PETERSBURG – Petersburg Indian Association’s first-ever e-waste program sent 15,000 pounds – a full 40-foot shipping container – of electronics to Seattle to be recycled.
The program ran June 30 to Aug. 30 and offered locals free disposal of unwanted electronics in an effort to keep harmful elements found in electronics, like lead and mercury, from contaminating the environment.
PIA Tribal Resource Director Jason Wilson said community members brought home electronics like televisions, boat electronics like radios and sonar equipment, and office equipment including computer monitors, fax machines and printers to be recycled through the program.
Alaska Marine Lines shipped the container full of e-waste to Seattle-based company Living Green Technologies where items will be refurbished or recycled.
An Environmental Protection Agency grant funded the program.
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