Community E-Waste Event

 Bring Your Items and Take Part In This Community E-Waste Event

In order to create a cleaner environment for our community, the La Mesa Chamber of Commerce is hosting an electronic waste (e-waste) recycling collection event.

Date: Saturday - June 16th and Sunday - June 17, 2012

Time: 9:00 am to 4:00 pm

Place: The Grossmont Shopping Center
(Across from Hooleys/next to Fuddruckers)
5500 Grossmont Center Dr.
La Mesa, CA 91942

The event is a free service to everyone to properly dispose of their computer obsoletes, and at the same time, help reduce improper and illegal dumping in our city and landfills. More importantly, the event helps protect our planet from various toxicities from reaching our soil and environment.

Study shows that 35 million pounds of e-waste are still sitting in California homes and businesses.  Less than 29% of e-waste is currently properly dismantled and/or recycled.  Electronic discard is one of the fastest growing segments of our nation’s waste stream.  70% of heavy metals, 40% of lead and mercury contents found in today’s landfills are from e-waste. June 12, 2009, new federal mandate requires that television stations switch from analog format to digital format, which means a greater number of televisions will become obsolete within the next several years.

What is "E-waste"?

E-Waste is any consumer electronic equipment that has reached its ‘end-of-life’ or ‘end-of-usage,’ whether in full or non-working condition.  It includes most electronics or electric appliances with a cord or circuit board such as:

E-Waste includes: Computer Monitors,  Television sets, PC Systems, Printers, Laptops, Copiers, Scanners, Fax Machines, Toner Cartridges, UPS & PDAs, Power Supplies, Main Frame Units, Networking Equipment, Mother Board Systems, VCR/VCD/DVD Players, Home Entertainment Systems, Landline and Cellular Phones, & Small Portable Devices.  We also accept car and forklift batteries.  There is a $5.00 service fee for Microwave Ovens.  We do not accept: Refrigerators, Washer and Dryers, Fluorescent Light Bulbs, and Household Batteries.

Please come show your support for a cleaner environment by sending e-waste away from our city and landfills to the appropriate recycling process.  For more detailed information on the event, or qualified e-products, please contact the Chamber by calling 619-465-7700 or by e-mailing info@lamesachamber.com.