Over
the Last Four Years, Nearly 100,000 Pounds of Material Collected;
$1,000 Donation Made to Educational Technology Foundation of WNY
Buffalo,
NY (July 17, 2012) – Shatter I.T. and Sunnking Electronics, in partnership with six other
local Buffalo businesses –
EMCS, Channel 7, WBEN, Ozone Design, Business
First, and Rich’s – hosted the fourth annual “ecyclebflo”
event in Lafayette Square on Tuesday, June 26. Area residents and businesses
brought 29,342 pounds of old or unwanted electronics for responsible recycling.
A $1,000 donation was made to the Educational Technology Foundation of WNY, whose
efforts are aimed at increasing the access and equity of technology in
education, especially to under-served populations.
In addition to the electronics
recycling, participants were given the opportunity to smash old printers and
copiers with a sledgehammer in the “Shatter Zone” along with the Sabretooth and
Buster Bison.
“This
annual event gives downtown businesses a convenient way to properly recycle
their obsolete electronics. In its first four years, ecyclebflo has collected –
and responsibly recycled – nearly 100,000 pounds of old electronics. Together
with our partners, we are discussing a number of ways we can further enhance
the ecyclebflo event in 2013 to reach even more businesses and collect even
more waste,” said Peter Ronca, Shatter’s President and Chief Executive Officer.
“ecyclebflo
proved to be a success again this year.
It is a fun event to be a part of and great to see that a group of great
businesses could get together once again to benefit the Educational Technology
Foundation of WNY. We look forward to expanding this program in the future to
help increase the availability of technology in schools and local communities.”
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About
Shatter I.T.
Shatter I.T., http://www.shatterit.com,
is Western New York’s only commercial data center that provides managed I.T.
services from fully staffed, 24/7 facilities. Shatter also provides
co-location services, cloud services (including TB storage options), disaster
avoidance/business continuity, and data backups, including its new SnapShot
product which replicates a customers’ data every 15 minutes.
About Sunnking, Inc.
Founded in 2000, Sunnking Inc. is New York State’s first EPA R2
Certified Electronics Recycling, Data Destruction, & Asset Management
company dealing in end of life electronic equipment. Their facilities located
in Buffalo, Rochester, and Brockport, New York, specialize in collecting,
refurbishing, reselling, and recycling electronic products from residential and
commercial suppliers throughout New York State and surrounding areas. For more
information please visit www.sunnking.com or
call 1-877-860-7866.
About
Educational Technology Foundation of WNY
Educational Technology Foundation of WNY, based in Buffalo, NY,
was founded in 2003 by volunteers and educators eager to enrich the lives of
children by improving their access to technology. Since its inception, Ed Tech
has assisted in the transformation of more than 80 private and public schools
and community centers in the WNY area. Ed Tech provides servers, computers,
printers, scanners, networking equipment, and any other equipment the
organization or school may need. For more information on Ed Tech, visit their
website at http://edtechday.org/.
