Local Green Charity Partners With Oakland University To Motivate Recycling Amongst Students

March 30, 2010 - PRLog -- April 15, 2010, Rochester, Michigan— Recycling for Charities has partnered with the Sustaining Our Planet Earth organization of Oakland University to celebrate the 40th Anniversary of Earth Day. As a registered 501(c)3 non-profit charity, Recycling for Charities (RFC) defends the environment and supports other worthy non-profits through recycling, donating the money raised to over 800 charities nationwide. On April 15, the two organizations hope to prevent nearly 50 tons of electronic waste, which can leak harmful chemicals, from entering landfills while celebrating the environmentally-friendly holiday at Oakland University’s campus in Rochester.

Students, staff, and members of the community will have the opportunity to donate broken and used electronics such as cell phones, iPods, digital cameras, and PDAs from 11:30 a.m. until 1:30 p.m. RFC, stationed with their eco-friendly Smart Car at the Oakland Center, will be accepting electronic donations to be recycled. Every donor will receive an entry into a contest to win prizes such as a Kodak Digital Camera or Kodak Digital Photo Frame, simply for donating their used e-waste!

Attendees will be able to participate in other ‘green’ Earth Day activities on campus provided by Reverb, including organic t-shirt screen printing and seed planting. Organic snacks will also be provided and a local radio station will be on site to entertain guests. As a part of Reverb’s Campus Consciousness Tour singer Drake will perform later in the evening at Meadow Brook Theatre.  
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Only 10 percent of used or broken cell phones are recycled each year. Be sure to do your part this Earth Day by helping RFC keep 75 tons of e-waste out of our landfills. Visit the RFC website www.recyclingforcharities.com or follow us on Twitter and Facebook for more information about this event and RFC’s other upcoming initiatives.


About Recycling for Charities – www.recyclingforcharities.com

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Recycling for Charities is registered 501(c)(30) non-profit organization committed to the protection of our environment by promoting the proper disposal of electronic items, such as cell phones, digital cameras, PDAs, and MP3 players. Once items are received they are recycled and money is in turn given back to the charity of the donor’s choice. To date funds from this program have been raised to help over 800 charities nationwide, with more joining each day. To date we have helped keep over 2,000 tons of e-waste out of landfills.