On June 11th, 2014, at the
Canada Science and Technology Museum, the OPCUG will have an
eWaste collection event, in partnership with
Evolu-TIC Outaouais of Gatineau, CompuCorps
of Ottawa and in association with
Ontario Electronic Stewardship (OES).
Items that can be reused will be retained and refurbished, while all
other older or not-useful electronic items will be taken to the processing plant and
properly disposed of safely and responsibly with respect to
OES guidelines. Everyone is invited to rid their homes of items no longer required.
Evolu-TIC Outaouais will collect
the eWaste for recycling, and new this year, CompuCorps
will pick up some of the reusable material for their good causes.
There will be some revenue generated, as well, at a rate of $150 per metric tonne of items
accepted for disposal - so the big old heavy TVs and such are happily taken away.
The OPCUG thanks the museum for the permission to hold the event and to Doug Drouillard
for providing the technical support.
eWaste event location:
Canada Science and Technology Museum, 1867 St. Laurent Blvd., Ottawa -
under the tent near the entrance. The Museum is located approximately 10 minutes
south-east of downtown Ottawa. Exit the Queensway (Highway 417) at "St Laurent South"
and drive 2.6 km to Lancaster Road. Turn left. To reach the Museum by bus, use the
OC Transpo travel planner. For details call OC TRANSPO at 613 741-4390.
Access to the drop off zone:
The drop off zone is under the tent, at the left of the entrance of the museum,.
There is plenty of parking near the tent, please do not block the driveway of the museum.
Let us know if you need some assistance, we will have many volunteers happy to help you.
Schedule:
The eWaste event will be on June 11th, 2014, from 5:30pm to 7pm.
Parking:
Ample parking is available to drop off the items and if would like to stay for the
meeting, the parking is $3 for the whole evening.
Payment methods includes coins, VISA, and MasterCard, and the proof
of payment must be left in the car and be visible in the front windshield. There is no gate
at the entrance, but if they find that your proof of payment is expired or missing, you
will get a city of Ottawa ticket.
Desktop printing devices including desktop copiers and multi-function
devices
Floor standing printing devices including printers, photocopiers,
multi-function devices
Audio and video players and recorders (eg. MP3, cassette, digital)
Computer peripherals including modems
Telephones and answering machines
Cellular phones and pagers
Cameras (web, digital, analog)
Equalizers/(pre)amplifiers
Video players/projectors, digital frames
Personal hand held computers
Scanners, typewriters
Desktop computers
Portable computers
Turntables
Video recorders
Monitors
Televisions
PDAs
Radios
Receivers
Speakers
Pizza night and OPCUG Meeting:
In parallel to the eWaste collection, the OPCUG will hold its pizza night, which is reserved
for all its members only, but feel free to join our presentation at 7:30pm,
all are welcome and it's free. For more information about our meeting please check our
meeting's web page and our
calendar.