the landfills!
- Electronic discard is one of the fastest growing segments of this
nation's waste stream.
- 56% of American households have functional e-products that they no longer use.
- 70% of heavy metals, 40% of lead and mercury contents found in today's landfills come from E-Waste.
- New federal mandate requires that television stations switch from analog format to digital format, which means a greater number of televisions will becomes obsolete within the next several years.
Bring your E-Waste (see what's accepted below):WHEN: On Saturday and Sunday, May 29th&30th, 2010, from 9am to 4pmWHERE: The church parking lot, located at 5380 El Cajon Blvd., San Diego, CA 92115What is E-Waste?E-Waste is any consumer electronic equipment that has reached its "end-of-life" or "end-of-usage", whether in full or non-working condition. It includes most electronics or electric appliances with a cord or circuit board such as:computer monitors, television sets, PC systems, printers, laptops, copiers, scanners, fax machines, toner cartridges, UPS and PDAs, power supplies, main frame units, networking equipment, mother board systems, VCR/VCD/DVD players, home entertainment systems, landline and cellular phones, and small portable devices. We also accept car and forklift batteries. There is a $5.00 service fee for microwave ovens.
We do not accept: refrigerators, washer and dryers, flourescent light bulbs, and household batteries.For more information, please contact Grace Le at (619) 764-3027, David Dang at (858) 353-3494, or Hung Chau at (619) 788-8887, or email VUMYF at info@vumyf.org. To learn more about the E-Waste program, visit http://planetgreenrecycle.com/. |
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