Verizon, Partnering With 'Keep Grapevine Beautiful,' Holds Recycling Rally on April 5; Urges Grapevine-Area Residents, Businesses to Go Green

GRAPEVINE, Texas, March 26, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Verizon employees and area residents will gather in Grapevine on April 5 to collect unwanted electronics and other material for recycling. As part of the Epic Earth Day Experience, Verizon is partnering with Keep Grapevine Beautiful to host the Grapevine Recycling Rally – which is free and open to the public – and is part of Verizon's commitment to protect and preserve the environment by enabling the public to be green at work and at home. The supplier disposing of the discarded items will adhere to Verizon's zero-landfill objective, meaning the materials will be reused or recycled so that they do not end up in a landfill. Over the past four years, Verizon employees and the public nationwide have turned in over 1.5 million pounds of waste at these rallies.

Recycled items can include glass, plastics and aluminum cans; laptop and desktop computers; CRT (cathode ray tube) and LCD (liquid crystal display) monitors and televisions; computer cables, mice and keyboards; gaming consoles; telephones and answering machines; stereo and audio equipment; paper shredders; alarm clocks; printers; cameras; conferencing equipment; remote controls; earphones; small electronic appliances (such as coffee makers, toasters, toaster ovens and can openers); microwave ovens; vacuum cleaners; and electronic toys without batteries. Hard drives will not be wiped, and all batteries should be removed prior to turning in any items.

Items that will not be accepted include hazardous waste (such as batteries, inks/toners, mercury bulbs); units containing fluid (such as motors and pumps containing fluid); refrigerators and freezers; medical waste, and radioactive material such as X-ray equipment.

Participants will be randomly selected to receive giveaways, including water bottles and tote bags.

SOURCE Verizon