“ELECTRONICS FOR A CAUSE” TO OFFER FREE RECYCLING OF CONSUMER ELECTRONICS, RAISE FUNDS FOR LOCAL CHARITIES

  TAMPA, FL - 04/19/2016 (PRESS RELEASE JET)

 As part of its 2016 Earth Day celebration, Rapid Refill Ink will join forces with Urban E Recycling from April 22 – May 30, 2016, to present “Electronics for a Cause,” offering free recycling of consumer electronics . Past organizations benefiting from this effort include Keeping Tampa Bay Beautiful, Meals on Wheels, HARC, and Operation Helping Hand.  

Office and household used electronics can be dropped off at Rapid Refill Ink, 10416 N. Dale Mabry Hwy., Tampa, Monday-Friday, 9 a.m. – 7 p.m. and Saturday, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.

The following items will be accepted for proper recycling: Computers (desktop and laptop), servers, hard drives, circuit boards, UPS battery backups, monitors,  printers, copiers, DVD players, VCRs, modems, cable boxes, satellite receivers, routers, cell phones, telephones, phone system hardware, video game systems and ink and toner cartridges.

Those wishing to donate a large quantity of items or have questions about accepted items should contact Rapid Refill Ink at (813) 514-0680. FREE pick-up is available.

Urban E Recycling will wipe hard and shred drives off-site and provide a data destruction certificate. The $5 fee will be donated to a local charity.

The event will also feature secure on-site document shredding for a discounted fee of .59/lb.

Local ordinances require that electronics be disposed of in a proper manner and not placed with normal household or office trash. Over 85 percent of all electronic waste (E-waste) goes un-recycled, with millions of tons entering the waste stream every year. The average American household has at least 24 electronic items. E-waste can contain more than 1,000 components, many of which are toxic.

About Rapid Refill Ink

Rapid Refill Ink http://tampainkandtoner.com; www.facebook.com/RapidRefillTampa, offers a complete selection of quality Rapid Refill brand inkjet and laser toner cartridges at significant savings, plus other supplies for all popular printer and copier brands, including Hewlett-Packard, Canon, Epson, Brother, Lexmark, Dell, Samsung, Sharp, Xerox, Oki and others.

About Urban E Recycling

Urban E Recycling, www.urbanerecycling.com believes that business and environmental responsibility go hand in hand.  With the overwhelming speed of changing technology, we are in a position to make sure your outdated and non-useable electronics will be recycled safely, ethically, and responsibly.