Thousands of Students will Learn how to Dispose of Hi-Tech Trash
High-tech trash, including old computers, televisions and
cellular phones, might be causing environmental problems in El Paso. According to the EPA, circuit boards
and batteries contain toxic materials such as mercury and hexavalent chromium.
Despite that, there are very few federal and state regulations regarding the
disposal of household electronic equipment, and because of that, much of it is
improperly dumped in municipal landfills, creating a danger of contaminating
the soil and the water underneath the site.
With the
purpose of teaching students from elementary to high school about the dangers
of hi-tech trash and how to protect the environment in general, El Paso County
Attorney's Office is helping Keep El Paso Beautiful to organize the Border City
Recycles Day on November 15, 2006 at Tobin
Park Recreation
Center, 8831 Railroad Drive.
This year the recycling theme is "E-Waste".
This daylong
event is sort of a fair with over 25 environmental educational booths, recycled
materials fashion show contests for middle and high school students, recycled
materials toy contests for elementary students, and a recycling relay game
contest for a class prize. County Attorney
José R. Rodríguez will give the opening remarks and explain the rules of the
game.
More than
2,000 students are expected to participate, along with several agencies and
organizations, among them the City Environmental Services, the Texas Commission
on Environmental Quality, the El Paso Water Utilities, Fort Bliss Department of
Environment, and the Environmental Prosecutor for the El Paso County Attorney's
Office.
WHO: County Attorney's Environmental Unit
WHAT: Border City Recycles Day "E-Waste"
WHEN: Wednesday November 15, 2006 from 9 AM to 2
PM
WHERE: Nations
Tobin Park
Recreation Center
8831 Railroad Drive
INFO: Cristina Viesca-Santos 546-2050 Ext. 3054
Cristina.viesca@ca.epcounty.com
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Members of the media interested
in finding out more about high-tech waste in the El Paso
area, please call the Clint Landfill Superintendent for the City of El Paso Environmental Services,
Richards Adams, at 851-0089.
Border City Recycles Day Press Release.pdf
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