Posted by: Kathie Brosemer (kathie) on April 12, 2008 at 00:42:11
from the gone-gone-gone dept.
For the past 8 years, Clean North has hosted semi-annual Computer Recycling events where, for a small fee, local residents could drop off their unwanted e-waste (computers, peripherals and other small electronic items).
Clean North wishes to inform the community that we are not planning to carry out this event in 2008.
Community Living Algoma (with the assistance of Clean North and the City) will be opening a new Community Recycling Depot at 285 Wilson Street. The scheduled opening date is April 17. This will be a year-round operation open Tuesday to Friday 8:30 to 4:30 and on Saturdays from 8:00 to 1:00. A small recycling fee will be charged for each computer system to help cover transportation costs.
In addition to unwanted computer systems, you will also be able to drop off other small electronic items (calculators, Mp3 players, VCR, CD players, etc), inkjet and toner cartridges, cell phones, and clean/dry Styrofoam (expanded polystyrene).
Clean North invites the entire community to support this environmental initiative. Please watch the media for further information about the grand opening!
Clean North would also like to remind Sault residents that as our thoughts shift to spring cleaning, that we seriously consider all of the alternatives to disposal before sending anything to landfill. One of the simplest alternatives is to give items away through a "freebie" ad in a local paper or at a website such as SaultFreeCycle. You can also place items at the edge of your property with a sign saying "FREE".
Posted by: Kathie Brosemer (kathie) on September 11, 2007 at 11:02:45
from the front-end dept.
We're a go for fall, against the odds. Our Bring Out Your Dead e-waste reuse and recycling event will be held on the 29th of September, 10 am to 4 pm, at the PUC building on Second Line.
A different location than the usual, at the very front of the building, with no room for parking when you're dropping off. We'll have a drive through drop off instead. We'll have a $2 per car fee, to help cover our expenses. The city is taking care of the costs for the recycling company to accept our stuff, but we have costs for publicity, packaging, and care and feeding of volunteers.
Parking will be available along the west wall of the building to access the sale area, through a different set of doors. Note that we usually have quite a selection of tested, excellent electronics for sale at garage sale prices.
Wishlists are also being accepted from local charities, for free computer equipment. Click here, for the wishlist form.
Businesses and institutions, be aware that we will only be accepting a maximum of one pickup truck load, and then only by appointment on the Friday before the event. Please send in this form by fax in advance.
Volunteers are always needed - please email volunteer@cleannorth.org for more information. This is a great way to get high school community service hours!
Posted by: Kathie Brosemer (kathie) on September 04, 2007 at 14:11:58
from the location-location-location dept.
We've just received notice that our favourite location to hold the popular computer and e-waste recycling event we fondly know as Bring Out Your Dead, has been rented. It's no longer available to us. Help!
Any ideas? We need a big space, 2-3000 sq feet would be nice, with at least one loading dock and good public access. Free would be very nice, but a nominal charge for electricity could be paid and a charitable receipt provided for the value of the rent.
email Kathie right away if you have any suggestions. A prize for the one that results in a new home for BOYD...
Posted by: Kathie Brosemer (kathie) on March 27, 2007 at 22:25:39
from the one-month-and-counting dept.
Clean North announces its spring Bring Out Your Dead e-waste reuse and recycling event. The program, which has run twice per year since the spring of 2000, will take place at the PUC building on Second Line. All unwanted electronic equipment will be accepted, except TVs and microwave ovens, for which no market can be found.
“We have to charge $3 per computer monitor, because of the fees we face with the recyclers in southern Ontario,” explained Kathie Brosemer, spokesperson for the group. “The city is helping with half the cost of recycling the monitors, and TransProvincial Freight is shipping them for us at no charge, so the cost to people participating is really very low.”
The public is invited to drop off unwanted electronics, known as e-waste, on Saturday, the 28th of April, from 10 am to 4 pm., and to browse the sale tables at the same time.
“We've been fortunate to locate a supply of used but still very recent computers, in advance of our program, so we know that we will have some very nice equipment on the sale table for this event,” said Brosemer. “We usually don't know in advance what will turn up, but this time we will have a nice reuse component to the project. If you're in the market for a Pentium III, come and see what we have.”
