Dinosaurs & Doorstops: The Gifts That Keep On Giving — Electronics Recycling in Minneapolis, MN

Electronics Recycling in Minneapolis has never been easier…Do you have an old computer “Dinosaur” hiding in the corner of your home office? A broken printer as a ridiculously-large doorstop? Or a long-since-dead-cell-phone-paperweight? They’d make fabulous gifts! What?! They don’t sound much like gifts, do they? But what would you say if we told you that any of these can be a gift that keeps on giving? It’s true, because by donating your dinosaurs, you enable non-profit TechDump and parent company JobsFoundation to: Create job opportunities for economically-disadvantaged adults, right here in Hennepin County, MN Refurbish and offer items for reuse to non-profit organizations at deeply-discounted rates Ensure hazardous and toxic components are properly handled within the US Safely reduce the waste stream De-clutter your personal environment and much more! There’s no denying the alarming statistics of the amount of discarded electronics generated each year (see this fascinating infographic from WellHome.com), but the good news is, there’s gold in them-there hills of E-waste… Gold, silver, titanium, copper, aluminum and more! Tech Dump’s environmentally-friendly recovery process can reclaim precious resources such as these from those old dinosaurs, which in turn allows JobsFoundation to invest in people–providing employment, vocational skills and a brighter future. Of course, our first choice is the most eco-friendly–outright reuse, so we’ll give that a try first. One way we do that is by offering items through online auctions, as well as eBay and craigslist sales. But if reuse isn’t feasible, we’ll recover and recycle, safely and right here in the US…once again providing jobs, through our carefully-screened downstream vendors. This great graphic shows our whole electronics recycling process in living color.

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