Free Geek Washington
Overview
E-Waste reality, we help make solutions happen now!
Connecting the pieces Creating the events. Sharing in the responsiblity.
Mission Purpose
To eliminate E-waste,
by Responsible component Recovery through Recylcing, Rebuilding, while encouraging Reducing and Reusing of electronics.
"Facilitate and implement responsible stewardship of e-Waste among the critical businesses envolved. Through encouragement/participation with the whole community, providing technology and educational/training opportunites for all." (still needs some work).
Stewardship
As responsible environmental stewards, we each have a role in this cycle.
Specificlly, we help facilitate eWaste management ideas between donators, volunteers, businesses, and ideas.
Electronic Waste (eWaste) program entity implementing standard plans, contracts, and premium services dealing with covered electronic and unwanted products.
Assist in facilating and implementing services, between eWaste clients, processors, recyclers, transporters, retailers (intended for re-use), businesses (including small and large manufacturers), and household collection services.
Our staff and volunteer network is ready, willing, and available to create solutions to your eWaste concerns.
- Free Geek Bellingham/Contact Us - How to contact us.
- (Please check first for your answer below, before sending questions)
- Free Geek Bellingham/Sponsors - People who help pay the expenses
- Free Geek Bellingham/Partnerships - People who help us do what we do
- (Possible and tenative, include contact info when available)
- (Hopefully, all business we interact with)
- Who and how they help.
- How large businesses, help lower the cost to donators.
- Free Geek Bellingham/Donators - People who help donate to the cause
- List big/small donators
- Wish list
- Free Geek Bellingham/Volunteers - People who help make it happen
- Current regular volunteers/helpers/idea makers
- FG: Volunteer Program Development
- User groups ===
- Bellingham Linux User Group (BLUG)
- WWU - Mac Users Group (MUG), ACM / WCUG
- Free Geek Bellingham/Collection Locations - Where you can drop it off
- Partners who accept eRecycle items
- Free Geek Bellingham/Transporters - People who take it away
- Partners who are glad to take it away.
- Free Geek Bellingham/Evaluation - People test good equipment, determine next step
- Good, the Bad, and the Ugly.
- Free Geek Bellingham/ReBuilders - People who rebuild from parts, working equipment
- Repair, rebuilding or refurbishing value components
- Free Geek Bellingham/eRecyclers - People who e-recycle
- Free Geek Bellingham/Customers - People who want technology
- Who we serve, and how they can connect with us.
- Free Geek Bellingham/Thrift Store - Place you can purchase used-inexpensive technology.
Other services
- Free Geek Bellingham/Technology Support Services - People who help use technology, via phone or email
- Free Geek Bellingham/Tutors - People who help use technology, one-on-one
- Free Geek Bellingham/Training - People can learn new skills and create useful experiences.
Behind the scenes work:
- Free Geek Bellingham/Non-Profit - Details about our non-profit status
- Free Geek Bellingham/Non-Profit/Application - Actual application for Non-Profit
- Free Geek Bellingham/Tax Exempt - Details about our tax exempt status, and options
- Free Geek Bellingham/Tax Exempt/Application - Actual application for tax exempt request