—— 2023 E-Waste Schedule We are supporting Their Opportunity this year. Their Opportunity exists to provide low-income families with the means to enroll their children in local sports programs. The organization aims to alleviate the financial costs of sports enrollment fees. By doing this, children can develop the confidence, social skills, and healthy lifestyle attainable through sport. ———————— March 23rd, 2024 From 10am to 4pm Bob MacQuarrie Recreational Complex 1490 Youville Dr, … Read more »

400 000 lbs. of Electronic Waste Was Collected And Diverted From Landfills 2017 shaped up to be a pretty massive year from us in terms of total e-waste roundup. We had over 6400 drop off’s of unused electronics from March- November for the full year’s scheduled events. Our biggest month last year was November –  where we recycled just under 100,000 lbs. of e-waste, most of which consisted of old televisions and … Read more »

Summer came and went. Besides some wonky weather, this was a busy season for us. We hosted 4 e-waste events in July. We collected just under 50,000 lbs. of electroncis and gadgets with over 750 drop offs. August saw us collect just over 26,000 lbs. of discarded items with just over 400 drop offs. Year to date, our recycled electronics stats from our local e-waste events is sitting at 245,000 lbs. … Read more »

Report Suggests Only Half of City’s Residents Are Using Green Bin and 25% Of Residents Don’t Recycle Waste Watch Ottawa (WWO) released a report –Improving the City of Ottawa’s Waste Diversion Performance: Recommendations for Action – on Friday that indicated Ottawa is actually lagging behind other Ontario municipalities when it comes to diverting residential waste from landfills. As per the CBC, WWO analyzed waste diversion data from the province, as well as a 2014-2015 … Read more »

The Electronics Products Recycling Association Raised The Built In Fees For Consumer Electronics in Nova Scotia As per the CBC, Nova Scotians looking for a new TV, printer or notebook or computer will have to pay more for these items this year. The built in cost to recycle those items when they are no longer needed is increasing. The EPRA dictates a fee that is built into all consumers electronics, which … Read more »

India and the Chinese Smartphone Maker Get Serious About Tackling A Mounting Issue With E-Waste Xiaomi India has complied with India’s Ministry of Environment and Forests E-waste Rules and launched an initiative to take back and recycle unused and old products. All people have to do is head to Xiaomi India’s website and fill out a form. The company will arrange a pick up of the e-waste (product) that the user wants to … Read more »

Looking to remove junk from your residence or office? Book online, check out our pricing, or contact us!   Our First Two Events Of 2017 Kept Almost 40,000 lbs of E-Waste Out Of Landfills! We held our first two e-waste events of 2017. Our first was March 18th at the Good Shepherd Church in Orleans. We had just under 400 cars roll through the event between 10-4 p.m. We collected over 25000 lbs. of e-waste in 7hrs!! (That’s … Read more »

A commercial entity in Ontario requires an MOE (Ministry of The Environment) licence to transport building and construction waste. You heard right. A business must have an environmental approval from the Ministry of the Environment and Climate Change, if it releases pollutants into the air, land or water OR if it stores, transports or disposes of waste. Junk removal and recycling is a dirty business. That’s why it’s important to … Read more »

“Art is a great way for the public and volunteers to get into environmentalism.” The Gowanus E-Waste Warehouse—a part of the Lower East Side Ecology Center – is doing something very, very cool. Yazmine Mihojevich, one of the warehouse’s program directors, organized something called “Excavation Wednesday”. It’s an event that allows members of the public to come to the facility and disassemble donated e-waste in an effort to educate the citizenry on … Read more »

The U.S. might be dumping up to 20% of their electronic waste in Asia. Came across this interesting piece in Time last month. Wouldn’t you know it…but up to 20% of American E-waste might in fact be ending up in Hong Kong, of all places. The conclusion stems from an investigation by Basel Action Network (BAN), a U.S.-based NGO focused on protecting the world’s environment from toxic materials. The assessment and … Read more »

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