Free Geek Washington
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About Free Geek - Bellingham
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, and encouraging Reducing and Re-using of electronics.
"Facilitate 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).
Roles
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.
We have staff ready, willing to help create a solution to your eWaste issues.
- Free Geek Bellingham/Contact Us - How to contact us.
- (If your question isn't answered below)
- 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
- (E-scrap recovery stream)
Businesses who do it responsibly
- Metals - ? NW Recycling, Recycle Northwest
- Plastics - ? Total Reclaim in Seattle
- Circuit boards - ? Hallmark Refining Corp. in Mt. Vernon
- CPUs - ? Hallmark Refining Corp. in Mt. Vernon
- Monitors & TVs - ? Total Reclaim
- Misc. electronics - ? Total Reclaim
- Wood/building materials - ? RE-Store (moving in 18 months, Merdian?)
- Other Electronic equipment - ? RE-Electronics
- Other/undefined:
- (Wa State law by 2009, take it back policy)
- Take-it-back Program, Seattle, WA
- RE-Computers, Seattle, WA
- safety clean ?
- Private company, computers fix-up info (Bellingham other areas)
- Rise-X, mt vernon
- Dell/HP return-it/exchange program
- 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.
- (? non-profit / low-profit, 2nd Hand stores / distribution centers)
- ? RE-Store
- ? Salvation Army
- ? Valu-village
- ? Thriftway
- ? Light House Mission
- ? Mac Renewal
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.
- Educational Surplus programs
- 4-year: WWU
- 2-year : BTC, BCC
- K-12 : Public School District
- ? Other
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
Basic background and template resources
FreeGeek
Online resources, some adapted for Bellingham use.
- Free_Geek_Bylaws - Mission_Statement - Free_Geek_Definitions
- Free_Geek_Intergalactic_Congress - Membership and voice
- Getting_Your_Own_Free_Geek_Started - Case_Studies
- Free Geek Startups - - Talk:Free_Geek_Startups
- Free Geek's status as a nonprofit
- Basic Application - Free_Geek_Bellingham/Application
- Final App -
- Free_Geek_Bellingham/Final_Application_for_Ongoing_Status_as_a_Free_Geek_Franchise
- Site_Analysis_Guidelines
- Outreach - Grant_Writing -
- What's it Worth? - Bellingham/What's it worth? - detailed report on recycling, surplus, and parts resources.
- Recycling_Program_Planning_Sheet