2/1/2014 Ventura E-Waste Event

Juanamaria Elementary School Electronics Recycling Fundraiser

Free Electronics Recycling Collection Event Saturday, February 1, 10:00 AM – 3:00 PM Juanamaria Elementary School 100 S. Crocker Ave. Ventura, CA 93004

Ventura E-waste (Juanamaria Elementary School)

When buying appliances, we only get to see the outer shell of the electronic equipment that we paid for. We check on its features and service warranty. Unless its casing breaks, we do not get to actually see the interior of our television set including its circuit boards, electrical connections and wiring.  After a more thorough check, it is only then that we realize that out television set consists of valuable and toxic components.

Most, it not all of the electric equipment that we own contain lead, mercury, arsenic, cadmium, copper, beryllium, barium, chromium, nickel, zinc, silver and gold. Most of these elements can be found in the circuit boards and the appliance’s electrical parts like its computer chips, wiring and monitor. Electrical products also contain flame retardants that are hazardous to health. Arsenic exposure can result to cardiovascular diseases, cancer and diabetes. Cadmium affects the body’s ability to consume calcium resulting to the weakening of the bones.

Juanamaria Elementary School is helping Ventura City ensure the safety of its people by helping collect your E-waste. The school is organizing an electronics recycling collection event where you can turnover your for proper disposal your old and obsolete appliances and gadgets.

Bring all of your old electronics, including:

• Computers
• Mobile Phones
• Televisions
• Computer Parts
• Toner Cartridges

• Monitors
• Laptops
• DVD Players & VCRs
• Telephones
• Cables/Wires

• Printers
• Portable Electronics
• iPods
• Calculators
• All Small Electronics

Do you have old electronics cluttering up your attic or garage? Juanamaria Elementary School and All Green Electronics Recycling have teamed up to host an event to help you get rid of them responsibly–absolutely free of charge! Members of the community and businesses are encouraged to clean out their garage or attic and donate their old electronics to a good cause. Bring all of your old electronics to the event, including, but not limited to: computers, monitors, televisions, printers, mobile phones, laptops, DVD players, VCRs, microwaves, calculators, iPods, cables and wires, telephones, fax machines, scanners, computer parts, and more. All Green Electronics Recycling promises to recycle everything it accepts in North America and to never send electronics to a landfill or overseas for processing. Certified Data Destruction is available for a small fee at all of our events.