[clearsky] Battery Recycling on Campus

[Holly Holmes]

Don't throw away batteries, old cell phones and
printer cartridges...recycle them at the Illini Union.
 See below...

--- SECS <aanelos2 at uiuc.com> wrote:

> From: "SECS" <aanelos2 at uiuc.com>
> To: <hholmes2 at uiuc.edu>
> Subject: Battery Recycling on Campus
> Date: Thu, 24 Apr 2008 17:19:05 -0500
> 
> Dear Holly,
> 
> Please take the time to share the information below
> and the flyer (located
> at:
>
https://netfiles.uiuc.edu/jmfox2/shared/BatteryFlyer.pdf)
> with members
> of your campus organization. The information
> presented is invaluable to our
> campus, community, and environment.
> 
>  
> 
> As you can expect with a campus of this size,
> recycling is consistently an
> important issue.  Battery recycling has become a
> recent concern as battery
> usage has dramatically increased over the past 10
> years.  The harmful metals
> from batteries can seep from land wastes into our
> water or enter our air
> after being burned.
> 
>  
> 
> We can each do our part to alleviate these dangers
> as well as reduce the
> volume of landfills.  Switching to rechargeable
> batteries helps reduce the
> overall volume of batteries, and rather than
> disposing of batteries in the
> trash, there are currently 2 battery recycling
> drop-off locations on campus.
> Our organization oversees these drop-off locations
> to ensure batteries are
> properly recycled.
> 
>  
> 
> Simply toss your used batteries (as well as old cell
> phones and ink jet
> cartridges) into the designated recycling bins
> located within the Illini
> Union: one next to Serendipity and one within the
> Vending Room.
> 
>  
> 
> You can even create your own drop-box at your
> meetings, office, or chapter
> house.  Collections can be dropped off at any time
> at the locations listed
> above.  
> 
>  
> 
> The Illini Union finances this service and our
> organization works to
> maintain the project specifically for the campus. 
> If you have any
> questions, don't hesitate to contact me at Students
> for Environmental
> Concerns (SECS) email address: secs.uiuc at gmail.com
> or visit our website:
> http://www.secs-uiuc.org/
> 
>  
> 
> We wish your organization much success and hope you
> can support this
> recycling campaign.
> 
>  
> 
> Sincerely,
> 
> Chelcie Eller 
> 
> Battery Recycling Chair, SECS
> 
> 


Holly Holmes
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