Motorola and SWANCC to
Co-Sponsor Electronics Recycling Event on May 11, 2002
DES PLAINES, Ill, May 2, 2002 – Motorola and
the Solid Waste Agency of Northern Cook County (SWANCC) are co-sponsoring a
computer and electronics recycling event from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday, May
11, 2002, at Motorola’s Schaumburg Campus, 1301 E. Algonquin
Road.
Only residentially generated equipment
will be accepted at the collection site. Other arrangements for all equipment
from businesses, school districts, government agencies or institutions will have
to be made with a computer/electronics recycling
contractor.
Equipment and products that will be
accepted include: computers and peripherals (PCs, printers, monitors, tape
drives, keyboards, etc.); personal home office equipment and products
(telephones, answering machines, typewriters, pagers, cellular phones, etc.);
small home appliances (toasters, blenders); entertainment and visual equipment
(televisions, videocassette recorders, stereo equipment, cameras, video game
players, etc.) and home improvement products such as power tools. Air
conditioners, microwaves and large home appliances will not be
accepted.
United Recycling Industries (URI),
the contractor hired by Motorola and SWANCC, will transport the collected items
to their West Chicago facility where components are broken down. Approximately
95 percent of the materials will be recycled. URI specializes in electronic
products recycling, servicing corporate accounts
nationwide.
“As people upgrade their
equipment, more and more of these items are appearing in the trash. Valuable,
hazardous and risk-free materials exist in this equipment, which can be reused,
recovered and recycled,” said Mary Allen, SWANCC recycling director.
“SWANCC-area residents are encouraged to take advantage of the one-day
event and donate or recycle these items instead of sending them to the
landfill,” said Allen.
Representatives
from United Cerebral Palsy Association’s “Assistive Technology
Exchange Network”, a not-for-profit organization, will be on site to
accept working computers, 486’s with CD-ROM, Pentiums and Macs (Power Book
and later). Also cellular phones and accessories from the collection will be
donated to the “Call to Protect Program”. This program has donated
more than 33,000 mobile phones and free airtime to aid 100,000 victims of
domestic abuse since its inception in 2000.
Tax
deduction receipts will only be issued if equipment is accepted by the
not-for-profit organization for reuse.
For more
collection information and directions, please visit
www.swancc.org.
About Motorola
Motorola, Inc. (NYSE:MOT) is a global leader in
providing integrated communications and embedded electronic solutions. Sales in
2001 were $30 billion. Please visit
www.motorola.com
for more information.
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Media
Contacts:
Mary S.
Allen
SWANCC Recycling
Director
(847)
296-9205
mary@swancc.org
Roderick
Kelly
Motorola Public
Relations
(847) 632-6730
office
(847) 732-6730
mobile
Roderick.Kelly@Motorola.com
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