EPA News Release (Region 7): E-Scrap Events Net Nine Tons of Used Electronics

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 7 11201 Renner Boulevard, Lenexa, KS 66219   Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, and Nine Tribal Nations   E-Scrap Events Net Nine Tons of Used Electronics   Contact Information: Kris Lancaster, 913-551-7557, lancaster.kris@epa.gov   Environmental News   FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE   (Lenexa, Kan., May 8, 2013) - More than nine tons of used electronics will be recycled instead of going to landfills, EPA and partners announced today. Employees of EPA, other federal agencies in the Kansas City metro area and the Unified Government of Wyandotte County/Kansas City, Kan., donated old and unwanted computers, laptops, monitors, cell phones, keyboards, VCRs, telephones and other electronics.   “Employees of EPA and our partners helped to reduce electronics going to landfills,” said Karl Brooks, EPA regional administrator. “These E-Scrap events allow employees of these organizations to responsibly recycle their personal electronic waste.”   The electronics will be recycled by UNICOR, the federal government’s self-sustaining prison industries corporation and certified recycler. Certified recyclers help protect human health and the environment, minimize worker exposure to chemicals and maximize reuse and recovery. The electronics recycling industry is increasingly embracing these certification programs.   Every year, Americans generate almost 2.5 million tons of used electronics, which are made from valuable resources such as precious metals, plastic and glass. Electronics recycling conserves valuable resources, reduces greenhouse gas emissions and helps to create jobs through reuse.   Reusing and recycling puts these valuable resources such as copper, silver and rare earth metals back to productive use, and slows climate change. Electronic waste from old cell phones, computers and other devices often contain toxic chemicals and heavy metals.   # # #   Learn more about recycling   Learn more about electronics donation:   View all Region 7 news releases   Connect with EPA Region 7 on Facebook: www.facebook.com/eparegion7   You can unsubscribe or update your subscriptions or e-mail address at any time on your Subscriber Preferences Page. All you will need is your e-mail address. If you have any questions or problems, please e-mail support@govdelivery.com for assistance.  This service is provided to you at no charge by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.    This email was sent to elmasry.webmaster@gmail.com using GovDelivery, on behalf of: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency · 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW · Washington DC 20460 · 202-564-4355