I have discussed the fact that the Rome/Floyd Recycling Center pays for certain materials (newspaper, office paper, #1 & #2 plastic bottles and jars and corrugated boxes) and that you can donate your recyclables payments to your favorite charity or non-profit organization. Now, here are two more recycling for fundraising opportunities that you might be interested in.
The first is Recycle for Breast Cancer, a no-cost, national fundraising program to help the fight against breast cancer while benefiting the environment. This program accepts cell phones and pagers (all brands, makes and models, working or not), ink jet cartridges, toner cartridges, PDA’s, Palm Pilots and other hand held devices (all brands, working or not) and surplus office supplies for recycling. Some of the office supplies they accept include: copy cartridges, cleaning rollers, developer, duplicator supplies, drums, fax supplies, fuser oil, fusers, fuser rollers, heat rollers, image loops, inkjets, masters, OPC Kits, photoconductors, PM Kits, PR Belts, ribbons, staples, toner, transparencies and more. Also, if you or your company needs to find a resource for your e waste, such as: computers, laptops, parts, data tapes, motherboards, etc, - let them know. They have many resources to work with. The program is designed for both corporate and individual donations and collection boxes and free shipping are available. Recycle For Breast Cancer has been in place since 2002 and according to their web site “Our goal is to keep these items out of the landfills by recycling and putting them back to use while raising funds for a great cause!” For more information, contact Program Manager, Recycle For Breast Cancer, 925/735-7203 or visit their website at http://www.recycleforbreastcancer.org/
The second opportunity is called Funding Factory and their specialty is collecting cell phones and ink jet cartridges. This organization offers 2 different methods of fundraising and is an excellent program for schools to participate in. According to their web site: “FundingFactory® is the nation’s leader in fundraising through recycling. Meeting the fundraising goals of your organization is as easy as collecting empty laser & inkjet cartridges and old cell phones. Send your qualifying cell phones and cartridges to FundingFactory and redeem them for state of the art technology, recreation equipment or choose cold hard cash!” FundingFactory provides free postage paid boxes for shipment of your collected phones and ink jet cartridges to be picked up by UPS. For more information on this opportunity, call them at 1-888-883-8237 or visit their website at http://www.fundingfactory.com/
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