Links
http://freegeek.org/recyclelink.php
updated Shawn 22:57, 23 May 2008 (PDT)
Recycling Link
One of the key parts of our mission is environmental: to reduce waste by encouraging reuse and recycling. When we started out, we knew of only a couple of places doing anything like us. Now, we hear of more like-minded organizations on a weekly basis! We take this as a good sign that people are combining their concern for the environment and desire to help each other.
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Free Geeks in Other Places
To learn what it takes to become a Free Geek, and see if there's a Free Geek in your area (it's possible -- we're international!), check out our Intergalactic page.
Places Like Us
- Alameda County Computer Resource Center
(Oakland, CA) A non-profit organization that's a lot like FREE GEEK, but they've been around longer! [give away refurbished computers, recycle computers, use Free Software]
- The Computerbank Project
(Australia is cool) They're older than us! And they're all over Australia. (Not all of the associated branches may do all of the following: [give away refurbished computers, recycle computers, sell refurbished equipment, provide education, use Free Software]
- (South Perth) Computer Angels
- (Brisbane, Queensland) Computerbank Queensland
- (West Melbourne, Victoria) The founding Computerbank: Computerbank Victoria
- ITShare SA
(Adelaide, South Australia) [give away refurbished computers, use Free Software, provide education, sell equipment]
- Next Step Recycling
(Eugene, OR) Next Step has grown alongside Free Geek since 2002. Next Step offers education, skills training, and computers to its volunteers. [give away refurbished computers, recycle computers, thrift store]
- Marin County Computer Resource Center
(Novato, CA) This is the Marin County branch of the ACCRC, down there in the California. [give away refurbished computers, recycle computers]
- ReLectronics
(Bellingham, WA) ReLectronics is associated with ReStore. [recycle computers, thrift store, use Free Software]
- WITS Inc. (Web Innovations & Technology Services) (Saint Louis, MO) [give away refurbished computers, recycle computers, sell refurbished computers, provide education]
General
- Association of Oregon Recyclers
A non-profit coalition of individuals, governments, not-for-profit organizations and businesses committed to encouraging waste prevention and recycling in Oregon.
- Basel Action Network
A non-profit organization working to stop the dumping of hazardous waste by rich countries into poorer countries.
- City of Portland Office of Sustainable Development Oversees Solid Waste and Recycling management in the City of Portland.
- Freecycle Portland and Freecycle
Re-use is the best way to recycle! Freecycle is an email group that facilitates the transformation of one person's trash to the next's treasure.
- Don't Dump That is the UK equivalent to Freecycle. They use online forums to keep perfectly useful items out of landfils by locating new owners for old stuff.
- Metro Recycling Information http://www.oregonmetro.gov/index.cfm/go/by.web/id=570
The Portland Metropolitan Area Regional Government recycling and waste management resource page. They have information about recycling all kinds of stuff.
- Recycling Advocates
A nonprofit organization based in Portland, involving people in creating a sustainable future through local efforts to reduce, reuse, and recycle.
- Total Reclaim
The BAN-certified e-waste recycling company in Seattle, WA that takes our monitors. They're environmentally responsible, hard-working, and nice people.
- Silicon Valley Toxics Coalition
A grassroots coalition that engages in research, advocacy, and organizing related to the environmental and health problems caused by the rapid growth of the high-tech electronics industry.
- WEPSI (Western Electronic Product Stewardship Initiative) http://www.recyclingadvocates.org/wepsi/
A nonprofit organization creating a dialogue between Electronics manufacturers, the salvage industry, Government and non-profit organizations to deal with the problems of electronic waste. Retrieved from "http://wiki.freegeek.org/index.php/Links"