Photo of the Day: E-Waste Drive Results

You would be surprised how much electronic waste is generated by hosting an e-waste collection drive in your community. This is an excellent way to not only help tackle the E-Waste problem but also to raise funds for a specific cause or event. 

Looking for fundraising ideas in the Greater Toronto Area? Shift Recycling regularly conducts e-waste drives in partnership with churches and charities across the GTA. Shift Recycling will spend as much time as necessary with your organization to appropriately plan, market and execute your e-waste collection drive to ensure success. Each of our partner organizations is provided with a bespoke solution. The average amount of e-waste generated at a collection event is over 10,000 pounds which translates into approximately $1500 towards the cause of your choice.

To read a review of a past collection event hosted by Shift please click here. Should you wish to learn more about how Shift Recycling can help you organize an e-waste collection drive in your community please call (416) 995-4202 ext. 227 or visit our website at http://www.shiftrecycling.com/.

Kudos: Which Corporations Are Leading the Charge in Tackling the E-Waste Problem?

With fairly lax legislation in place regarding appropriate disposal of electronics in the U.S. some corporations have decided to take matters into their own hands to limit their share of the blame and help improve the environment and their corporate image.

Panasonic announced this week that they will be joining forces with a logistics company to manage the electronics company's e-waste in order to bring themselves inline with Europes e-waste regulations under the WEEE Directive.

Earlier this year Sharp, Toshiba, UPS, Dell and Staples likewise formed various partnerships to start taking responsible action against this growing, global concern. These organization are leading the charge for sustainability and deserve credit for that, however until these practices become standard for call companies there is still much work to be done before we can adequately reduce our global carbon footprint.

If you would like to learn about how Shift Recycling can provide a bespoke solution for assisting your business in addressing the e-waste issue please visit http://www.shiftrecycling.com/.

Photo of the Day: Melting Pot

Here we see a scavenger in Guiyu melting down toxic electronic waste to obtain the precious metals contained within.

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E-Waste Photo of the Day: China's Electronic Waste Village

Photo: Time Magazine

Despite the fact that an excessively high number of the children in Guiyu, China have been diagnosed with lead poisoning the e-waste business continues to thrive.

Shift Recycling to Attend 2011 E-Scrap Conference in Orlando

In our ongoing effort to keep abreast of the latest developments, initiatives and technology in the e-waste world, Shift Recycling will be sending representatives to attend this year's E-Scrap Conference in Orlando, Florida on October 5-6. The E-Scrap Conference is North America's premier electronics recycling conference. Our representatives will be attending Q&A sessions with keynote speakers from within the e-waste industry as well as meeting with various vendors who will be showcasing the latest innovations and service offerings.

Our representatives look forward to gleaning further industry expertise that will aid us in raising awareness and tackling this problem locally.

We hope to see you there!

Shift Recycling Inc.,

145 Fenmar Drive, Toronto

http://www.shiftrecycling.com/

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