Electronics Recycling Saturday at Keystone Oaks
The Keystone Oaks High School environment club is sponsoring an electronics recycling event this Saturday, March 16.
Old electronic items piling up? Keystone Oaks is providing a way to get rid of them this Saturday.
The Keystone Oaks High School environment club is is partnering with Commonwealth Computer Recycling to sponsor a communitywide electronic recycling event from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturday, March 16 in the Keystone Oaks Middle School parking lot, adjacent to McNeilly Road.
The event also serves as a fundraiser for the environment club as Commonwealth Computer Recycling donates money raised from the event to participating schools.
The group will also provide on-site hard drive data destruction at $10 per hard drive.
The program fits well with a new e-cycling law that took effect in Pennsylvania in January. The law requires that certain electronic items be recycled, rather than thrown away. The list of items includes all televisions and computer equipment, CPUs, laptops, printers, scanners, keyboards, mouses, speakers and any other devices that connect to a computer in a home or small business.
To read more about the new e-cycling law, click here.
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MSgt. John DeLallo
11:04 am on Monday, March 11, 2013
I'm hopeful that the high school students who are running this have been carefully schooled in the dangers of lead, mercury, and other components that are potentially dangerous. Its good to see that a professional company is apparently supervising the activity. There are many nasty metals and compounds in anything with a CRT. Our company used to build similar components, and the HAZMAT procedures in place exceeded OSHA. For example, while illegal, cadmium can be present in electronic devices. As it degrades, or "rusts", cadmium oxide forms. Its also called cadmium bloom. You are pretty much married to kidney disease and lung cancer if you inhale it, or ingest it. Let's not allow a sense of community service to over ride a well placed fear of toxins.
Gary Reiche
11:28 am on Monday, March 11, 2013
Will they accept televisions ?if so,are there fees involved? Thanks.
Ed M
11:43 am on Monday, March 11, 2013
I'm planning on cleaning out old computer stuff an bring it down! Great idea!~
JR
4:16 pm on Monday, March 11, 2013
If they will not take your electronics, check Best Buy. Some of the items do not have a fee