{"84121":{"#nid":"84121","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Georgia Tech Announces Computer Recycling Event","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Georgia Institute of Technology announces that  Dell Computer Corporation of Round Rock, Texas will hold a one-day computer equipment recycling event in Atlanta on the Georgia Tech campus.  The event will be held at the Alexander Memorial Coliseum parking lot on the Georgia Tech campus on Saturday, July 12, 2003 from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAlexander Memorial Coliseum is located on 10th Street off the I-75\/85 Connector in downtown Atlanta.  Participants are asked to enter the Coliseum parking lot via Fowler Street and 8th Street.  The general public is encouraged to bring any brand of old computer-related equipment-computers, computer monitors, keyboards, mice, printers or other peripherals to the site for collection and recycling by Dell.  There will be no charge for the drop-off of these items on this day only.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EDue to the success of an initial five-city tour earlier this year, Dell extended the tour to ten additional U.S. cities, including Atlanta.  The events are in support of the U.S. Envrionmental Protection Agency\u0027s \u003Cem\u003E\u0022Plug-In to eCycling\u0022\u003C\/em\u003E campaign.  While computers are safe to use, they do contain some environmentally sensitive materials.  These materials can be safely removed or recycled, but only if we all work to keep them out of our landfills. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EOther partner\/sponsors for the Atlanta event include the City of Atlanta, Pollution Prevention Assistance Division (P2AD) of the Georgia Department of Natural Resources, Georgia Recycling Coalition, Emory University Recycling, EPA Region IV and the Georgia Soft Drink Association.  Anyone unable to make it to the event that day may check the following website to locate vendors for recycling these materials throughout the year: \u003Cstrong\u003Ewww.p2ad.org\u003C\/strong\u003E.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EIf you would like to volunteer the day of the event as a greeter, with unloading computers, or directing traffic, please contact the \u003Cstrong\u003EGeorgia Recycling Coalition\u003C\/strong\u003E at \u003Cstrong\u003Egarecycles@mindspring.com.\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/em\u003E\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EFor additional information, contact:\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nRick Jennings\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n323.761.7475\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:rjennings@gci.group.com\u0022\u003Erjennings@gci.group.com\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"Recycle Your Old Computers"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"The Georgia Institute of Technology announces that  Dell Computer Corporation of Round Rock, Texas will hold a one-day computer equipment recycling event in Atlanta on the Georgia Tech campus.  The event will be held at the Alexander Memorial Coliseum parking lot on the Georgia Tech campus on Saturday, July 12 from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. The public is encouraged to drop off their old computers of any brand to be recycled.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27301","created_gmt":"2003-07-08 00:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:02:06","author":"Elizabeth Campell","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2003-07-07T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2003-07-07T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"84131":{"id":"84131","type":"image","title":"Old computers to be recycled","body":null,"created":"1449178102","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:28:22","changed":"1475894704","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:45:04"}},"media_ids":["84131"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.p2ad.org\/","title":"Pollution Prevention Assistance Division of Georgia Dept. of Natural Resources"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.recycle.gatech.edu\/","title":"Office of Solid Waste Management and Recycling"}],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cstrong\u003ELisa Grovenstein\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ECommunications \u0026amp; Marketing\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/contact\/index.html?id=lgrovenste3\u0022\u003EContact Lisa Grovenstein\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E404-894-8835\u003C\/strong\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["lisa.grovenstein@comm.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}