Feb 17: E-Waste Collection - Temple Beth Emet

E-Waste Collection
Temple Beth Emet
600 N. Buena Vista St


February 17
9 am - 3 pm

SAVE YOUR E-WASTE, Heal the World
Heal a Community
Let your retired electronic items help a good cause while doing the right thing for the environment. Recycle your e-waste. A share of the proceeds will go to “Sandy Hook School Memorial Scholarship Fund,” The Sandy Hook School Memorial Scholarship Fund at the University of Connecticut.

E-waste consists of: Computers, televisions, VCRs, stereos, copiers, fax machines and generally any item that you have to plug in! With all the new electronic items that came into your home this holiday season, retire the old items properly, while doing the right thing for the environment.

America Recycles Day: November 15

America Recycles Day: November 15
a program of Keep America Beautiful, is a nationally recognized day dedicated to promoting and celebrating recycling in the United States.

Burbank Recycle Center

California Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery
Where to Recycle, Schools & State Agencies, Resources

Federal Agencies: U.S. EPA
iWARM – Online tool calculates energy saved by recycling small quantities of household products
Resources for Teachers
Climate Change & Waste
Office of Solid Waste – What You Can Do In Your Community
Recycling Publications

Industry
The Aluminum Association
Recycling Facts for Kids, Curbside Recycling, Teacher Resources, Statistics
Batteries: Call2Recycle
Recycling at Home, Recycling at Work
Glass Packaging Institute
Recycling & the Environment, Community Recycling, Bar & Restaurant Recycling, Best Practices
Consumer Electronics Association’s Greener Gadgets
Responsible Electronics Recycling, Where to Recycle Electronics, Emerging Trends
American Forest & Paper Association
Workplace Recycling, School Recycling, Community Recycling, Paper and the Environment
Plastic
American Chemistry Council: Plastics Division
Plastics Recycling Rates, Plastic Bag Recycling
National Association for PET Container Resources
PET Recycling, FAQs, Fun Facts, Kids Corner
Steel Recycling Institute
Steel Recycling Rates, Buy Recycled, Steel Recycling Locator, Resources for Kids
Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries
Facts and Economic Data, Scrap Recycling Specifications, Policy Information

Garbage and Recycling
-Global Viewpoints Series
Garbage issues throughout the world.
Greenhaven Press, 2011

E-Waste Collection: Jan 21

Boys & Girls Club - Burbank
E-Waste Collection
January 21st
8:00 am - 2:00pm

NEW LOCATION
141 N. Glenoaks Blvd. Burbank, CA (map)
Glenoaks Blvd. and Olive Ave.

Bring your old electronics to recycle with GreenMouse!

Some acceptable items include:monitors, TVs, computers, laptops, cell phones, scrap metal, DVD/CD/MP3 players, VCRs, and more!

View a list of acceptable items

Recycled items will also benefit our Boys & Girls Club!

Hazardous Waste Roundup - September 17

Annual Household Hazardous Waste (HHW) Roundup
Fire Training Center
September 17
9:00 am – 3:00 pm

In conjunction with Los Angeles County, Burbank will host its annual HHW roundup.

City of Burbank Fire Training Center
1845 North Ontario Street

Please see flyer for details on materials you may bring.

Green Infographics

The Web’s Best Green Infographics
Earth911.com: 9.08.2011 by Amanda Wills



Infographics for:
Natural Resources
Recycling
E-Waste
Weirdest Place For Waste
Saving Water

Burbank Green Events: July 23

Green Events - Burbank
July 23

eWaste Collection
9:00 am - 3:00pm
Unity Church
637 S Victory

Compost Workshop
10:00 am - 11:30 am
Burroughs HS
(818) 238-3900
FREE Compost Bin for Burbank residents

California Watch: E-Waste

E-waste law reaches a milestone: 1 billion pounds of computer junk recycled in California
L A Times: 6.11.2011 by Paul Rogers

Mountains of broken TVs, obsolete computer monitors and outdated laptops that once piled up in California's garages, attics and basements have achieved a milestone.

The state's electronic-waste recycling program has reached its 1 billionth pound of unwanted electronics. That's more than any other state has recycled — and amounts to roughly 20 million TVs and computers kept out of landfills.

"In the six short years this program has been operating, California has really gotten on board with e-waste recycling," said Jeff Hunts, e-waste program manager for the state Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery. "People are understanding it's hazardous and needs to be managed responsibly."

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California was the 1st state to pass an E-Waste Law
--24 states have passed similar laws
--California is only state that charges consumers to fund program by paying recycling fees when they buy a TV, laptop or monitor
--California’s law only funds recycling of TVs, laptops or computer monitors
--it requires they be recycled in state
--old VCRs, printers, hard drives, etc. are not covered
--California law requires consumers to pay fee of $6 - $10 depending on size of screen
--the fee funds a state-run program that pays $0.39 a pound to recycling companies and collection organizations
--California’s program has paid out $436 million since 2005

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After California's law passed, however, retail giants fought similar consumer-pay laws in other states. Now environmental groups and the electronics industry both want a national law but can't agree on how strict it should be — or who should pay.

