Since the inception of the GREENetwork eight months ago we’ve developed the most extensive infrastructure of e-waste drop-off locations in California. In Northern California alone we’ve established 100 GREENspots. Already, more than 90 percent of all households are within five miles or less of a free and ecologically sound e-waste recycling center. We‘ve worked diligently with our GREENspot hosts to divert over 10 million pounds of e-waste from local landfills.
And the GREENetwork is continuing to grow. This month we launched the Southern California network with 33 GREENspots that serve 72 percent of all households within 10 miles of their homes. We’ll reduce that distance to five miles as we grow, providing a consistent level of convenience across the state.
From the beginning, our vision was to provide a viable, free and convenient infrastructure for consumers and businesses to recycle their e-waste. We have worked to educate the public with consistent messaging about what e-waste is and what to do with it. And we have collaborated with retailers, manufacturers, approved collectors, cities and municipalities to divert harmful materials from our local landfills.
Several of our GREENspot e-waste drop-off locations have had tremendous success by being part of the GREENetwork. Here’s what two of them have to say:
"Our association with ASL Recycling and membership in the GREENetwork enables us to make a difference in our local community while keeping dangerous materials out of local landfills. We are now an even more convenient destination for the environmentally conscious consumer and business owner since we now offer both e-waste recycling as well as moving and storage services. And, we’ve been able to use the proceeds from the program to fund a scholarship program for students and to sponsor Special Olympics athletes."
--Bob Fraser, owner, Redwood Moving and Storage, California Moving and Storage Association
"I wanted to let you know that the GREENetwork program has helped us see an increase in the amount of calls for e-waste donation pickups and e-waste drop offs at our four thrift stores in San Mateo county. Almost weekly, I receive calls from people who said they found our contact information on the GREENetwork website. Had it not been for that site they would not have known we accept e-waste."
--Oscar Perez, stores operations manager at St. Vincent de Paul
We are working hard to collaborate with other industry organizations to make this program available to more people, make it more flexible and accessible, and provide more opportunities for people to do the right thing with their unwanted and obsolete electronics.
ASL Recycling and the GREENetwork hope to continue the effort across the nation to make e-waste recycling more convenient and free for businesses and consumers, and to help keep more harmful materials out of our nation’s landfills.
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