Reduce Reuse Recycle

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Interested in Recycling your old computer, cell phones, or maybe even batteries and you just don't know what to do with them? Well, you have come to the right place. Check out the links below to find out more information on how to

Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle!

Computers

• Rising Phoenix Ranch, Inc. - takes donated computers, scrubs them to remove information on the hard-drive, adds new software, and gives them back to the communities that need them. For more information on Rising Phoenix Ranch, Inc., please click here.

If you would like to donate your old computer, please contact Coastal Bend Bays Foundation at 361-882-3439 or contact the Program Manager, Roger Knot at 361-510-1036 for more information.

• Computer Kaput? Not at Goodwill Industries! Check out this file (page 12) for more information on what Goodwill Industries is doing with your old computers. By refurbishing unwanted computers, Goodwill Industries is generating revenue and keeping hazardous computer materials out of landfills.

• Check out Air Cycle Corporation for more information on Recycling Computers and other electronic hardware.

Cell Phones

• Visit www.call2recycle.org to find out where cell phones & their batteries can be recycled.

Batteries

• Save your used batteries, especially your recharagable and ni-cad batteries, and take them to the JC Elliott Landfill, on the 2007 Household Hazardous Waste Disposal Days (CC Solid Waste Services) - Feb 10, May 12, Aug 11.