Over 10,000 pounds of e-waste leaves town

<i>Todd Roth/NHO</i><br>
Old TVs to be recycled sit on a pallet as the E-Harvesters take a break.

<i>Todd Roth/NHO</i><br> Old TVs to be recycled sit on a pallet as the E-Harvesters take a break.

WINSLOW, Ariz. - Two large trucks with pallets and traffic cones set up in the Safeway parking lot Saturday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on May 22. There were five employees and Earl Campbell from E-Waste Harvesters Inc.

Campbell is president of the company.

Representing The Arizona Department of Environmental Quality (ADEQ) were Mark Schaffer and Byron James. Joseph Jarvis, Code Enforcement Officer; Vice Mayor Harold Soehener; and Peggy Adams, Native American liaison represented the city of Winslow.

There were a number of pallets set out in a line for receiving and stacking of discarded electronics and small appliances. Televisions, computers, monitors, printers, a number of small items and speakers, batteries, and VCRs CDs and DVD players were the main categories of E-Waste accepted.

A few people brought in projection televisions four feet long, which were immediately placed in the trucks separately. A total of 64 vehicles arrived to drop off discarded electronics. The total weight of electronics received to be recycled was 10,758 pounds.

People bringing in their discarded electronics came through steadily all day, filling up two pallets of TVs, two pallets of computers and two huge pallet boxes of small electronics, in addition to everything else.

A notable donor, David Shula, came from Hopi with 25 old computers from the elementary school at First Mesa. The recyclers felt like they had hit the jackpot with the Hopi School District's computer donations.

A number of other large donations came from Hopi residents who took the trouble to bring their electronics in to the Winslow E-Waste site from a significant distance. There were some drop-offs from the Navajo Nation as well.

The drop-off site attracted much attention because it looked to many people like it might be some kind of flea-mart or wholesale electronics operation. There were many cars and trucks cruising by very slowly trying to figure out if the stuff on display was being sold. Some would stop, and were told that we were accepting discarded electronics and not selling anything.

In many cases, a lot of people seemed disappointed because of the very sizeable operation, which would indicate a great selection of electronics.

Unfortunately, although the selection was good, it just wasn't for sale.

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