E-Waste Conquered in Kern County on Earth Day
By: Jason Gutierrez
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Posted by Jason1983 Mon Apr 20, 2009 08:02:09 PDT
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Kaiser Permanente and Goodwill Industries Lend a “Green” Helping Hand
April 22, otherwise known as Earth Day, is right around the corner and what better way to celebrate than by participating in Kaiser Permanente’s second annual E-Waste Collection Day, held in partnership with Goodwill Industries.
Last year, Kern County raised over 19,000 tons of E-waste during the nine-hour E-waste drive – the most E-waste to be raised by Kaiser Permanente throughout Southern California.
What is E-waste you might ask? It is unusable, broken or outdated electronics, or anything that has a plug or uses batteries such as, broken, old and unusable computers, monitors, TV sets, digital cameras, cell phones, printers, fax machines, clocks, phones, radios and DVD/CD/VHS players.
By partnering with Goodwill, the community will be able to quickly and conveniently drop off their personal e-waste from home at our Goodwill-staffed curbside collection station on the day of the event. Goodwill Industries of Southern California has a well-established e-waste collection program, which properly disposes of, recycles, or reuses e-waste through its community education, training, and job replacement services for people with disabilities.
Earth Day is an international day of celebrating the environmental gains that have been made globally, and a reminder that we need to accelerate environmental progress. For over three decades, Earth Day has been gaining momentum and is a perfect time to unite people around new actions to protect our communities, the environment, and the planet.
Kaiser Permanente believes in quality health care and quality living and working environments to further aid its vision. The focus of several major projects that demonstrate Kaiser Permanente’s local commitment to environmental stewardship include: green building practices; education for future environmentally sensitive architectural designs and construction; the formation of The Global Health and Safety Initiative and lowering emissions from our courier vehicles.
E-waste drop off sites will be hosted at Kaiser’s Ming Medical Office Building, facing Haggin Oaks Boulevard from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Kaiser’s East Hill’s medical office building on the north side of the building from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m.
For media inquires contact Jason Gutierrez at 661-334-2027 or jason.p.gutierrez@kp.org.
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