Staff students and faculty are invited to donate personal electronic waste for proper recylcingl.

Event runs from 9 a.m. - 3 p.m.

ACCEPTING: 

• Batteries
• Cell phones
• Computers
• Keyboards, mice
• Printers, scanners
• TVs, VCRs, DVD players
• USBs, cords, etc.
   

ECHARITY COMPONENT:

• For every metric tonne of materials collected TRI will donate $150 to the Humber College United Way campaign

ELECTRONIC RECYCLING PARTNER:

Toronto Recycling Inc. (TRI)

• Dismantling company
• TRI’s process
  • receive waste
  • hard drives are wiped
  • products are sorted by type
  • dismantled
  • remove any hazardous materials like ink and toner or batteries all of which are completely recyclable as well
  • remove all the wires, and computer boards, fans and motors
  • materials shipped to recyclers
• Only about 2.5 per cent of everything TRI receives goes to landfill
• 500-600 metric tonnes of product received/month
• Use a labor force to dismantle electronics rather than machines, more efficient