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FREE Electronics Recycling Event in Shakopee

On Saturday, October 19, the Minnesota Real Estate Team will partner with Tech Dump, an electronics recycling nonprofit, to collect unwanted electronics (gently used, obsolete, or damaged) from 10am-2pm. 

Bring computers, cell phones, electrical cords, internal/external drives, other misc. electronic accessories, TVs, and monitors ($10-donation requested for CRT TVs and monitors—non-flat panels). Tech Dump will destroy all information and data at their facility in Golden Valley. Tech Dump is a Minnesota and Hennepin County licensed electronics recycler. 

To find out more and for a list of accepted items, visit their website at techdump.org/remax

The event will be held from 10am-2pm in the parking lot of the realty office’s location at 1228 Vierling Drive East

Ryan O’Neill, Broker/Sales Manager shared, “RE/MAX Advantage Plus and The Minnesota Real Estate Team believe strongly in “being good” to our environment, and we are always looking at ways to recycle. We are very happy to be offering this great event to all of our clients, partners, and friends. We hope you can stop on out!” 

About Tech Dump: 
TechDump.org is a division of Jobs Foundation, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit providing stable jobs to economically disadvantaged adults to obtain marketable job skills and a pathway to self-sufficiency. TechDump.org accomplishes this through the collection and recycling of electronics which not only support a green initiative, but also uses the proceeds from recycling and refurbishing to create jobs for those with barriers to employment. To find out more, visit their website at TechDump.org.

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