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Washington Green Schools is a voluntary, web-based program your school can use to reduce its environmental and carbon footprint. The program provides resources and tools to involve your school community in taking action and assessing the current status of your campus in the following categories: Energy Efficiency Recycling & Waste Reduction Toxics Reduction & Indoor Air Quality Transportation & Outdoor Air Quality Water Quality & Conservation

National Environmental Education Week (EE Week) is the nation's largest organized environmental education event. Held each April, EE Week promotes understanding and protection of the natural world by actively engaging K-12th grade students and educators of all subjects in an inspired week of environmental learning and service before Earth Day. Join the thousands of schools, nature centers, zoos, museums, and aquariums nationwide who have made a commitment to engage students in environmental learning through participation in EE Week! This year's EE Week theme is Be Water Wise! Registered partners will have access to a wide variety of FREE environmental education resources, including:

OLYMPIA - If you're wondering what to do with those unwanted TVs, computers and monitors stored in a garage or back-room, relief is here. E-Cycle Washington is a new program that started on Jan. 1. It allows free and convenient recycling of these electronic products. The makers of these products are providing about 200 collection sites around the state. State residents, small businesses, school districts, small government agencies and charities can bring television sets, computers (desktop and laptop) and monitors to these sites to be recycled. They will pay no fee for this service. There is no need to rush out this weekend - or even this month. E-Cycle Washington is a permanent and ongoing addition to current recycling opportunities available to Washington residents. Many collection sites will be open several days a week and some will be open every day. And the collection network will be continuously improved to meet the needs of the public.

Let's talk about electronic waste, better known as e-waste. STORY TOOLS Years ago, if a toy or appliance broke, your mom or dad would try to fix it, often with mixed results. But few people understand how e-products work, much less how to fix them. When televisions and computers first came out, old ones were often passed down to relatives, charities or to schools. But now, lower prices and rapid development in technology are sending more and more televisions and computers to the e-waste trash heap. Just how many? In 1970, the average household in Washington averaged one television set per household, and personal computers were unheard of. The Department of Ecology estimates that by the end of 2008 there will be one television for every person in the state and even more computers than people.

E-Cycle Washington, a new program that started on Jan. 1, allows free and convenient recycling of TVs, desktop and laptop computers, and monitors only, according to a Jan. 12 press release. The makers of these products are providing about 200 collection sites around the state. State residents, small businesses, school districts, small government agencies, and charities can bring these electronic items to the sites. The program is

Do you have an old TV, laptop or monitor? Now you can easily recycle it for free, thanks to a new state law. The E-Cycle Washington program requires manufacturers to provide recycling services for TVs, desktop computers, laptop computers and monitors at no cost to residents, nonprofits, small businesses, schools and local governments. "The law puts the responsibility of end-of-life disposal costs on the manufacturer, rather than the resident or local government. This is important because recycling is a very expensive process," said Terri Thomas, education and outreach specialist for Thurston County Solid Waste. Before, residents either had to rely on Thurston County's twice-a-year Community Recycle Days or seek out other options, usually at their own expense, Thomas said. Perhaps that's why electronics are the fastest-growing waste stream, she said.

FREE RECYCLING OF television sets, laptop and desktop computers and monitors is available in Jefferson and Clallam counties, thanks to the state's new E-Cycle Washington program. That means no one needs to throw away such gear and add to already stuffed landfills. Households, businesses, school districts, government agencies and nonprofit groups can take advantage of the free program.

Starting January 1, 2009, free year-round recycling of computers, monitors, laptops and TV's will be provided to households, small businesses, school districts and charities at authorized collection sites.

Collectively, state and local government purchase more than $35 billion worth of technology equipment annually*, and has the opportunity to provide leadership in the environmentally sound and cost effective management of electronic assets. The State Electronics Challenge (SEC) is a voluntary program that encourages state, regional, and local governments, including schools and other public entities, to: Purchase greener electronic products. Reduce the impacts of electronic products during use. Manage obsolete electronics in an environmentally safe way.

Free recycling of televisions, laptop and desktop computers and monitors will be available in Clallam and Jefferson counties starting Friday, thanks to the new E-Cycle Washington program. That means no one needs to throw away such gear and add to already-stuffed landfills, said John Friederick of the Washington Materials Management & Financing Authority, organizer of E-Cycle Washington. Households, businesses, school districts, government agencies and nonprofit groups can take advantage of the free program. The state Electronic Product Recycling Act requires electronics makers to pay for E-Cycle Washington, and the companies collecting equipment must adhere to state Department of Ecology standards for responsible recycling. For information visit Ecology's Web site, www.ecy.wa.gov/programs/swfa/eproduct recycle.

The CHOOSE TO RE-USE partnership provides an alternative to the e-Cycle Washington program for reusable or refurbishable laptops and computers. It is available for households, non-profits, school districts, small governments and for-profit organizations with fewer than 50 employees. We urge you to consider submitting your old computers and laptops to the CHOOSE TO RE-USE partnership in order for them to be considered for the best possible form of recycling: Reuse!

Lewis County residents with old computers and TVs will be able to recycle them for free beginning in January, when a new "e-cycle" law goes into effect. A press release from the county said computer towers, laptops, computer monitors and televisions are eligible for the program. A collection center will be set up at the Centralia Goodwill store, at 519 Harrison Ave. Those interested can call the store at 736-3828 for collection center operating hours. Under the Washington Electronics Recycling Law, manufacturers will pay for the program, and it is open to all state residents, schools, small businesses, small governments, special-purpose districts and nonprofit groups

Offer expires July 31, 2009.

50 students recieving financial aid and in community college revieved refurbished computers

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