Al Dahlberg, Project Get Ready

As a follow up to yesterday's blog, I wanted to post two more items from Al's email update:  1. Planet Forward PBS Special:
For those who missed last week's Planet Forward PBS Special, Project Get Ready RI was featured as one of seven Energy Innovation finalists.
For the clip, go to: http://planetforward.org/productions/al-dahlberg/

2. Sierra Club Electric Vehicles Campaign:

The Sierra Club has launched a new national Electric Vehicles campaign at www.sierraclub.org/ev working to promote EVs as an important way to reduce emissions and our dependence on oil.  Sierra Club is asking businesses, public interest groups, and municipalities throughout the country to sign the attached petition as a way to demonstrate to policymakers, the media, and the general public that there is broad support for EVs and the local, state, and federal plans and programs needed to make them a success. It's not meant to advocate for any specific policy or bill, but rather to demonstrate widespread support for the issue.  The deadline for signing is April 29.   If interested, review the attached petition and contactgina.coplon-newfield@sierraclub.org.

I have the petition and will send it to you if you'd like to read it and sign it.  Please comment on the blog or send us an email.

Also, here is some Earth Day stuff going on, much of which you can benefit from financially by participating:

Earth day promotions are flooding our inbox. Here are some that caught our attention.

• Electronics manufacturer LG is backing the “Great American Cleanup”. Last year the country recycled 7.2 million pounds of consumer electronics during the campaign, LG is hoping to top that figure this year.

• Healthcare giant Kaiser Permanente and charity thrift store chain Goodwill Southern California will be collecting electronic waste at Kaiser locations from Bakersfield, Calif., to San Diego, Calif.

• Electronics retailer Radioshack is offering customers the chance to win an eco-friendly car. Customers will be entered into the draw for an electric Nissan LEAF when they trade in and recycle used electronic devices at the store in return for money off a new product.

• Beginning mid-April, cosmetics company Avon will sell the fundraising aluminum “Hello Green Tomorrow” water bottle. Avon will contribute all proceeds from the sale of the bottle to The Nature Conservancy for continuing efforts in the Atlantic Rainforest in South America and to World Wildlife Fund for their reforestation projects in Indonesia.

• And Office Depot will be accepting used writing equipment for vouchers off new merchandise. The used pencils, pens and markers will be sent to TerraCycle which will turn them into new office supplies.

At Arpin, we have run many e-waste events,  all of which has generated profits and kept electronics out of the landfill.  Let us know if you need more information on what qualifies as e-waste.