• By ROBIN SCHWARTZ
  WJBK | myFOXDetroit.com

REDFORD, Mich. (WJBK) — When a hammer meets an old television, you know that TV’s lifespan is over.

Workers at GEEP, or Global Electric Electronic Processing, in Redford don’t mess around. Their warehouse on Beech Daly is where outdated technology has a date with destiny. It’s completely dismantled so tons of plastic, metal and glass can be salvaged and recycled.

“E-waste contains toxic material. We want to divert any toxic materials from the landfills so it doesn’t contaminate our grounds or the water,” said Doug Verkeyn.

The company, which started in Canada, says out of 40-million tons of e-waste worldwide, only 21-percent actually gets recycled. The average person generates about 20 pounds of e-waste every year and because technology is rapidly changing, it’s the fastest growing type of waste.

One big part of GEEP’s operation is taking precautions against identity theft.

“We have software to do the data wiping and/or we have a hard drive shredder to shred the data off a hard drive,” Verkeyn explained.

The electronics recycler is teaming up with FOX 2, the Better Business Bureau and Greenpath Debt Solutions for Earth Day. People can bring up to three boxes of documents to be shredded by Cintas, and GEEP will collect old computers, laptops, keyboards, monitors, printers, TVs and more. Everything gets recycled and you can protect your identity and the environment.

“We got to think of our kids, the future generation, so if everyone can kind of do their thing by doing the responsible thing, just a better health and safety for our little ones in the near future,” Verkeyn said.

Usually there is a small fee when you drop off computers or monitors, but GEEP is collecting e-waste free of charge as part of Secure Your ID Day. It’s Saturday, April 21 from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. at the BBB offices at 26777 Central Park Boulevard in Southfield.

If you can’t make it there, an e-Clutter for Kids event is also taking place Saturday from 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. at E Title Agency, 1650 West Big Beaver in Troy.

You can also recycle e-waste free of charge the following Saturday, April 28, from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. at Martin Luther King, Junior High School in Detroit.

Link: http://www.myfoxdetroit.com/dpp/news/foxe_reports/geep-collecting-e-waste-free-of-charge-on-earth-day-20120420-ms

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