GreenCitizen Moves Santa Clara Eco-Center to Mountain View

If you have e-waste to recycle in Santa Clara County, take note: GreenCitizen has moved locations from Palo Alto (formerly 161 Homer Avenue) to 2500 West El Camino Real in Mountain View. The new GreenCitizen eco-center is located in the San Antonio Shopping Center (across from Whole Foods Market, near Subway) at the corner of West El Camino Real and Showers Drive. It is half a block from Wal-Mart, Sears, Target, Trader Joe’s, Ross Dress, 24 Hour Fitness, BevMo and Kohl’s.

“We hope our loyal customers in Palo Alto will continue to visit us in Mountain View to drop off their recyclables,” says James Kao, CEO of GreenCitizen, who notes that the new location is just four miles from its former home in Palo Alto. A substantial rent increase forced GreenCitizen to seek a new home, according to Kao.

“We welcome our old friends from Palo Alto who helped make our center thrive with their commitment to protecting the environment from the harmful effects of old electronics,” says Kao, “And we look forward to introducing ourselves to new customers in Mountain View and the surrounding areas.”

GreenCitizen has also started piloting a buyback program for iPhones, iPads, iMacs and other gently used Apple products and customers are encouraged to stop in the center for more details.

GreenCitizen, Inc. (www.greencitizen.com) is a certified B corporation, a socially and environmentally responsible company dedicated to helping consumers and businesses reduce their environmental footprint through proper disposal management of their unwanted or obsolete electronics. GreenCitizen achieves this through closed loop reuse and business pick-ups, and convenient drop-off for  end of life electronics. All recycling items are responsibly reused in the U.S. or responsible de-manufacturing with facilities within 150 miles of our eco centers.

GreenCitizen locations are open six days a week, Monday through Saturday from 10AM to 6PM. Carts are available to make it easy for GreenCitizen customers to bring in their electronics for recycling.

GreenCitizen has four locations in the Bay Area with plans to open several more eco-centers in 2013.