Cleveland, Ohio: EPA Great Lakes 2008 Earth Day Challenge

Greater Cleveland, Ohio area - Cuyahoga County - participating in EPA Great Lakes 2008 Earth Day Challenge

Thousands of residents in Greater Cleveland, Ohio are recycling unwanted computer electronics during the annual "Recycle Your Computer Month."

In the past 8 years, the Cuyahoga County Solid Waste District has sponsored many collections that garnered over 1,900 tons of computer equipment.

"This is the 9th year that we have provided free computer recycling to Cuyahoga County residents," said Cristie A. Snyder, District Program Officer.

"In 2000, we started collecting computers with a one-day Round-Up twice a year," said Snyder, adding a couple years ago the opening of a local recycling facility allowed the District to switch "to a month-long promotion that allowed our municipalities to run their events as needed."

The e-Waste computer collections are sponsored by the District in collaboration with local city service departments.

Residents in 59 municipalities can drop-off their old and broken unused computer equipment at over 45 participating city service departments during the month of April, Snyder said.

All equipment collected will be taken to RET3 job corp, a non-profit computer recycling and refurbishing company based in Cleveland. Computer donations are tax-deductible.
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Cuyahoga County Solid Waste District:
http://www.cuyahogaswd.org
Cuyahoga County Solid Waste District
http://www.cuyahogaswd.org/residents/comprec.asp

Cleveland Interfaith Earth Healing Links:
http://www.earthhealinginitiative.org/cleveland.html

Interfaith Earth Healing Initiative homepage:
http://www.earthhealinginitiative.org

EPA GLNPO Official challenge link:
http://www.epa.gov/glnpo/earthday2008/index.html
http://www.epa.gov/glnpo/earthday2008/events.html
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EPA Press Release on challenge:
http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/D48F2AD96EC624E38525740B003AEE57

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