eWaste Recycling Event at Tekserve - January 2010

Footage from the January 2010 eWaste recycling event at Tekserve, co-hosted with the Lower East Side Ecology Center. Over 1,000 people brought nearly 25 tons of old and unwanted electronics to be safely and properly recycled. What started as an event to help the community and environment has grown into something much larger.

Sponsored collection events like these are one of the easiest ways for New Yorkers to properly dispose of their old electronic gear and gadgets, which contain hazardous materials such as lead, cadmium, and mercury. These events keep such materials out of landfills and are especially important since NYC currently offers no eWaste drop-off program of its own.

For info about the next eWaste recycling event to be held at Tekserve, visit http://www.tekserve.com/recycling
For more about the Lower East Side Ecology Center, visit http://www.lesecologycenter.org/

Music: "Snow Leopard" by I Love You Airlines

Category:

Nonprofits & Activism

Tags:

• ewaste
• recycling
• electronics
• e-waste
• tekserve
• computers
• green
• environment
• new york
• nyc
• new york city
• chelsea
• apple
• mac
• ipod
• iphone
• imac
• macbook
• lesec
• lower east side ecology center
• landfill
• new yorkers
• flatiron

[maccollectorZ]

ah come on! That is such a waste! they were trashing like 10 powermacs, and they had rare fruit imac colors there too, and two imac g4's. :( They could have given it to me! 

[Monad444]

Give me some T_T