Expanded Mattress Recycling Program Benefits Environment, Vets in San José

Goodwill of Silicon Valley (San José) recently announced it will expand its mattress recycling program, thanks to a new partnership between the Goodwill, GreenWaste Recovery and the City of San José.

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New Recycling Center Opens in Mobile, AL

On November 20, the Mobile County Recycling Center opened its doors to the public in Alabama. This project will provide residents with an attractive facility at which they can drop off their recyclable material. Goodwill Easter Seals of the Gulf Coast (Mobile) will operate and manage the facility with between four to eight staff and many volunteers.

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Goodwill Takes Leadership Role in Electronics Recycling

ROCKVILLE, MD — Today, Goodwill Industries International joined nine other companies and organizations in launching the Responsible Recycling (R2) Leader program, which is designed to advance the safe, responsible and sustainable repair and recycling of used electronics. R2 was designed to ensure that recycling companies meet the latest standards in terms of environmental health and

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In OH, Goodwill® Recycling Partnership Diverts 400,000 Pounds of Waste from Landfills

As part of a recycling partnership between Zanesville Welfare Organization and Goodwill Industries (OH) and CertainTeed’s Moundsville, WV, gypsum manufacturing facility, employees at the plant diverted more than 400,000 pounds of waste from landfills since last year. While recycling began shortly after the plant opened in 2008, the collaboration began in 2011.

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Dell Reconnect Expands Computer Recycling to Goodwill® Donation Sites in Hawaii

Nearly 1.3 million people on Oahu gain access to free electronics recycling Dell Reconnect is now offered in 44 U.S. states and two Canadian provinces Program launches as country readies for America Recycles Day November 15 ROUND ROCK, TX — Dell and Goodwill have extended their Dell Reconnect computer recycling program outside continental North America

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Goodwill® Receives Award For Recycling Achievement

Montgomery County Department of Environmental Protection Recognizes Local Businesses ROCKVILLE, MD — Goodwill Industries International has been recognized with a 2012 Business Outstanding Achievement in Recycling Award from the Montgomery County Department of Environmental Protection’s Division of Solid Waste Services, Waste Reduction and Recycling Section. The award, which acknowledges a local business for recycling excellence,

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Goodwill® Game Teaches Kids about Donating and Recycling

Donation Match Game screenshotAttention parents and kids at heart! If you're looking for a fun and educational activity, be sure to check out Goodwill's free Donation Match Game (online and for the iPad). The interactive game, powered by Goodwill's Donate Movement, teaches kids about many of the different items you have in your home that can be donated or recycled.

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Dell Reconnect Expands Computer Recycling Program to 319 Additional Goodwill Donation Sites

Now more than 2,600 Goodwill drop off locations in the U.S. and Canada 6.8 million additional U.S. households can recycle end-of-life electronics free Expansion expected to divert additional  7.5 million pounds of computer equipment from landfills annually Tweet This:  Dell & Goodwill expand electronics recycling program, Dell Reconnect, to over 300 donation sites #domore #recycling

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Dell, Goodwill Expand Technology Recycling Partnership to 100 New Donation Sites

Dell and Goodwill Industries International has added 100 Goodwill® donation sites to the Dell Reconnect computer recycling program, making it convenient for more than 42 million U.S. households to drop off computers and related accessories for free, responsible recycling. The new collection sites, located in Delaware, Massachusetts, Nebraska, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Rhode Island, are now among more than 2,200 Dell Reconnect collection sites across the United States and Canada. The new sites are expected to divert approximately 5 million pounds of e-waste from landfills each year.

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Dell and Goodwill® Expand Free Recycling Program to Include Microsoft Products

Reconnect – a partnership between Dell and Goodwill Industries International that lets consumers drop off used computers for no-cost recycling— is getting its game on with support from Microsoft. Dell and Goodwill® announced today that in addition to collecting PCs and computer accessories, the 1,900-plus Goodwill locations participating in Reconnect will now for the first time collect Microsoft entertainment products including Xbox, Zune and accompanying accessories for free recycling. With its commitment and contributions to Reconnect, Microsoft joins Dell’s efforts to make electronics recycling free and convenient for consumers.

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