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SPSA Supports Event To Host Community-Wide
Electrnoic Recycling Event

(October 11, 2007; Norfolk, VA) -- Old Dominion University is helping the community and the environment at the same time by hosting its first-ever E-Waste Recycling Event Thursday-Saturday, Oct. 11-13. The event, held in coordination with Hollins University, the University of Richmond and Virginia Tech, is a statewide effort to safely dispose of old computers, electronics equipment and related items for recycling. It is free and open to the public. The university will accept items Thursday in Parking Lot 43 located at the corner of Powhatan and 43rd Street in between Powhatan Fields and the Facilities Management Building, Friday at the Material Management lot, and Saturday in the WHRO lot on Hampton Blvd. The times are from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. each day. Thursday and Friday are scheduled for drop-offs from businesses, students, schools and nonprofit organizations, while Saturday is for the general public. The following items are acceptable for recycling:

• Cables
• CD-ROM/DVD Drives
• CPUs
• All-in-One CPU/Display
• Hubs
• Keyboards
• Laptops
• LCD Displays
• Memory
• Mice
• Monitors
• Routers
• Servers
• Software
• Speakers
• Switches
• UPS Systems
• Wires

• Camcorders
• Cameras
• Projection Televisions
• Game Systems
• Radios
• Stereos
• Tape Players
• Televisions
• VCRs

• Adding Machines
• Electronics in Wood Cabinets
• Fax Machines
• Photocopiers
• Printers
• Scanners
• Surge Protectors
• Telephones
• Typewriters

• Cell Phones
• Pagers
• PDAs
• Two-way Radios

What Materials Are Not Acceptable for Recycling?

• Batteries Not Integral to Computer Systems
• Loose Batteries
• Cardboard
• Contaminated Equipment of Any Type
• Cracked or Broken CRT Monitors
• Hair Dryers
• Hazardous Equipment of Any Type
• Hot Curlers
• Microwaves
• Overhead Projectors
• Paper
• Styrofoam
• Toner Cartridges
• Smoke Detectors

Appliances, non-computer batteries and equipment contaminated by chemical or biological agents will not be accepted.  For more information, contact Monarch Tech Store Manager Savas G. Comsudis at 757-683-5611 or e-mail at scomsudi@odu.edu or Scott Lowe at 757-683-6394.

SPSA has been providing efficient and environmentally sound waste disposal services to the region and its residents since 1985. SPSA’s solid waste management system includes waste-to-energy, yard waste composting, drop-off and curbside recycling as well as other recycling programs, household hazardous waste collection, landfilling, landfill gas-to-energy and education programs. This integrated waste management system enables SPSA to put 57% of the waste it receives to a beneficial use, thus allowing the region to reduce its dependence on landfills.