Earth Day 2008 has come and gone, but the impact continues. Jackson-based Intechra collected about 14,000 pounds of electronics equipment during its annual Earth Day event in Jackson and even more in communities around the country. More details from a company news release:
JACKSON, Miss., April 25, 2008 – Intechra collected nearly 45,000 pounds of used electronics during free recycling events April 12 at five of its facilities across the country. The total is up 12.5 percent from its Earth Day collections in 2007.
The electronics recycling company will process the used computers, laptops, monitors, printers, cell phones, TVs and stereos at facilities in Columbus, Ohio; Dallas; Hartford, Conn.; and Merrimack, N.H. Intechra also accepted donations at its Jackson, Miss. headquarters.
The same day, Intechra partnered with Dell at their Nashville, Tenn. campus. Roughly 200,000 pounds of computer and electronics were collected from the Nashville community to be recycled by Intechra.
“These events were a great opportunity to serve our communities by providing them secure, responsible recycling for old computers and electronics,” Intechra CEO Chip Slack said. “More than 120 tons of e-waste could have ended up in landfills if people hadn’t had a place to recycle them.”
E-waste (a.k.a. electronic waste) is created by the improper disposal of electronics and accounts for 70 percent of the heavy metals in landfills, according to the Natural Resources Defense Council. Materials such as lead, mercury, barium and cadmium can cause serious health problems if leached into the ground or water supply.
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