Sunnking Buffalo, WNY’s largest electronic recycler along with Re-Tree WNY are teaming up with a number of WNY employers for an Earth Day program called “Technology to Ecology” the week of April 19-23. “Technology to Ecology” will allow employees of the participating companies to bring any electronics (PC’s, laptops, keyboards, mice, printers, etc.) and other household items such as small appliances, metal desks & furniture, pots & pans, tools, etc. with them to work where they will be collected for recycling. Proceeds from the scrap will be donated to a local charity, Re-Tree WNY, to purchase trees that will be planted in public spaces throughout the area. Recycling this material will eliminate large amounts of toxic materials from local landfills, ensure that the material is properly recycled and generate revenue to continue the replanting of trees in the public spaces devastated by the October Storm of 2006.
Adam Shine, Sales Manager for Sunnking Buffalo notes “Most people want to recycle their old electronics and household items, but they don’t because the collection events are so inconvenient. This year, thousands of Western New Yorkers will have the chance to bring their obsolete material to work.”
Sunnking provides removal and recycling services for hundreds of local businesses and school districts throughout Western New York, but residential clients must deliver to Sunnking’s facility. “This year, that problem will be eliminated” states Shine “and the community will have a lot of new trees as a result.”
Employers from Buffalo, West Seneca, Lancaster, Hamburg, Amherst and Cheektowaga have already agreed to participate and there is still time for any company that wishes to be involved in the event. Please contact Sunnking directly at 716.685.4577 for more information.
