Lorraine Press's E-waste Drive is a Success!

This week at Lorraine Press, as part of our ongoing efforts to be environmentally responsible, we've been encouraging our employees to bring in their e-waste from home. We wanted everyone to participate in Simply Mac's E-Waste Recycling Event. It is the greenest event in town this weekend, and free, too.

But LP wanted to make it even easier for our employees. We told them that all they had to do was bring in their unwanted, old electronics to work with them, and then we would haul all their stuff for them to the event to be recycled.

And today, after a weeklong accumulation of ancient electronics, we were able to cart it all off to be recycled. We would like to thank our Environmental Committee Chairperson for making this all happen.

Lorraine Press employees were able to collect almost 1500 pounds of e-waste that will now be recycled instead of thrown away into the landfill. We were all happy to see it go, knowing that it would be safely recycled.

Simply Mac did a wonderful job of organizing the event. There were plenty of helpers directing us where to go, when we first pulled up. And then they unloaded everything for us. We didn't even have to leave the truck. Here's some friendly helpers unloading our truck for us:

And here is a photo of the operation at the Maverick Center, one of the places you can drop off your e-waste. Very organized and efficient.

The E-Waste Recycle Event is still going on tomorrow, so you still have time to get rid of those old monitors, televisions, and VCRs. For more information, click here for Simply Mac's website to see where the drop off points are and a list of accepted items.

Free E-Waste Recycling in Utah This Weekend

This weekend Simply Mac is sponsoring free e-waste recycling for Salt Lake and Utah Counties. Friday, April 29, 2011 is the day for businesses to drop off their old electronics, and Saturday, April 30, 2011 is for personal electronics recycling. The hours for drop off are 9 am to 3 pm on both days. Rain or shine.

Lorraine Press would like to encourage everyone to recycle their old computers, (uncracked or unbroken) CRT monitors, keyboards, servers, switches, computer wires, hard drives, cell phones, PDAs, DVD or VHS players, TVs, copiers, and fax machines. Recycling your old electronics helps extend the life of our landfills in Utah. E-waste is the fastest growing segment of America's trash volume. For a full list of what is being accepted and what is not, click here and scroll down to the list of accepted electronic devices.

All equipment is going to be destroyed and then recycled. None of it will be re-used.

There are several drop-off locations in both Utah and Salt Lake counties.

For Salt Lake County: University of Utah, Merrill Engineering Parking Lot, 72 S. Central Campus Drive, Salt Lake City, UT 84112 AND Maverik Center, South Parking Lot, 3200 South Decker Lake Drive, West Valley City, UT 84119

For Utah County:  Thanksgiving Point, North Parking Lot, 3003 N. Thanksgiving Way, Lehi, UT 84043 AND Provo Towne Center, West Parking Lot, 1200 Towne Centre Blvd, Provo, UT 84601

For more information, see the Simply Mac website.

Do the earth a favor and recycle those old electronic dinosaurs!

Print in the News - Liberty Stamp Kerfuffle

According to an article in the New York Times, the U.S. Postal Service has printed a new stamp featuring the Statue of Liberty, but not the one in New York Harbor. Unbeknownst to the USPS, the Statue of Liberty image they chose from some stock photography is of the statue that stands outside the New York-New York Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Kudos to the stamp collector and avid Statue of Liberty fan who noticed the mix up. 

Before you run out and stock up on this philatelic error, the USPS is not recalling this one. It is simply changing the information about the stamp. So, while this is slightly embarrassing, it isn't as bad as the erroneous stamp that said the Grand Canyon is in Colorado, right?

It just goes to show that a little background checking never hurts.