E-Waste Systems, Inc. & Ohio Valley Goodwill Celebrate Inaugural Earth Day Electronics Recycling Event
April 30 2014 - 10:35AM
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E-Waste Systems, Inc. & Ohio Valley Goodwill Celebrate
Inaugural Earth Day Electronics Recycling Event
April Recycling Drives Deliver Over 80,000 Pounds of Discarded
Electronics for EWS Cincinnati
CINCINNATI, OH and IRVINE, CA and LONDON, UNITED
KINGDOM--(Marketwired - Apr 30, 2014) - E-Waste Systems, Inc.
(OTCQB: EWSI) ("EWSI," "EWS," "eWaste Systems," or the "Company"),
an electronic waste management, environmentally focused services
and technology company, participated in Goodwill's first-ever Earth
Day electronics recycling event.
EWS personnel from the newly opened Cincinnati facility joined a
group of enthusiastic Goodwill employees at Ohio Valley Goodwill's
headquarters location in the village of Woodlawn, and together they
collected over 20,000 pounds of old electronics. Residents were
pleased to have the outlet for their obsolete items, and were
surprised that the opportunity existed to donate items rather than
having to pay fees.
"With the opening of our new facility and so many burgeoning
local relationships, we are creating a strong presence in the
greater Cincinnati area," commented Julie Peterson, President of
eWaste Systems. "This event with Ohio Valley Goodwill marks yet
another important milestone in our goals of achieving total
sustainability because it is raising awareness on an issue that is
long overdue, and it's through a partnership with an institution
built on the very foundation of responsible re-use and
recycling."
Goodwill is more often associated with clothing and furniture,
but Ohio Valley Goodwill announced earlier in the year that they
have been accepting electronics at each of their locations for the
last two years and point to the fact that working with Goodwill
means engaging in responsible recycling practices that have been
driven by over a hundred years of re-use and recycling
programs(1)(2).
For eWaste systems, electronics recycling drives are excellent
channels for obtaining stock to feed operations. Significant
operational strides have been taken over the course of the last 18
months in this particular aspect of the business both domestically
and abroad. Just one week prior, EWS teamed up with Ohio's AGC
Automotive for their annual e-waste recycling event(3),
representing their largest and most successful event to date.
Combined with the Goodwill Earth Day event, eWaste Systems
Cincinnati was able to collect over 80,000 pounds of feedstock and
expects the trend to continue.
"The demands for proper recycling outlets, particularly for
specialty items, are greater than ever," added Ms. Peterson. "Many
states banned the landfilling of electronics, and many others are
introducing new bills to do so(4), and while this legislation
creates the framework for meaningful progress, there is still
confusion on how to properly dispose of unwanted items. We are
working to change all of that by building a network that will
eventually integrate e-waste recycling as a fixture in our daily
lives, in the way we have seen bottle and can recycling progress in
past decades."
More information about the Goodwill Earth Day recycling event,
including pictures and quotes from the staff, can be found on the
official Ohio Valley Goodwill website:
http://www.cincinnatigoodwill.org/first-ever-goodwill-earth-day-electronics-recycling-celebration-event-huge-success/.
About E-Waste Systems, Inc. E-Waste Systems, Inc. is the first
pure play public company in the emerging waste electrical and
electronics equipment ("WEEE") industry. EWS leverages its
expansive geographical network of affiliates providing best
practices in professional management and state-of-the-art
engineering to companies facing regulatory or other mandates for
handling e-waste. Additional information, including the business
plan summary, pictures and descriptions of the facilities, staff,
and overall progress of the Company is available on the official
website and social media sites: www.ewastesystems.com, Facebook,
Twitter, and Linkedin. Or contact: Investor Relations at:
ir@ewastesystems.com.
About Ohio Valley Goodwill As a member of Goodwill Industries
International, Ohio Valley Goodwill Industries is a part of the
world's largest and most successful network dedicated to providing
employment and training services for people with disabilities and
other barriers to employment. Ohio Valley Goodwill Industries was
founded in 1916; today it is one of the largest providers of
rehabilitation services in the State of Ohio. In 2012 the
organization served 2,981 individuals, and placed 824 people in
community employment. Goodwill served 712 Veterans in 2012, and
recycled more than 42,448,903 lbs of donated material as well as
cardboard, steel and office paper. These numbers add up to
$7,860,996 in government assistance saved, and created a total
economic impact of $68,184,071.
Safe Harbor Statement: Certain statements and information
included in this release may constitute "forward-looking
statements" as defined in the Federal Private Securities Litigation
Reform Act of 1995. Such forward-looking statements involve known
and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which may cause
the actual results, performance or achievements of the company to
be materially different from any future results, performance or
achievements expressed or implied in such statements. Additional
discussion of factors that could cause actual results to differ
materially from management's projections, estimates and
expectations is contained in the Company's SEC filings. The Company
assumes no obligation to update any forward-looking statements as a
result of new information, future events or developments, except as
required by federal securities laws.
(1) Ohio Valley Goodwill Celebrates Grand Opening of New
Recycling Vendor HQ in Springdale! Retrieved from
http://www.cincinnatigoodwill.org/ohio-valley-goodwill-celebrates-grand-opening-new-recycling-vendor-hq-springdale/
(2) First-Ever "Goodwill Earth Day Electronics Recycling
Celebration" Event a Huge Success! Retrieved from:
http://www.cincinnatigoodwill.org/first-ever-goodwill-earth-day-electronics-recycling-celebration-event-huge-success/
(3) E-Scrap Event Returns in Late April. Retrieved from:
http://www.thenewsenterprise.com/content/e-scrap-event-returns-late-april
(4) Sustainable Electronics Initiative Fact Sheet. Retrieved from
http://www.sustainelectronics.illinois.edu/Publications/TN10-005.pdf
E-Waste Systems, Inc. Investor Relations
ir@ewastesystems.com