Conference Goes Green
Recycling for Charity, and Eastpointe, MI program that recycles cell phones is invited to participate in Michigan's 9th annual Sustainable Business Conference.
Eastpointe, Michigan (PRWEB) January 9, 2004
-- A national environmental initiative titled “Recycling for Charity” has been invited to participate in Michigan’s ninth annual Sustainable Business Conference & Expo February 27, 2004 at the University of Michigan Business school by hosting a booth about their program and collecting used cell phones, pagers and PDA’s from conference participants. “It’s great for a conference to actually participate in a green activity instead of just talking about it” states Rhonda Linton, Program Manager of Recycling for Charity. Participation in this conference is a first for the Recycling for Charity program, but is a conventional offering through the program.
“Invite us to your event and we will be happy to set up a booth to raise awareness of e-waste and collect used electronics” states Katy Jantz, Marketing Manager. The program harvests used pagers, cellular phones, Palm Pilots and other PDA’s, with the objective of reducing hazardous electronic waste, returning salvageable units to reuse, and providing a monetary donation to designated charities for each unit collected. “ We are very impressed by the roster of high profile corporations such as Visteon and Atwell-Hicks that are involved with this conference as well as representatives from the state of Michigan’s Environmental Quality Department. It proves to us that they really care about our environment,” states Anne Jantz, Communications Director for the Recycling for Charity program.
The Recycling for Charity program is a member of the National Recycling Coalition and the Michigan Recycling Coalition. Cell phones and other electronic equipment contain many toxins that pose a serious threat to the environment and health of the citizenry if disposed of in landfills. Included toxins such as arsenic, antimony, beryllium, cadmium, copper, lead, nickel, and zinc can leach into groundwater and cause contamination. “Data collected have shown that by 2005 about 130 million cell phones, weighing 65,000 tons, will be retired each year in the U. S.,” according to Rhonda Linton, Program Director of Recycling for Charity. “The necessity for collecting these items for redistribution or proper recycling is essential. And there is an upside in the fact that any organization or charity can use this program to meet fundraising goals.”
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For further information:
Rhonda Linton, Program Director
Recycling for Charity
1-866-724-3565
Katy Jantz, Marketing Manager
Recycling for Charity
1-866-400-3626
Anne Jantz, Communications Director
Recycling for Charity
1-866-724-3565
