The same facility will be available for the London and Ontario, consumers from May 1.
Reconnect lets consumers drop off any brand of used computers or computer accessories at participating Goodwill donation centers for no-cost recycling. Donated equipment meeting Reconnect’s criteria are resold, and devices needing repair are refurbished or broken down into parts to be recycled by Dell partners.
Launched in 2004, Reconnect has saved more than 96 million pounds of e-waste from going to landfills and has created more than 250 jobs in the process with Goodwill employees taking care of computer disassembly and disposal, the company claimed.
The expansion, which adds to more than 1,900 Reconnect locations throughout the US and helps Dell’s free computer recycling program assume a global nature.
Jim Gibbons, president and CEO of Goodwill Industries International, said: ”The partnership supports Goodwill’s job training programs, employment placement services and other community-based programs for people who have disabilities, lack education or job experience, or face other challenges to finding employment.”
Mike Watson, senior manager of global recycling services at Dell, said: ”Donating used goods to Goodwill has become second nature for most people. Reconnect exemplifies what sustainability practices can mean to our communities. It gives new life these old systems – or, at least, their parts – and gives deserving people jobs and skills they need to be successful.”
