We all do it. Leave big items like TV sets or computers on the sidewalk because you don’t want to add to the trash problem and you hope that someone will have a use for your stuff. Many times, someone will pick it up and put it to use, or strip it for parts, but then, if it’s decided that the item is use-less it’s headed to the landfill after all. iRecycle Computers, along with [SELF] and Cooler Solutions (FULL DISCLOSURE – COOLER is my client!) will be holding Toronto’s first Inorganic Market on Sunday, February 24th at the No Frills in Bloor West Village in an attempt to divert some of the 150,000 tonnes of e-waste (electronic waste) that ends of up in Ontario landfills every year. At this market people, free of charge, can dump all their old monitors, cables, video game consoles, anything really…and iRecycle will safely collect and transfer all of it (read their code of ethics and standards here). It’s gets better…iRecycle will put a portion of the revenue they make from the recycling back into the community. On market day, the public can vote on where they want to see the money go. The goal is to help offset pending taxes on recreational facilities like skating rinks or fitness rooms or kids programs. But this is also a grassroots solution to a city’s growing waste problem and an alternative to bearing yet another tax so that the city can administrate a service. Can you recycle red tape?
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1 Taxes » Toronto’s First Inorganic Market // Feb 22, 2008 at 8:49 pm
[...] Granatstein.ca wrote an interesting post today on Toronto’s First Inorganic MarketHere’s a quick excerptBut this is also a grassroots solution to a city’s growing waste problem and an alternative to bearing yet another tax so that the city can administrate a s ervice. Can you recycle red tape? …The goal is to help offset pending taxes on recreational facilities like skating rinks or fitness rooms or kids programs…. [...]