60,000 Pounds Of E-Waste Collected At Record Recycling Event In Warminster

WARMINSTER, PA — More than 60,000 pounds of e-waste was collected during a electronics recycling drive earlier this month in Warminster. The drive, held on June 10, resulted in 13 truckloads of televisions, laptops, desktops, tablets, printers, scanners, fax machines, cell phones, keyboards, VCRs, DVD players and more being recycled, according to information from the township.

The recycling event was sponsored by Redemption Episcopal Church and Warminster Township and benefitted PAR-RecycleWorks, a non-profit organization supporting ex-offenders as they transition into the workforce. It was the largest turnout ever for PAR-RecycleWorks.

More than 900 cars came to Warminster Community Park to dispose of their old electronics, officials said.

According to information from the township, the men and women from PAR-RecycleWorks spent more than 20 hours prepping, sorting, and cleaning up from the event. PAR-RecycleWorks deconstructs these items, recycles the materials and disposes of the waste safely and cleanly.

The scrap metals and other reusable materials collected in this process are then sold to help pay for salaries and job skill development for formerly incarcerated men and women to support their productive re-entry back into society.

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