Thursday, May 5, 2011

Free electronic waste recycling event on June 4 from 9am to 4pm at 211 Willis Rd

It is official! Saline's Environmental Commission and The Fifth Corner teen center, will sponsor a free electronic waste recycling event on June 4 from 9am to 4pm at 211 Willis Rd. So don't take your items to Pioneer this weekend, save them for Saline's own fund raiser. Following, are some of the details:

Description:
Vintage Tech Recyclers is a full service electronics recycler based in Romeoville, IL. The goal at Vintage Tech is to create recycling programs for all organizations, and communities to increase recycling participation and minimize landfill waste including heavy metals and hazardous components. The hierarchy at Vintage Tech is reuse first and VTR is committed to refurbishing and recovering all possible parts and units. At VTR, we provide a responsible solution and ensure the most secure and environmentally sound process for electronics recycling for all of our programs. We are an R2 certified company and comply with all local, state, and federal regulations. Vintage Tech Recyclers, Inc accepts all of the following items for recycling:

Accepted Items:
Monitors
Laptops
TV’s
Printers
Computers
Printers/ Fax/ Scanners
DVD/ Stereos/VCR’S
Video Game Consoles
Peripherals-Mice/Keyboards
PDA/Cell Phones
All computer parts
MP3/IPods/etc
Phones
Etc.

Non Accept Items:
Typewriters
Terminals
Toaster Ovens
Hair Dryers
Curling Irons
Cash Registers
UPS Batteries
Copiers
Electronic Tools