Earth Day

and its Sustainability Committee proudly bring to you:

This Earth Day, Tuesday April 22nd 2008
come
Clean Clutter Consciously
- reduce - reuse - recycle -
Work Place Clutter

Waste disposal is a growing challenge for all businesses. Metro Vancouver has now banned materials such as cardboard and office paper from the landfill. Consumers are demanding responsible corporate practices and our landfills are nearing capacity.

On Earth Day, April 22nd, 2008, drop off your old equipment and supplies. We will recycle them responsibly for you at no charge and show you why it makes business sense to be wise about waste.

Our purpose is to invite you and your business to Think Strathcona First during your work place spring cleaning. We have invited several business partners to sponsor this event to get everyone in the community aware of how to safely dispose of waste without filling up the landfills.

** Most of the items will be reused and redistributed locally and worldwide! **

 Our Partners on-site at the Patricia Hotel Parking Lot picking up specifically noted items:

reBOOT Vancouver at 825 East Hastings St.

reBOOT Vancouver is a social purpose enterprise, active in the field of recycling, repair, and redistribution of redundant or discarded computers. Each computer system will first be screened to see if it can be repaired and reused by another person. If it cannot be redeployed in working condition then it will be dismantled and the parts will be separated and re streamed to be reused in an industrial process that continues to support the idea that nothing ends up in the landfill.

Taking working and defective:
• Computers
• Laptops
• Monitors
• Keyboards
• Mice
• Speakers
• Cables
• *Working only* stereo equipment
• Modems
• Printers
• Switches
• Hubs
• Wireless routers
• Video cards

For future electronic drop offs
please visit
www.rebootvancouver.ca
or call (604) 687-2777

Frogfile at 121 Heatley Avenue

Committed to supporting the efforts of business to reduce their impact on the environment by offering a Green Giving Program. Do you have lightly used office supplies that you are trying to get rid of? Through the Green Giving Program, Frogfile will pick up your lightly used office supplies on Earth day *free of charge* and distribute them to schools throughout the Greater Vancouver Regional District. Please ensure that all materials are sorted before drop off.

Will take *slightly used*:
• Binders
• Paper
• file folders
• file dividers
• staples
• staplers
• scissors
• pens
• pencils
• pencil sharpener
• markers
• tape
• calculators

For future donations please visit
www.frogfile.com
or call (604) 669-5949
To arrange a pick up for a small fee.

Third World Eye Care Society at 2453 commercial Drive

Collecting used eyeglasses and preparing them for distribution to developing countries around the world. TWECS consists of eye care professionals and individuals who collect used eyeglasses from the public and travel to Third World countries providing free eye care and eyeglasses to the poor.

Will take:
• eyeglasses

For future donations please visit www.twecs.ca or call (604) 874-2733

PITCH-IN CANADA

A national non-profit and charitable organization, established in 1967 that shares a common interest: to improve communities and the environment. Help Protect our Environment – cell phones and rechargeable batteries contain hazardous and toxic materials which should not go to landfills. Re-Use – some of the 60 million plus old cell phones old cell phones sitting in a desk drawer or at the back of a closet! They can be refurbished or remanufactured for re-use in emerging countries where they rely on wireless communication. Recycle – cell phones and batteries that cannot be reused can be recycled to recover materials.

Will Take:
• Cell phones

Will Not Take:
• Cell phone chargers
or accessories

For future donations please visit www.pitch-in.ca

We will also be accepting single use batteries for disposal.

Please do NOT bring:
• car batteries

Other service providers on site for info - but not providing free pickup on Earth Day:

United We Can

With the use of a truck and tricycle hauling, United We Can now offers container collection directly from larger volume commercial and residential consumers in the downtown area. We are proud to be able to provide this pick-up service to apartments, offices, hotels, restaurants, and bars with a "full refund" on the container deposits - though some customers choose to donate a portion of their refund to United We Can.

Fresh Start Recycling

Fresh Start Recycling also believes in Reduce - Reuse - Recycle and try to limit the impact on the environment by contributing reusable items to charity and recycling as much as possible. Using our truck and trailer combinations, we sort all material on site to determine what can be donated to charity, what can be recycled and what just has to go.

If your business has other unwanted office furniture items give them a call and schedule a responsible pick up.