Old Electronic WANTED

E-Recycling event returns September 16

The last two years, your Board has partnered with the Electronics Recycling Association (ERA) to collect unwanted or unused electronic equipment for environmentally conscious recycling. Combining 2008’s weeklong event and last year’s one-day event, our members and staff have recycled just over 2,400 items through the ERA.

We are happy to announce that we will once again be teaming up with the ERA to host another electronics recycling event for members here at the Board. The event will take place on Thursday, September 16 from 9 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. at the shipping dock in the alley behind our building at 2433 Spruce Street in Vancouver. Hot dogs and pop will be on sale in the afternoon with the profits going to a REALTORS Care® charity.

“This event allows our members the opportunity to dispose of unwanted electronics not only in an environmentally responsible manner, but a socially responsible manner as well,” says Jake Moldowan, REBGV president.

The ERA is a non-profit organization that donates the used electronic equipment they collect to local schools, charities, libraries, seniors’ homes, and other community-based organizations at no charge. They inspect all computers and electronics collected, reuse and refurbish first, and only then will they send the unsalvageable equipment to government certified processors for dismantling and recycling.

We must receive all donations by 3:00 p.m. so that the people from ERA will have enough time to load the collected items into the truck. For more information, contact Jun Bernadas at 604.730.3017.


REALTORS® Electronics Recycling EventThursday, September 16, 20109:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver2433 Spruce St., Vancouver
Items that CAN be donated:
Computers, monitors, PC parts;
Scanners, servers, hubs, printers, fax machines;
Peripherals, barcode equipment, UPS;
Network equipment;
Server racks, switches;
Wires and cables;
Plotters, projection systems;
Telecommunication equipment;
VCRs, DVDs, cameras;
Audio/stereo equipment;
Mobile phones;
Satellite/wireless equipment

Items that CANNOT be donated:

Appliances;
TVs