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Do you consider yourself an environmentally conscious person?  Do you recycle your paper, aluminum, cardboard?  That’s all well and good, but what about your electronic waste?  Last week, Electronic Recyclers International (ERI) and KSEE-TV, Central Valley’s News Station and Fresno, California NBC affiliate organized a free electronic waste recycling program for residents of the Fresno area.

Participants of the “RecyclAthon” were invited to drop off their old electronics at the ERI headquarters: computer monitors, televisions, radios, and other electronics.  The program beat expectations and the final tally estimated an astounding 198,000 pounds of waste were dropped off for recycling.

It’s an excellent way to reduce the amount of electronics waste that ends up in landfills and it’s a free program (although who’s going to make you pay to throw out your old electronics is beyond me).  ERI has six national locations and due to the success of the RecyclAthon, you can expect similar programs launching near you very soon.

Site [Electronics Recyclers International]