Computer and Small Electronics Recycling Event

St. Joan of Arc Catholic
School will hold a Computer and Small Electronics Community
Recycling Event from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, September 24, 2011.  A donation of $5.00 per car is requested,
with all proceeds being designated towards the Living Roof project slated for
St. Joan of Arc School. 
The collection will take place at the school, located at 22415 Overlake Drive
(8 ½ Mile and Mack Avenue),
Saint Clair Shores.

Items accepted in
the recycling event include: desktop PC’s and workstations, notebook, laptop
and tablet PC’s, and CRT and LCD monitors. 
Inkjet and laser jet printers will be accepted.  Speakers, keyboards, mice and scanners will
be collected, as well as CD, DVD, hard and floppy computer drives.

Audio and video
equipment can be recycled including film and digital cameras, projection
equipment and stereo receivers.

Miscellaneous small
electronic items will be accepted such as pda’s and cell phones, and household
small appliances including toasters, irons and telephones.  Televisions should be 32” and under,
please.  Batteries should be bagged.

“Computer Recyclers,
a Michigan
firm, will accept the collected items and will guarantee that no component will
end up in a landfill,” said Mrs. Gail Kassin, Computer Teacher and SJA Green
Team Advisor.  Electronics contain many
hazardous materials that can contaminate groundwater if placed in
landfills.  Recycling electronics
recovers valuable materials and conserves natural resources.  “People are beginning to realize the
negative impact we have made on our environment in the past and are looking for
safer alternatives, and this opportunity is providing that alternative,” said
Mrs. Kassin.     

For more information about electronics
recycling event, contact Mrs. Gail Kassin at St. Joan of Arc School, 586-775-8370,
or by email at gkassin@stjoan.net.  St.
Joan of Arc School’s academic programs run through grade eight, beginning with
three- and four-year-old preschool.