Subject: Fw: Electronics Recycling Meeting/Update
From: Fielder George Dowding (fgdowding@iceworm-enterprises.net)
Date: Thu Jan 23 2003 - 19:19:46 AKST
Greetings All; I am forewarding this message in case there may be
interest in getting in on the ground floor. Tomorrow will be the
second meeting. It would be well to have some interested parties
from the geek and Gnu side attend. I do not do well at these things,
so, although I went to the initial meeting, I am refraining from
inflicting myself on the subsequant gatherings.
Cheerio! fgd.
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Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2003 17:29:28 -0900
From: Sean Skaling <sean@greenstarinc.org>
To: Electronics Recycling Group <sean@greenstarinc.org>
Subject: Electronics Recycling Meeting/Update
Dear E-Recycling committee members, Green Star Board members, Clean
Up Committee members and interested parties,
This is a reminder that Green Staršs Electronics Recycling Committee
will meet at noon this Friday, January 24 to continue to plan
Anchoragešs electronics recycling program. The meeting will be held
at the Green Star office at 630 East 5th Avenue (Wells Fargo
branch), 2nd floor conference room. You are welcome to bring and
eat lunch during the meeting. Beverages and dessert will be
provided.
Project Update:
The project has two parts: a web-based electronics exchange, and a
two-day electronics drop-off event on May 9 for organizations and
May 10 for households. All electronics gathered at the drop-off
event will be sent to a qualified electronics recycling facility,
where 95 to 99 percent of the material will be recycled into new
products. A minimal fee will be charged for electronics originating
from households, a subsidized rate to encourage participation.
Businesses will be charged the equivalent of our cost for recycling.
Transportation and all other costs will be covered by sponsors.
We will accept monitors, televisions, computers and peripherals,
printers, copiers, cell phones, telephones, radios, and possibly an
even wider range of electronics and media. As the program develops,
much more information will be distributed to the media and to this
email list. Special instructions will be distributed to businesses
that have a pallet or more of equipment to recycle. Prices will be
set in February when a recycling facility has been chosen.
Project Needs:
We are currently seeking the following items and services. If you
are able to donate or lend any of these services, or know someone
who would, please let Green Star staff know.
* Location (a centrally-located large indoor area with 2 loading
docks and lots of parking)
(anyone with K-Mart connections?)
* Web design services
* Pallets
* Cones, parking lot barriers
* Stanchions for indoor lines
* Shopping carts/flat carts for customer use
* Printing sponsor
* Safety vests, hard hats, weight belts, other safety equipment
* Gloves
* Banner Sponsor
* Scales (various sizes)
* Panel truck
* Folding tables
* Advertising in local media/newsletters
* Address lists for businesses
* Refreshments for volunteers
* Volunteers/groups
* Additional sponsors
Sponsors to date:
* Anchorage Solid Waste Services (grant)
* TOTE (shipping)
* Weaver Brothers (local trucking)
* Smurfit Stone Recycling (Gaylord pallet boxes)
* Pallet Services of Alaska (Pallets)
Other Partners include:
* Anchorage Chamber of Commerce
* ALPAR (Alaskans for Litter Prevention and Recycling)
* Alaska Computer Society
* Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation
* US Environmental Protection Agency
* Sourdough Productions
* Alaska High-Tech Council
Many more sponsor and partner arrangements are in the works and will
be announced soon. Your ideas and input are welcome. Please attend
the meeting Friday, or contact me at the number or email address
below.
Sean Skaling
-- Executive Director Green StarŽ 630 E. 5th Avenue, Suite 201 Anchorage, AK 99501 sean@greenstarinc.org http://www.greenstarinc.org Direct: (907) 278-7809 Recognizing Alaska organizations committed to environmental responsibility.-- Fielder George Dowding, Chief Iceworm dba Iceworm Enterprises, Anchorage, Alaska Since 1976 - Over 25 Years of Service.
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