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Editor's Note: This comes courtesy of the folks at Earth911.org.
Hewlett-Packard has announced an initiative to assist individual owners and businesses in decreasing their environmental impact when printing.
The company will now include an Eco Highlights label on its products. Information that might be on the label include:
- Energy Star qualified
- Optional double-sided printing to cut down paper consumption
- Information about recycling the printer
HP is emphasizing recycling and has a goal of recovering two billion pounds of electronic products and supplies by 2010, according to the HP Web site.
A new inkjet printer made almost completely of recycled materials is now available. The D2545 printer is made from 83 percent recycled plastic. Even the ink cartridges it uses are made of recycled plastic resins, according to smartplanet.com.
Another part of the initiative is a new global paper policy “governing the sustainable manufacture and use of paper HP sells to customers and uses for packaging, collateral and its own office printing,” according to www.smartplanet.com.
To find a location in Atlanta to recycle your old printer or electronics, visit www.Earth911.org.
Keep Atlanta Beautiful (KAtlB) has partnered with Atlanta Public Schools (APS) to provide e-Waste recycling drop-off centers in the City of Atlanta. KAtlB and APS have kicked off the program at Grady High School where students and local neighbors will have a permanent location to recycle old electronics every third Saturday of the month. Aaron Turpeau, Chair of KAtlB, says “we are pleased to be able to provide this opportunity to supplement the City of Atlanta’s recycling program by giving residents an option to recycle items not picked up at the curb, like e-Waste and compact florescent light bulbs (CFL’s).”
The new Midtown e-Waste program officially started last month to provide Atlanta residents a way to properly dispose of their old computers, TVs, CFL’s and other electronics. During the Keep Atlanta Beautiful Earth Day cleanups in April, more than 30,000 pounds of e-Waste was collected at Grady High School and recycled. E-Waste materials tend to pile up in homes and if discarded in landfills, lead oxide, mercury and other highly toxic hazardous waste can leach into the ground. KAtlB partnered with Georgia eWaste, a local electronics recycler that recycles and reuses various components. For example, the lead in glass computer monitors and TV screens can be recovered, then the glass recycled, plastic housing can be ground to smaller pieces and recycled for use in various items, circuit boards and chips can be reused to repair older electronics and metal components are separated and sold for scrap.
Cardboard is accepted every day at Grady High School, courtesy of Pratt Recycling, a Keep Atlanta Beautiful ~ Greener Atlanta Benefactor and title sponsor of the KAtlB Stepping Lightly in Atlanta Awards.
Accepted E-Waste:
• Audio/Visual Equipment • Cell Phones • Computer Components • Coaxial Cables • Walkmans • Computer Mouse/Mice • Computers • Copiers • Digital Cameras • Wire • DVD Players • Fax Machines • Ferrous & Non-Ferrous Metals • Household Batteries • Wireless Devices • Keyboards • Microwaves • Misc Computer Peripherals • Monitors • MP3 Players • Pagers • Palm Pilots • Power Cables • Power Supplies • Printers • Projectors • Scanners • Server Cabinets • Speakers • Steel and Alloy Rims • Steel Scrap • Stereo Equipment • Telephone Equipment • Telephone Systems • Toner Cartridges • TVs • Vacuum Cleaners • VCRs • Video Game Systems
Not Accepted:
• Car Batteries • Furniture • Light Fixtures • Household Appliances • Lamps • Smoke Detectors
Located in the parking lot on 8th Street across from Grady High School between Charles Allen and Monroe Drive. For more information, please contact Peggy Denby, (404) 249-5853 or visit www.KeepAtlantaBeautiful.org.
Atlanta City Councilmember Carla Smith will host the city’s annual Electronic Waste Recycling Day on Saturday, April 26, from 9 a.m. to 1p.m. at Turner Field’s GOLD Parking Lot.
Residents are encouraged to bring their old computers and household electronics to this Earth Day event. An astounding 75,583 of electronic items were collected in 2007 – the largest amount ever collected.
“We are out to beat that record,” said Smith, whose office has hosted E-Waste Recycling Day for the past six years. “Each year we collect more electronics than the year before, which shows there is a tremendous need for residents to properly dispose of these unwanted items.”
The goal of this initiative is to promote the recovery, reuse, and recycling of obsolete electronic equipment and to encourage the design, manufacture, and purchase of environmentally responsible electronic equipment.
The electronics industry is one of the fastest growing and most innovative industries in the world. Every year, newer and better products are being sold to consumers. While electronics account for up to five percent of landfill volume, the products contribute up to 70 percent of the toxins found in landfills.
The following items will be accepted at the city of Atlanta’s E-Waste Recycling Day:
COMPUTER MONITORS
TELEVISIONS ($10 fee required)
MICROWAVE OVENS
COMPUTER CPU’s
STEREOS
TELEPHONES
LAPTOPS
COPIERS
CB RADIOS
PRINTERS
VIDEO MACHINES
CD PLAYERS
DISK DRIVES
VCRs and DVD Players
PORTABLE RADIOS
FLOPPY DRIVES
CAMCORDERS
CELL PHONES
TEST & NETWORKING EQUIPMENT
CAMERAS
KEYBOARDS
MODEMS
RECORD PLAYERS
SCANNERS
CURCUIT BOARDS
SPEAKERS
ELECTRICAL PANELS
TYPEWRITERS
UPS / BATTERY BACK-UP
FAX MACHINES
CD ROMS
PROJECTORS
CABLES
COMPUTER MOUSES
The following items will not be accepted: consoles, projection televisions, vacuum cleaners, refrigerators, washers, dryers, freezers, de-humidifiers or humidifiers, gas-powered equipment, tires, household trash and NON-electronic equipment.
For more information, please call Councilwoman Smith’s office at (404) 330-6039.
