It's Almost E-Waste Recycling Week!
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E-Waste Recycling Week is here again! If you've helped us out in the past, you know the drill. If you're just finding out about Drake Hardware & Software's E-Waste Recycling Program... listen up! In addition to our regular monthly E-Waste collection, each summer we organize a traveling team of Drake Hardware & Software volunteers to collect electronic waste from our surrounding communities at designated drop off points. All year, you've brought your old computers, copiers, printers, and more to our door. Now, for a week in June, we're coming to you!

Recycling will take place from June 18-21, 2007 and July 21, 2007.

Locations and drop off times:

Keokuk
Great River Regional Waste Authority
111 Carbide Lane
Monday, June 18, 4-7 PM

Ft. Madison
Great River Regional Waste Authority
2092 303rd Avenue
Tuesday, June 19, 4-7 PM

Burlington
Burlington Depot
Wednesday-Thursday, June 20-21, 4-7 PM

Mt. Pleasant
Whaley Waste Systems
104 N Saunders Avenue
Saturday, July 21, 8 AM – 12 PM

All electronic equipment can be brought in for recycling including:

Personal Computers
Monitors*
Keyboards and Mice
Printers**
Copiers and Scanners**
Networking Hardware
Disk Drives
Servers and Mainframes***
Computer Manuals
Software
Televisions*
VCRs
Audio/Visual Equipment
Stereos
Telephones
Fax Machines**
Circuit Boards
Cable and Satellite Equipment
Computer Cables and Wires
Miscellaneous Electronic Equipment

Since 2005, Drake Hardware & Software’s E-Waste Recycling was extremely successful. By the end of a typical recycling week up to 40,000 pounds of CRT monitors, printers, fax machines, copiers, and other electronic items could be taken to Midwest Electronic Recovery in Walford, Iowa, to be recycled in an environmentally safe and responsible manner.

* A $0.30 fee per pound will be charged for any product with a cathode ray tube including computer monitors and televisions. An average 15” monitor weighs approximately 28 lbs. and will have a $7.00 charge. An average 17” monitor weighs approximately 36 lbs. and will have a $9.00 charge. Monitors and TV’s 19” or larger will have a flat charge of $20.00.

** A $0.20 fee per pound will be charged for products such as printers, fax machines, and copiers. An average small desktop fax machine will have a charge of $5.00.

*** There may be a fee for large items on wheels. Please contact Drake Hardware & Software for more information.

What happens to your E-Waste after the collection? Click here to see Jennifer's account of our tour to Midwest Electronic Recovery, an E-Waste recycling facility, and visit here to see Jeff's in-depth article on computer monitor recycling.