Verizon Offers Free Electronics Recycling in Silver Spring, Md.

Verizon Offers Free Electronics Recycling in Montgomery County, Md., on Sept. 20; Urges Area Residents, Employees to Go ‘Green’

All Are Welcome to Drop Off Unwanted Electronics at Company’s Silver Spring Office From 7:30 a.m. to 2 p.m.

SILVER SPRING, Md. – Verizon employees will gather in the parking lot of the company’s Silver Spring office on Thursday (Sept. 20) to collect unwanted electronics for recycling.  This Electronic Recycling project, which is free and open to the public, is part of Verizon’s commitment to protect and preserve the environment by enabling the public to be “green” at work and at home.  The supplier disposing of the discarded items will adhere to Verizon’s zero-landfill objective, meaning the materials will be reused or recycled so that they do not end up in a landfill.

Recycled items can include televisions, laptop and desktop computers; LCD (liquid crystal display) monitors; CRT (cathode ray tube) monitors; computer cables; mice; keyboards; gaming consoles; telephones and answering machines; stereo and audio equipment; paper shredders; alarm clocks; printers; cameras; conferencing equipment; remote controls; earphones; small electronic appliances; cans; bottles; plastic items; and electronic toys without batteries.  Hard drives will not be wiped. 

Items that will not be accepted include hazardous waste (such as batteries, inks/toners, mercury bulbs); units containing fluid like motors and pumps; refrigerators and freezers; medical waste; and radioactive material including X-ray equipment.

Some participants will receive free Go-Green Energy-Eco kits or water bottles.

WHEN:   Thursday, Sept. 20, 7:30 a.m. to 2 p.m.

WHERE:  Verizon’s Chesapeake Complex

               (First parking lot on right at Musgrove Road entrance)

               13100 Columbia Pike

               Silver Spring

MEDIA CONTACT: 

               Sandra Arnette

               410-393-7109

               sandra.u.arnette@verizon.com

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