Electronics Recycling on Monroe Park Campus Friday April 6th

Have old cell phones? Computers? A pile up of drained batteries?

We will be collecting all unwanted electronics that you may have.
(Exceptions include incandescent light bulbs and very large e-waste such as refrigerators.)

Let your friends know we are recycling hazardous electronic waste! We'll see you this Friday, April 6th at the sidewalk between Student Commons and Cabell Library.

NOW ALSO COLLECTING UNWANTED T-SHIRTS! These will be up-cycled into reusable shopping bags for this years Earth Day celebration - a Student and Community Market!

We will be taking other hard-to-recycle items:
-#5 plastic containers (clean/rinsed)
-Corks
-Personal care products packaging (lipstick cases, mascara tubes, eye shadow cases, shampoo bottles, etc. Not accepted: hair spray cans, nail polish bottles and nail polish remover bottles. For a full list click here:
http://www.terracycle.net/en-US/brigades/personal-care-and-beauty-brigade.html
-Scotch tape packaging (plastic tape dispensers, plastic tape cores)
-Various promotional items/items you don't use anymore
     -Reusable bags (in good condition)
     -Working USB keys (non-working can be recycled instead)
     -Unused water bottles
     -Unused coffee mugs/travel mugs

Hope to see you out there!

http://www.commonwealthtimes.org/2012/02/06/vcus-green-unity-promotes-electronic-recycling/

Electronics Recycling on Monroe Park Campus

Stop by our table in the VCU Student Commons to recycle your personal electronics and keep the harmful chemicals they contain out of the landfill. We'll also have sustainability info to share, including how to get curbside recycling pick-up.

New! We will be accepting some non-electronic items for recycling/repurposing:

• #5 plastic containers (clean/rinsed)
• Cosmetics packaging (lipstick cases, mascara tubes, eye shadow cases, shampoo bottles, etc., for a full list click here. Not accepted: hair spray cans, nail polish bottles and nail polish remover bottle)
• Scotch tape packaging (plastic tape dispensers, plastic tape cores)
• Various promotional items/items you don't use anymore
• Reusable bags (in good condition)
• Working USB keys (non-working can be recycled instead)
• Unused water bottles
• Unused coffee mugs/travel mugs

Time	Friday, December 2 · 1:00pm - 4:00pm
Location	VCU Student Commons, Lobby 907 Floyd Ave. Richmond, VA
More Info

1st Green Unity "U-Block" Street Clean-Up

Show some love for the VCU and Richmond community by coming to our first street clean up of the semester! Green Unity has already adopted the 100 block of South Pine Street, so help us maintain its beauty by coming out and offering yo HANDS for a couple hours!

You can earn volunteer hours for class and for the goodness of your heart!

Please meet at 1:50pm outside of Mojo's (corner of Cary & Laurel, behind GRC), wear good walking shoes that you don't mind getting rough in & bring your own durable gloves if you have any!

Snacks will be provided, but try to BYO H2O Bottle

Bring your friends!

Beautify RVA!

E[lectronics]-Cycling Drive!

Help Green Unity 4 VCU keep toxic old electronics from filling landfills and destroying the environment by donating YOUR OLD ELECTRONICS to us----because we will dispose of them appropriately and ethically!

Tomorrow · 9:00am - 11:30am

VCU University Student Commons

We accept basically everything! Broken! Misused! Unneeded! Rejected!
-Computers, printers, video game consoles, ipods, radios, surge protectors, batteries, light bulbs, tv's, monitors, clocks, microwaves, printer cartridges, ANYTHING & EVERYTHING!

Just come by our table in the Commons across from the new Pizza Hut to donate! We'll also try to answer any questions you may have and we'd be happy to talk to you about the importance of e-cycling and what will happen to your products once you've dropped them off.

Recycle Your Printer Cartridges & Cell Phones To Support Green Unity

MCV Green Unity is collecting ink jet cartridges, toner cartridges, and cell phones (working or broken) to raise funds to support our sustainability efforts at VCU and the surrounding Richmond community. Your old printer cartridge or cell phone will be recycled or repurposed through Planet Green, which will then provide us with much-needed funds. Recycling drop-off locations are currently located at Sanger Hall (5th, 6th & 11th floor main elevators) and Biotech I (Room 1-146 at Virginia Institute for Psychiatric and Behavioral Genetics). Please email MCV Green Unity to request recycling bins for your VCU building, or for your local business.

You can also support MCV Green Unity by purchasing quality remanufactured inkjet cartridges (100% satisfaction guarentee by Planet Green) . Just visit the MCV Green Unity page at Planet Green (http://www.planetgreenrecycle.com/mcvgreenunity), and click on "Buy Recycled".

• Green Unity wins: By receiving a 15% donation of the price of every inkjet cartridge purchased
• Your win: By saving up to 70% when purchasing high-quality, remanufactured inkjet cartridges vs. the original brand
• The Planet wins: By buying remanufactured inkjets which reduces landfill and helps the environment
• American wins: You are supporting an American Remanufacturer