TechBirmingham has annonced 12 locations in the Birmingham, Ala., area where residents can drop off unwanted computing equipment Saturday, April 22, between the hours of 9 a.m. and 4 p.m.
Volunteers will be on hand at these locations to unload computers from vehicles and to load the donations into Enterprise Rent-a-Trucks for eventual transport to a consolidation warehouse where the equipment will begin the refurbishment or recycling process. Everyone donating equipment will receive a receipt for tax purposes.
The locations for the April 22, 2006, event are:
• Vulcan Park - 1701 Valley View Dr., atop Red Mountain, Birmingham
• BellSouth - 55 Bagby Dr., near I-65 exit 256, Birmingham/Homewood
• Lawson State (Bessemer) - 1100 9th Ave. S.W., near I-59/20 exit 108, Bessemer
• ITT Technical Institute - 6270 Park South Dr., near I-459 exit 6, Bessemer
• Shelby County Landfill - 504 Highway 70, Columbiana
• Miles College - 5500 Myron Massey Blvd., near I-59/20 exit 120 Fairfield
• Staples, the Office Superstore - 1694 Montgomery Highway, near I-459 exit 13, Hoover
• Staples, the Office Superstore - 4614 Highway 280, south of I-459, Hoover
• Mountain Brook Presbyterian Church - 3405 Brookwood Rd., Mountain Brook
• Saint Luke's Episcopal Church - 3736 Montrose Rd., Mountain Brook
• Staples, the Office Superstore - 3552 Pelham Parkway, near I-65 exit 242, Pelham
• Staples, the Office Superstore - 1905 Edwards Lake Rd., near I-459 exit 32, Trussville
Corporate Birmingham has already been hard at work clearing out their storage rooms and warehouses, providing the TechBirmingham Ecycling Day effort with unused computers, monitors, printers, and cell phones. 1-800-Got-Junk? in Birmingham and Alabama Computer Disposal Group have partnered with TechBirmingham to collect these items from corporations in the metro area and will continue to pick up pledges throughout the month of April.
Electronic equipment in any condition (working, damaged, outdated) can be donated. The best collected items may be refurbished and find their way back into local area non-profits. All others will be properly recycled. Accepted items from corporations and the public include:
• Desktop computers
• Laptop computers
• Computer monitors
• Mainframes/midranges
• Keyboards and input devices
• Printers and scanners
• Fax machines and copy machines
• Digital cameras
• PDAs and handheld devices
• Video game systems
• Printer cartridges
• Cell phones
For full details, visit www.EcyclingDay.org.
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