New devices come on the market every year. So even though the state collects roughly 5 million used TVs and computers a year, Californians replace those by buying about 9 million a year. READ MORE !

E-waste Recycling

ECS Refining Launches Ecollective E-Waste Recycling.

Ecollective (ECS) is a network of drop-off locations throughout the state for consumers and small businesses to recycle old electronics for free. Visiting the website, consumers type in their ZIP Code and are directed to nearby e-waste dropoff points. Directions to the site are included, as well as hours of operation.

The website also includes a list of what can be recycled through the program and the company's recycling procedures, which ensures e-waste is processed domestically and that personal data are destroyed.

About 100 ecollective locations have been established so far, including 17 in Southern California.

Facts about e-waste
~ the fastest growing municipal waste stream in the US
~ 20-50 metric tons of e-waste is thrown away worldwide every year
~ leaves behind lead, cadmium, mercury and other hazardous waste
~ only 13.6% is recycled

To manufacture 1 computer and monitor, you need:
530 pounds of fossil fuels
48 pounds of chemicals
1.5 tons of water

ecollective sites near 91502:

Andy's Moving and Storage
3464 N. Verdugo Road
Glendale, CA 91208

Santa Clarita Valley Recycling
14658 Raymer St
Van Nuys, CA 91405

New Haven Moving Equipment
13571 Vaughn St, Unit E
San Fernando, CA 91340

Yes We Can E-Waste
521 East 4th Street
Los Angeles, CA 90013

A-1 Electronic Recycling Team
2646 South Hill Street
Los Angeles, CA 90007

Industry Watch: eBooks

How Green Is My iPad?
NYTimes: April 4, 2010 by Daniel Goleman and Gregory Norris

With e-readers like Apple’s new iPad and Amazon’s Kindle touting their vast libraries of digital titles, some bookworms are bound to wonder if tomes-on-paper will one day become quaint relics. But the question also arises, which is more environmentally friendly: an e-reader or an old-fashioned book?

To find the answer, we turned to life-cycle assessment, which evaluates the ecological impact of any product, at every stage of its existence, from the first tree cut down for paper to the day that hardcover decomposes in the dump. With this method, we can determine the greenest way to read.

(A note about e-readers: some technical details — for instance, how those special screens are manufactured — are not publicly available and these products vary in their exact composition. We’ve based our estimates on a composite derived from available information. It’s also important to keep in mind that we’re focusing on the e-reader aspect of these devices, not any other functions they may offer.)

Step One: Materials

One e-reader requires the extraction of 33 pounds of minerals. That includes trace amounts of exotic metals like columbite-tantalite, often mined in war-torn regions of Africa. But it’s mostly sand and gravel to build landfills; they hold all the waste from manufacturing wafer boards for the integrated circuits. An e-reader also requires 79 gallons of water to produce its batteries and printed wiring boards, and in refining metals like the gold used in trace quantities in the circuits.

A book made with recycled paper consumes about two-thirds of a pound of minerals. (Here again, the greatest mineral use is actually gravel, mainly for the roads used to transport materials throughout the supply chain.) And it requires just 2 gallons of water to make the pulp slurry that is then pressed and heat-dried to make paper.

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Step Two: Manufacture
Step Three: Transportation
Step Four: Reading
Step Five: Disposal

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So, how many volumes do you need to read on your e-reader to break even?

With respect to fossil fuels, water use and mineral consumption, the impact of one e-reader payback equals roughly 40 to 50 books. When it comes to global warming, though, it’s 100 books; with human health consequences, it’s somewhere in between.

All in all, the most ecologically virtuous way to read a book starts by walking to your local library. READ MORE !

Green Day Planner: Burbank

Lawn Alternative Workshop
January 27: 6:30 pm - 8:30pm

Transform your lawn into a colorful, fragrant California native
landscape.
FREE
Buena Vista Library, Community Meeting Room
300 North Buena Vista Street
Burbank, California 91505

Please call the Burbank Recycle Center toRSVP: 818 . 238 . 3900

E-waste Collection Event
January 30: 9am – 3pm
Luther Burbank Middle School
3700 W Jeffries

Imagine Green for the Community of Burbank

Electronic Waste can be properly disposed of in the eyes of 6th graders at Luther Burbank Middle School. Luther Burbank Middle School’s Imagine Green Eco Club and eWaste Center team up to do their part.

Consumers can help prevent toxic chemicals and hazardous materials from entering our landfills by bringing in their old televisions and outdated computers to have them properly disposed of.

For more information regarding this event, please contact Dana Hong at eWaste Center at 323 . 837 . 9950 or Imagine Green Eco Club advisor Jamie Wisehaupt at 818 . 558 . 4646.