Results of Arvest E-Waste Recycling Event

Posted on Oct 19, 2011

Last week Arvest Ballpark held the second Northwest Arkansas Free E-Waste Recycling Event. The event was sponsored by Washington County Office of Environmental Affairs, Boston Mountain Solid Waste District and the three area watersheds – Illinois River Watershed, Beaver Watershed and the White River EPA Watershed.

This year’s event kept 24 tractor trailer rigs e-waste stacked one Gaylord box high from entering landfills!

gaylord box

This is the size of a Gaylord box

That is a lot of e-waste! Last year’s event collected 22 tractor trailer rigs. Via Mitchell Williams

All of the e-waste is taken to ESCO of Rogers, Arkansas. Every 500,000 lbs of e-waste collected generates one new job. ESCO has added 50 new jobs in 2 years! So keep recycling and help generate NWA jobs! 

Visit 40/29 to watch a short video of the event!

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