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E-RECYCLING COMES TO COLUMBIA
The City of Columbia is now accepting electronics for recycling in an attempt to solve the city's growing problem of electronic waste being improperly disposed of in its landfills.
Electronic equipment contains hazardous material such as lead, mercury, and hexavalent chromium, which can be introduced in the environment by improper disposal of the waste.
Unfortunately this program is restricted to City of Columbia residents only. Proof of residency is required.
Electronic equipment (computers, monitors, laptops, TVs, VCRs, DVD players, audio equipment, stereo equipment, cell phones, digital cameras, remore controls, and other electronics) can be dropped off at the city's Public Works headquarters at 2910 Colonial Drive every weekday except Wednesday from 9:30 AM until 3:30 PM. Electronic equipment will not be accepted for recycling via curbside pickup. Any questions regarding the City of Columbis's electronics recycling program should be directed to Mr. Robert Anderson of the Solid Waste Division at xxx-xxxx.
Don't live in the City of Columbia and still wish to recycle your electronics? Staples, Inc. announced on May 21, 2007 that it will accept computers, monitors,
laptops, printers, faxes, cell phones, rechargeable batteries and all-in-ones at any Stapels store in the United States irregardless of where the item was purchased. Items can be dropped off at the Customer Service desk for a recycling fee of $10 per large item.
Items that are smaller such as keyboards and mice (not the furry variety) will be recycled for free.
Additional information about recycling locations, electronices and others can be found at http://earth911.org/ At the top of webpage enter the type of material that you wish to recycle and the zip code in which you reside. Happy Recycling!!!
EARTH WATCH FACT
Ed. Note: The following is quoted in part from an article on www.uufc.org
Within a century, half of the world's climates as we know them will have vanished forever as a direct result of global warming, taking thousands of species with them. These are the gloomy projections of John Williams at the University of Wisconsin at Madison, US, and colleagues, who have carried out the first global assessment of how all of the Earth's local climates will be affected as the world heats up.
New, previously unseen types of climate will also emerge, they say, with hotter temperatures and more rain. “It’s the coldest climates that would be replaced,” Williams says. “They would be similar, in 100 years time, but several degrees warmer, so glaciers would retreat and ice would disappear from mountains such as Kilimanjaro in Tanzania.”
(New Scientist; March 26, 2007)
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"The universe that we inhabit and our shared preception of it are the results of a common karma. The actions of each of us have contributed to the world in which we live. We have a common responsibility for our world and are connected with everything in It."
-- The Dalai Lama
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