Recycling news for Earth Day

From: jacqueline_gillis@hms.harvard.edu
Subject: Recycling news for Earth Day

Hi all:
Wanted to share the details of the upcoming Electronics Recycling Event sponsored by Intel as well as Styrofoam recycling event.

Here are all the details:

WHEN: Collection starts on Friday, April 29 from 12-6pm; on Saturday, April 30 from 8am-2pm.

WHO: The event is open to the entire community and provides the opportunity to dispose of electronic-waste properly. There is no residency requirement to for recycling.

WHAT: Items accepted for recycling include computer monitors, CRTs, fax machines, copiers, typewriters, CPUs, DVD or VCR players, radios, telephones, cameras, microwaves, and stereo equipment. Items NOT accepted for recycling include large home appliances (stoves, refrigerators, etc.), air conditioners, and electronic devices that contain liquid/gas.

WHERE: We will be located in the Stop and Shop Parking lot; section is indicated by the yellow box.

DONATION: A minimum donation of $10 and $20 will be requested from individuals and businesses, respectively. Donations will benefit the United Way of Tri-County, and Intel volunteers will be on hand to assist with unloading recyclable electronics from the vehicles.

Hope this helps.

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Also if you are interested in recycling Styrofoam, I have found this event that worked out well in the fall when I did it. They seem to do it 2x a year and it is run by Refoamit.com. Just what you need in your garage, stock piles of Styrofoam:)
You can bring:
* Packing blocks
* Packing peanuts (must snap)
* Produce and meat trays (no biodegrable ones)
* Take out containers
* Hot cups such as Dunkin Donuts and Honey Do (We can not take Starbucks and most McDonalds because they have cardboard infused on them.)
* Trays
* Plastic utensils (Must be kept separate from any of the above Styrofoam pieces)
* White insulation sheets

Event occurs April 30, 2011
Grace Church, Framingham, MA, 10-3, 76 Salem End Rd., Framingham, MA Open to residents and non-residents of Framingham! This event is part of Framingham's Earth Day Celebration.

Share these events with any one else you think may want the info.

Jackie Gillis

GOT HEET?

Home Energy Efficiency Team (HEET) organizes free weatherization parties to teach volunteers how to lower their energy bills and carbon emissions. The work takes place in homes or nonprofits where we improve a building while teaching important skills.

The labor is free to the home-owners/tenants. They only pay for materials, unless they are low-income, in which case we raise the money for materials. All Cambridge residents are eligible to have HEET work on their homes. Just email us.

Anyone can sign up to volunteer for our events. You gain hands-on skills on how to lower energy use. According to a survey of our volunteers, 76% go on to use these skills in their own homes.

We do a thorough audit before each event to make sure we pinpoint the work that will effectively lower energy use. Our audits include a blower door test, combustion analysis, and more.

We continue to monitor the energy use of the buildings we work in to ensure we have been successful. On average we have lowered electricity use by 10% and heating by 11% (controlling for heating degree days, or how cold the winter was). All this is accomplished in just three hours of team labor.

The work we do concentrates on air-sealing (stopping drafts) and electrical and water efficiency. The majority of the work we teach can be done yourself using materials you can buy at most hardware stores.

For volunteers who want to learn more, we also offer an introduction to the more challenging work in the attic and using the blower door.

At our events, neighbors meet each other and work together, building community. They also see everyone working together on energy efficiency, demonstrating that energy efficiency is something people like us should, and do, take action on.

We call our events "barn-raisings" after the historical barn-raisings of 18th and 19th-century rural North America, in which a community came together to assemble a barn for one of its families. Neighbors worked together, pooling strengths and tools to take on tasks too big for any one of them. Fighting climate change is a task too big for any one of us as well.

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