Earth Day 2011 With E-Wastes

Keep California Beautiful teamed up with CEAR inc. and other local and State organizations to collect E-wastes in Greater Sacramento and Bay Areas at over 12 locations.  The locations were open from 8:00am till noon, with one location open till 4:00pm.  Wastes were brought in and received by volunteers.  As a volunteer we received the wastes and deposited them in large metal storage containers to be picked up later by CEAR inc.  At our location there was a representative for CEAR inc. that took information from those donating T.V.s and monitors, as well as instructing us on how to properly load the storage containers.


The following rules applied for e-wastes being brought in:


 Items that can be dropped off at any of the e-waste collection sites include:

• Monitors, televisions (including LCD, LED, and projection)
• Desktop and laptop PCs, keyboards, mice, and other computer peripherals including cables and power supplies
• VCRs, CD, and DVD players as well as video game consoles
• Home and car stereo equipment, speakers, wires, and adapters
• Cell phones, PDAs, Digital cameras, calculators, and home telephones
• CD’s/Video Cassettes/Beta/DAT Tapes
• Printers, copiers, scanners, and fax machines
• Microwaves and other small kitchen appliances
• Servers, mainframes, circuit boards
• Hair dryers, straighteners, electric razors, and electric toothbrushes
• Electric space heaters, humidifiers, electric fans, and vaccuums
• Almost any other electronic or corded small applianc

Items that cannot be dropped off at any of the e-waste collection sites include:

• Large appliances such as refrigerators, stoves, dishwashers, washers, or dryers
• Lawn mowers, weed-eaters, or edgers
• Air conditioners

Over 55,000 lbs. were collected!!!!!  Some of the volunteers included  fellow classmates of mine from Professor Christine Ewing-Flowers Environment 10 class at Sacramento State University.