The Bergen County Utilities Authority (BCUA), Little Ferry, N.J., has received an Environmental Quality Award from the U.S. EPA for its computer and electronics recycling program.
The BCUA allows county residents to drop off unwanted computers, monitors, printers, keyboards, fax machines, speakers and cables any weekday morning, by appointment. The authority also hosts collection events periodically on Saturdays.
According to BCUA solid waste manager Mark Vangieri, the collected electronic equipment goes to Supreme Computer Recycling Inc., Lakewood, N.J. “They’re an approved New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection demanufacturer,” he notes.
The BCUA collected more than 100,000 pounds of electronic equipment during 2001 and has already collected 29,000 pounds in the first quarter of this year.
The U.S. EPA Environmental Quality Award goes to companies, organizations and individuals “who have demonstrated an outstanding commitment to protecting and enhancing the environmental quality” of the communities in which they are located.Latest from Recycling Today
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