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Who to call and when

In 2006, Free Geek recycled 495.93 tons of material. We could not have done this without our material handlers who pay us to separate the stuff and actually do the recycling. In order to keep Free Geek from being crushed under the weight of our bad or obsolete donations, a fair amount of phone calls, e-mails, and fork-lifting is required...

Check out the Recycling Status Page

Schnitzer Steel

http://www.schnitzersteel.com/index.asp
503-286-6970
contact: dispatch
Lead Time: 1 day
What: Steel

Bear eCycling

http://www.bearecycling.com/
contact: Oso
phone: 503-808-1265
lead time: call Friday for Wednesday pick up
what: printers, scanners, CBM, GBM, laptop bottoms, sorted aluminum, hard drive chassis

Hallmark

http://www.hallmarkrefining.com/
CONTACT: John / Bill
Toll Free: (800) 255-1895 ext 123( for sales related questions only)
Phone: 503-657-9918 ( to order pick ups)
1016 Dale Lane
Mt. Vernon, WA 98273
LEAD TIME: 3-4 business days at least
CAPACITY: Whatever we have
WHAT: Processors, hard drive controller cards

Total Reclaim

http://totalreclaim.com/ (email contact is andys@...)
CONTACT: Andy Sloop
PHONE:Cell 503-348-7562
Fax 503-281-0623
LEAD TIME: 2 business days
Capacity: 12 monitor gaylords, no more than 10 plastic gaylords
WHAT: Monitors, Plastic, TVs, Fluorescent and incandescent light bulbs (Free Geek generated)
Total Reclaim/EcoLights NW
P.O. Box 30176
Portland, OR 97294

GreenWall Industries

CONTACT: Michael Wall
PHONE: 503-256-0942 (cell 503-381-5162)
EMAIL: mike@gr___wa__industries.co_
LEAD TIME: 2 business days
CAPACITY: 2+ gaylords
WHAT: cords, ribbon wire, thin wire, UPSes

Waste Connections, Inc.

12820 N.E. Marx
Portland, OR 97230
(503) 257-1331
(800) 285-2601
FAX (503) 257-8699
CONTACT: Brannon Yeldell, brannony@wastecon___tions.com (fill in the blanks in the email...but don't post it in the wiki!)
WHAT: Trash, cardboard, paper, glass

They will be picked up once a week but this can change if we request it.

ReCellular

http://www.recellular.net/home/home.asp
CONTACT: Steve, (734) 205-2271
EMAIL:sokonski@rece___lar.c__
WHAT: Cell phones, cell phone batteries, cell phone chargers.
WHAT NOT: Cordless phones, other phones, non-cell batteries or chargers.
CAPACITY: They send us FedEX labels on demand and someone takes the boxen to Kinko's

RBRC

(Rechargeable Battery Recycling Corporation)

http://www.rbrc.org/call2recycle/
Contact: Sean

Western Recycling Manager (949) 215 - 4620 www.rbrc.com We don't actually contact RBRC, we just need to get the filled boxes into the hand of a UPS person. We can take the boxes to a UPS store for free, or have them picked up for a fee($10.45). RBRC will then send us more boxen. Our order stand at 8 empty boxen at a time.

How: Boxen come with bags. One battery per bag. If battery is too big for the bag, tape up the end of the terminal.
What: Portable rechargeable batteries, including laptop batteries
What not: ups batteries
changes to help with battery flow: We can now use double walled boxes, and fill thm with batteries that have their terminals taped by electrical tape. They will be stored on a pallet, and when the pallet reaches at least 1000lb we call Sean for a pick up. RBRC uses Yellow Freight for pick ups. By calling Sean before we actually ship, we don't have to worry about payments.

Metro Recycling

6161 N.W. 61st Ave., Portland, OR 97210
(503) 223-5920
FAX: (503) 223-8020
http://www.metro-region.org/
CONTACT: Rory Greenfield -- greenfieldr@m__ro.dst.or.us (fill in the blanks in the email...but don't post it in the wiki!)
CAPACITY: Small bucketloads
WHAT: Batteries = Sorted, all kinds, except RBRC eligible rechargeable batteries
HOW: The rules for dropping off batteries at the Metro Hazardous Waste site have changed:

We now need to fill out an inventory sheet (located inside the Metro folder in Liane's file cabinet), call Metro and make an appointment, fax the inventory sheet to them; they'll send us a cost estimate, and then we can actually go and drop them off. The fees have to be paid at that time.

Calbag

http://www.calbag.com
(503) 226-3441
(800) 398-3441
CONTACT: Doug
WHAT: nothing at this time

Denton Plastics

http://www.denplas.com/home.htm
(503) 257-9945
CONTACT: ask for Bob
WHAT: nothing at this time

Technology Conservation Group (TCG)

(503) 735-1102
http://www.tcgrecycling.com/home.htm
CONTACT: Kristoffer McGill
LEAD TIME: 1 business day
CAPACITY: 8 gaylords (minimum 6 required to send service truck)
WHAT: nothing at this time

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 (Rechargeable Battery Recycling Corporation)
 *http://www.rbrc.org/call2recycle/
-*Contact:1-800-pick-ups(742-5877)
+*Contact: Sean
+Western Recycling Manager (949) 215 - 4620
+www.rbrc.com
 We don't actually contact RBRC, we just need to get the filled boxes into the hand of a UPS person. We can take the boxes to a UPS store for free, or have them picked up for a fee($10.45). RBRC will then send us more boxen. Our order stand at 8 empty boxen at a time.
 *How: Boxen come with bags. One battery per bag. If battery is too big for the bag, tape up the end of the terminal.
 *What: Portable rechargeable batteries, including laptop batteries
 *What not: ups batteries
+* changes to help with battery flow: We can now use double walled boxes, and fill thm with batteries that have their terminals taped by electrical tape. They will be stored on a pallet, and when the pallet reaches at least 1000lb we call Sean for a pick up. RBRC uses Yellow Freight for pick ups. By calling Sean before we actually ship, we don't have to worry about payments.
 ==Metro Recycling==