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KDSS Kinetic Knights recycling used electronics as fund-raiser |
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The Knights are tackling the growing problem of electronic waste and, literally, turning it into cash. Team 781 is participating in the Think Recycle program which gathers unwanted electronics, including cell phones, print cartridges, digital cameras, iPods and MP3 players, from the community and exchanges them for money. Greentec, the company behind Think Recycle, then collects, processes and recycles the electronics, diverting the electronic waste from local and international landfill sites. More than 300-million empty printer cartridges are generated in North America every year or 900-million pounds of waste that can potentially end up in a landfill. The Think Recycle program has been responsible for the diversion of more than three-million cartridges from landfills and has provided nearly $5-million in funding to its members. More than 20,000 schools in North America participate in the Think Recycle program, says Tony Perrotta, president of Greentec. In addition to giving money for unwanted consumer electronics, Greentec also donates funds to have one tree planted by Tree Canada or American Forests for every 24 qualifying electronics that the Knights return. The Think Recycle program has paid for the planting of more than 50,000 trees, effectively removing 8,700 tonnes of carbon from the atmosphere.
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The public can drop off unwanted consumer electronics at KDSS and the Davidson Centre, Kincardine. Or contact the Kinetic Knights at KDSS, 519-396-9151, or by E-mail at sponsorship@team781.com Based in Cambridge, Ontario, the Think Recycle program is a division of Greentec, a world leader in reverse logistics. It specializes in the collection and recycling of E-waste items, such as cell phones, printer cartridges and digital cameras. For more information, visit www.thinkrecycle Scrolling stops when you move your mouse inside the scroll area. You can click on the ads for more
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The Kincardine District Secondary School Kinetic Knights robotics team
(Team 781) is helping protect the environment and raising money at the
same time.
