Christ the Shepherd Lutheran Church, 185 West Altadena Drive (corner of Altadena Drive and Glenrose) is holding a free E-waste recycling event on April 25th from 9-4. Drive in and drop off!
Proceeds will help support the church’s work with community organizations that help the poor and homeless, such as the Altadena Food Pantry and the Bad Weather Shelter, along with maintaining their ability to host a number of substance abuse recovery groups that serve more than 500 people weekly.
William Korn said…
Diet of Worms, eh? Very funny.
In addition to the fundraising aspects of this e-waste collection, there is also the matter of being good stewards of our environment, which we at Christ the Shepherd sees as part of our ministry.
Every item of e-waste you bring to us on April 25th is one less thing in our all-too-full landfills, exuding all sorts of nasty toxic chemicals as it decomposes.
In addition, many of the components of electronic devices are made of materials in short supply, such as copper, platinum, “rare earth” elements, etc., not to mention plastic, which of course is petroleum-based. Many of these materials can be reclaimed and reused at far less expenditure in energy and damage to the environment than it takes to dig up and refine new supplies.
Finally, if any of the places your readers work have e-waste but do not have an e-waste recycling program, you might ask them to allow you to bring their e-waste to our collection. They can then get some “bragging rights” for helping the environment at no cost to them.
Friday, April 03, 2009 at 11:21 PM