Wishlists are also being accepted from local charities, for free computers. Click here, for the wishlist form.
Businesses and institutions, be aware that we will only be accepting a maximum of one pickup truck load, and then only by appointment on the Friday before the event. Please send in this form by fax in advance.
Volunteers are always needed - please email volunteer@cleannorth.org for more information. This is a great way to get high school community service hours!
Posted by: Kathie Brosemer (kathie) on March 18, 2007 at 09:41:50
from the cheap-as-dirt dept.
Clean North has received a stack of rather nice surplus computers from a local institution, in advance of our recycling program. These shouldn't be recycled, but rather reused. To that end, our favourite technical specialist volunteers have sorted through the best of the lot and made it available to you. Right now there are nineteen systems, Pentium IIIs mostly, with processors up to 933 MHz. Prices range between $40 and $120 depending on goodies - the top one has a 10 GB hard drive and a CD burner. If interested, email computers and I'll send you the list. Local only, thanks.
Posted by: Kathie Brosemer (kathie) on April 05, 2006 at 14:11:26
from the who's-counting? dept.
April 22nd at the PUC Building at 550 Second Line East. From 10 am to 4 pm, you can bring your unwanted electronics and we'll recycle it for you! The charge is $2 per monitor. No charge to come in and browse working stuff at garage sale prices...
Charities looking for wishlist items, click here. Businesses wanting to drop off a pickup truck load, click here.
Volunteers wanting to help, please email volunteer@cleannorth.org. The Volunteers orientation meeting will be at the Clean North office, 736 Queen St. East, at 7 pm on April 18th.
Posted by: Kathie Brosemer (kathie) on September 25, 2005 at 17:19:30
from the on-the-right-track dept.
Robert sends us this link to a Worldwatch Institute overview of the problems with computers and other consumer electronics. Our program is a drop in the bucket, but it's a drop nevertheless.
Posted by: Kathie Brosemer (kathie) on September 06, 2005 at 18:38:35
from the dead computers dept.
We'll be recycling electronic waste again this fall! At the PUC building on Second Line (thanks PUC!), from 10 am to 4 pm on Saturday, October first. Businesses wanting to schedule a drop off, click here for the form we need by fax. Charities with wishlists for your office or for a client, click here. Volunteers wanting to help, please email volunteer@cleannorth.org
Volunteer orientation meeting will be Sunday, Sept 25, at 7:00 pm at the Clean North office, 736-A Queen Street East, Sault Ste. Marie.
Posted by: Kathie Brosemer (kathie) on March 09, 2005 at 21:49:10
from the nine-lives? dept.
We're ever so pleased to announce we'll be recycling electronic waste again this spring! And a big reuse garage sale of working stuff, too. At the PUC building on Second Line (thanks PUC!), from 10 am to 4 pm on Saturday, April 23rd. Businesses wanting to schedule a drop off, click here for the form we need by fax. Charities with wishlists for your office or for a client, click here. Volunteers wanting to help, please email volunteer@cleannorth.org.
Please don't delay! After the transport leaves on the 23rd (thanks TransProvincial!) we won't be able to accept more e-waste (or fill more wishlists) until the fall.
Posted by: Kathie Brosemer (kathie) on September 04, 2004 at 08:00:00
from the got-dead-computers? dept.
Clean North's immensely popular (or why would everybody be calling us?) Computer Recycling Event and Garage Sale is now in planning, for Saturday, October 2nd. We'll be accepting your junk from 10 am to 4 pm, at 550 Second Line, the PUC building next door to the city police station. All computer equipment accepted, including computers, monitors, printers, cables, modems, and other peripherals. Also toner and ink cartridges and phones of all kinds. No TV’s or Microwaves, thanks, there is no recycling market for these items yet. Admission $1 whether dropping off or shopping.
Businesses wanting to drop off materials on the Friday before the event, please see this link for the form we'll need by fax. Charities wanting to make a wishlist request, on their own behalf or on behalf of a client, will find the form here. And, if you'd like to volunteer (we need a lot of energetic youth for this one!) please email volunteer@cleannorth.org, and be prepared to come to the volunteers orientation and screening night on Sunday September 26th, 7 pm at the Clean North office.
