E-Waste Recycling Fundraisers

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Purpose

To responsibly divert electronic waste from landfills in Alameda County; to raise awareness about recycling; to raise funds for technology and green programs at Irvington High School.

Event Flyer

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Location

Irvington High main parking lot

Community Service

To date, there have been approximately 600 service hours earned by Irvington Students from these events. We have also helped 3 Change Project groups and 2 QUEST students. If you are an Irvington student wishing to volunteer, please email green@irvington.org with your name and times you wish to participate.

Download and print our Service Learning form and bring with you to the event.

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Projects made possible with money raised from these events

Proceeds go to the HTM Club & Green Initiatives

Future projects:

• wireless internet for Irvington campus, Adobe Web Premium CS3 site license, green projects (solar cookers for African villages)

Previously-funded projects:

• Robotics (BotBall) team 2nd semester 2008
• camcorder for events, promotions, publicity for Technology Career Path and Green Initiatives
• Computer Server for practicing network server administration
• 6 LCD monitors and spare hard drive for Journalism program
• 3 projectors for LAN gaming events
• Tig welder + heavy duty cart for Irvington Maintenance crew
• $2500 upgrade to computers in room 41 computer lab
• custom power and network cabling to library computer lab

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Items accepted for no fee

Monitors, TV's, cell phones, batteries, laptops, ink cartridges.

Items accepted for a fee

All other electronics (computers, copy machines, etc) have a $5 disposal fee. We request a larger donation for items that are large in size or in weight, such as an office copy machine, or for items that are electronic but not used in an office setting (vacuum cleaner, hair dryer, microwave, radios, etc).

Items NOT accepted

We cannot accept HHW (household hazardous wastes) like mercury from thermometers, CFL light bulbs, neon light bulbs, freon from refrigerators, etc.

For more information

Please call C&T Recycling at 510.590.7510 or email them at ctrecycling@yahoo.com

Environmental Impact

These numbers reflect the total amount of diversion made possible by the Irvington ewaste recycling events since the first one in May 07:

72452 lbs - total CRT (televisions and monitors)
32597 lbs - other material
105,047 lbs - total material kept out of landfills

About C&T Recycling

Our preferred vendor, C&T Recycling, has been in business for the past 5 years and provides fundraising opportunities for its partners. All ewaste materials are responsibly handled and recycled - all constituent materials (plastics, metals, processors, crts, lcds, etc) are taken to California-based recycling companies. Absolutely NO materials are shipped overseas to contaminate other countries who may not be as well-equipped to handle the materials in an environmentally-responsible or safe way. Founder Charlie Landmesser has been in the recycling industry for the past 20 years in various capacities and his reputation is impeccable. We at Irvington High School are privileged to partner with him and C&T Recycling.

If you cannot attend one of our ewaste events but would like C&T to pick up the items (it needs to be substantial in size - and please mention Irvington High so we get credit for it!), or would like to host an event of your own, please call C&T Recycling at 510.590.7510 or email them at ctrecycling@yahoo.com