Monday, March 9, 2009

News from eRecycling

News from Lincoln Heritage RC&D NFP
eRecycling has been keeping us busy. With the second round of funds from DCEO we were able to get a pickup truck, six 6’x12’ covered trailers and an 8’x24’ covered trailer to use in the collecting process. They also serve as a traveling billboard for the electronics recycling program.

We submitted the third grant request to DCEO in December that will enable us to expand the service to additional area counties. We also submitted a grant request in December to USDA-Rural Development (RD) that will enable us to conduct a training/education program about recycling in 15+ counties in the East Central Illinois area. The RD grant will involve EIU students and faculty.

We shipped ~70 tons of electronics in the first year of operation and 16.1 tons of electronics in January, 2009.

People are finding the warehouse at 777 Windsor Drive in the Northwest Business Park on Saturday and Monday mornings from 7:30 a.m. until 9:30 a.m.

Collection Methods: We are offering six methods to collect electronic recycling commodities.

1. Charleston Warehouse Drop-off.
The permanent drop-off at the Charleston warehouse is open Saturdays and Mondays from 7:30 to 9:30 a.m. Additional hours will be available when the operation needs additional times or days of the week and we are expecting it will permit us to add two weekdays to the schedule of open for business hours.
2. Permanent drop-off sites remote to Charleston, using the volunteers secure storage.
Retailers of televisions, computer and entertainment systems and associated repair firms are good sources to provide this service. This will become the most common and efficient method of collecting. As of this time four of these sites are in operation. The plan is to use the time of the pick-up to train the volunteers, to answer their questions and to collect their suggestions for improving the service. Perhaps you can help us find these volunteer businesses. On the day-to-day basis these sites will be supervised by the personnel who work for the local business and they will collect the disposal fees.
3. Remote permanent drop-off sites using a 6’x12’ trailer for storage.
When a business is willing but they don’t have the storage room a trailer can be placed at that location. The trailers are equipped with locks on the doors, a hitch lock and a wheel lock so they will be very difficult to steal. The trailers have attractive ‘eRecycling’ signs on all four sides that serve as a billboard for eRecycling.
4. Collection day events.
Collection day events are good publicity for the eRecycling and will continue to be used. It is also a good way to find volunteer workers and volunteer businesses to become permanent drop-off host sites. The 24’ trailer will provide the opportunity to work into the larger cities without getting swamped with commodities.
5. Special site pickups.
Special pick-ups will continue to be offered when a large volume of commodities is available at a single location. This has worked well at hospitals, schools, large law firms, manufacturing plants and large accounting firms.
6. Once a month collections.
One day each week have 1 ½ hour collections in four different communities on the same day each month. The second week, move the collections to four different communities, the third week to four different communities and the fourth week to four different communities. The following month repeat the process to the same sixteen communities which will provide each community once a month service on the same day of the month.

Permanent Drop-Off Sites, Regular Business Hours

Lincoln Heritage RC&D NFP Charleston 777 Windsor Dr 7:30 a.m. - 9:30 a.m. Saturdays
7:30 a.m. - 9:30 a.m. Mondays

Sky’s The Limit Casey 1018 Airport Rd 217-932-2078

County Office Products Charleston 110 Fifth St 217-345-4944

Double-Hammer Computer Services Charleston 1625 Madison Ave 217-345-1111

Rennels TV & Appliance Charleston 211 Lincoln Ave 217-345-3401


Lincoln Heritage RC&D NFP
Electronic Recyclable Items

Items with a disposal fee are identified; ALL OTHER ITEMS ARE FREE
If it is an electrical or battery operated device, we will dispose of it.

NO white goods -- refrigerators, freezers, washers, dryers, dishwashers, hot water heaters

Audio Devices
Batteries, cell phone, flashlight, phone, UPS, car
Cables and wire
Cameras
Cell Phones
Clocks
Computers, towers, desktops, servers, Apple All in Ones, notebooks, laptops
Computer Components, hard drives, CPU chips, memory, floppies, CD and DVD drives
Copiers
Cords, power strips and cables
CPUs
Disk drives
DVD players
External Computer Components
Hard drives, Floppy drives, tape drives, CD and DVD drives
Fax Machines
Hard Drives
Hubs, switches and routers
IMACs, all colors
iPods
Keyboards
Mice
Microwaves, Disposal Fee $5
Monitors, Disposal Fee $5 -- $20 for broken tube - see below
Phones, consoles, answering machines, switches
Point of Sale equipment
Postage Machines
Power Supplies
Printers
Radios
Scanners and related devices
Speakers
Stereos
TVs, Disposal Fee $10 for up to 15” – plus $20 if tube broken
TVs, Disposal Fee $20 for up to 27” – plus $20 if tube broken
TVs, Disposal Fee $30 for larger than 27” – plus $ 20 if tube broken
TVs, Disposal Fee $40 for floor standing consoles larger than27”
– plus $ 20 if tube broken
Typewriters
VCRs and related devices

NO white goods -- refrigerators, freezers, washers, dryers, dishwashers, hot water heaters

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

This is a great service for our area! Tell all your friends about it!