{"id":20228,"date":"2012-10-15T04:16:33","date_gmt":"2012-10-15T09:16:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/utnews.utoledo.edu\/?p=20228"},"modified":"2012-10-12T14:10:10","modified_gmt":"2012-10-12T19:10:10","slug":"electronics-recycling-program-to-be-held-this-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/10_15_2012\/electronics-recycling-program-to-be-held-this-week","title":{"rendered":"Electronics recycling program to be held this week"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Have an old computer, printer or scanner you need to get rid of? How about a stereo and speakers?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/99.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/99.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"99\" width=\"143\" height=\"135\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-20229\" \/><\/a>The University of Toledo\u2019s Society for Environmental Education, in partnership with Recycle I.T. USA, will sponsor a recycling program to help people dispose of unwanted electronic items that may contain hazardous materials.  <\/p>\n<p>The drive will be held Monday through Friday, Oct. 15-19, at the UT Federal Credit Union\u2019s main office, 5248 Hill Ave.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, people can dispose of electronics in a safe, responsible and efficient manner from 3 to 6 p.m. on Main and Health Science campuses:<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Monday, Oct. 15 \u2014 Drive up to the Student Union bus loop, and<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Tuesday, Oct. 16 \u2014 Drive up to Mulford Library.<\/p>\n<p>According to Recycle I.T. USA, when disposed of in a traditional landfill, harmful materials that are used in many electronics, such as lead and mercury, work into the environment and can be potential health risks to the surrounding area and its inhabitants.<br \/>\nSpecific recycling programs helps to ensure that all of the waste material is properly handled.<\/p>\n<p>The program will not accept television sets during the week. <\/p>\n<p>Further information and a list of items that can be recycled can be found <a href=\"http:\/\/www.recycleitusa.com\/recycle.htm\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Electronic items \u2014 everything but televisions \u2014 can be recycled this week at the UT Federal Credit Union&#8217;s main office and on select dates and times on Main and Health Science campuses.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":565,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,7],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20228"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/565"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20228"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20228\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20228"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20228"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20228"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}