EnviroGreen Electronic Recycling Services, a local leader in the field of responsible electronics recycling, will be staging a community e-waste collection event, Saturday, June 17th at Ascension Lutheran Church on Zion Avenue in Allied Gardens. The event will run from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Neighborhood residents will have the opportunity to bring unwanted electronic items so they may be refurbished and put back into service or responsibly recycled. The event will allow residents to discard electronics, avoid the fees charged for dumping at local landfills, and keep reusable or recyclable material out of the landfills.
The event will also serve as a fundraiser for Ascension Lutheran Church, as EnviroGreen will make a monetary donation based on the amount of e-waste collected at the event.
Additionally, participants dropping off electronic products may also choose to make a monetary donation to the church if they choose to do so, in exchange for the church hosting the collection and making recycling convenient and affordable.
Most electronics will be collected at no cost, with a nominal fee charged for the collection of some items such as refrigerators. (Secure paper shredding will also be available for $5 per “banker’s box”.) Any electronic product, if it has a plug or a battery, working or not, may be dropped off at the event in the church parking lot at 5106 51st Street, at the intersection of 51st and Zion Avenue.
EnviroGreen has been serving San Diego business owners and residents since 2011, by facilitating all phases of the recycling process – from low cost or no cost collection, to refurbishing functioning electronic hardware to responsible and secure disposal of sensitive equipment and data.
EnviroGreen’s founder and CEO, Louise Batchelor, says the company “upcycles more than we recycle,” putting items back into service when possible, after being rehabilitated by their technicians, in keeping with their “Zero Landfill” pledge. EnviroGreen is certified by the California Department of Toxic Substance Control.
