Electronic Recyclers Presents Earth Day Proceeds to City of Fresno; Fresno Mayor Accepts Check From John S. Shegerian.

FRESNO, Calif. -- Electronic Recyclers delivered an oversized check to Fresno Mayor Alan Autry at Fresno City Hall today in recognition of proceeds collected from the city's first eWaste-related Earth Day event. Electronic Recyclers, which is headquartered in Fresno, is the state's largest recycler of unwanted electronic equipment and devices. The company had partnered with the City of Fresno this past Earth Day -- resulting in the largest Earth Day eWaste collection event in the region's history.

Electronic Recyclers' President and CEO John S. Shegerian also announced before the Mayor and City Hall that Fresno area residents had recycled over 147,000 pounds of unwanted items, including 78,000 pounds of SB20 (state recognized and covered) electronic waste. Shegerian and Electronic Recyclers had pledged to contribute proceeds from the collection to the city of Fresno and today presented Mayor Autry with a check for $15,631.46.

"We're extremely proud to have partnered with the great City of Fresno for this groundbreaking event," said Shegerian today at City Hall. "We are excited to help support this City's continued efforts to create a better, cleaner Fresno. This whole exercise has been a rewarding eye opener in terms of receiving support from the people of Fresno - with more than 700 cars arriving to drop off electronic waste between the hours of 7 and 4 on the day! It's great to be able to give something back to those people today as a thank you for their effort and responsibility as recyclers."

Funds that were collected will go toward the support of programs including Operation Clean Up, litter control, street sweeping and more.

"The City of Fresno is committed to recycling," said Mayor Alan Autry. "Electronic waste is an increasing problem. Each year, we replace our electronic devices with newer and faster versions, leaving the old versions to gather dust. Businesses like Electronic Recyclers not only offer an environmentally safe solution, they preserve valuable contents of the E-Waste materials such as metals, plastics and glass."

Electronic Recyclers, as the largest electronic recycling facility in the state, is capable of processing more than 5 million pounds of e-waste per month. Electronic Recyclers also provides central California with its first facility for dropping off unwanted televisions and computer monitors free-of-charge, Monday through Saturday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

The largest recycler of electronic waste in the State of California, Fresno-headquartered Electronic Recyclers is licensed to de-manufacture, recycle and crush the cathode ray tubes found in computer monitors, televisions and other types of video equipment. For more information about e-waste recycling and Electronic Recyclers, call 1-800-884-8466 or visit http://www.electronicrecyclers.com