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Reconnect is a partnership between Dell Computer and Goodwill Industries offering consumers in participating cities a computer recycling and reuse program. Goodwills in California, Michigan, New Jersey, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Texas have programs in place in many cities and regions.
The Grand Opening today of the Houston Computer Works store was the occasion to announce expansion of Reconnect into metropolitan Houston.
Computer Works will offer low cost software and hardware and house the “de-manufacturing” process for the recycling program, keeping an estimated 1.5 million pounds of computer hardware out of area landfill.
San Francisco has numerous recycling programs including Reconnect, so I am always disheartened when I see a battered printer or some other piece of hardware abandoned on the street.
Consumer education and awareness of the environmental hazards lurking inside our electronics is another key component to recycling success that Reconnect hopes to achieve throughout its growing network.
Goodwill of San Francisco, San Mateo and Marin Counties is a member of the Reconnect partnership with Dell. As part of the program, we refurbish and distribute computers to residents currently lacking computer access at home helping to close the digital divide. We are also are providing sustainable job skill development for our staff and clients working and learning in the program. The computers and equipment that are not able to be refurbished are recycled using a certified recycler that has passed a rigorous Dell environmental and social downstream audit.
For a list of all our donation sites in our 3 county area where we accept computers and electronics for free, visit our website at http://www.sfgoodwill.org/LocationsDonate.aspx
Thanks,
Kim Fox
Director of Environmental Business
Goodwill Industries of San Francisco, San Mateo and Marin Counties
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