Think Food Program
Found a great website, thINK FOOD, that is helping to feed local citizens via local food banks. thINK FOOD / Phone-for-Food is a multi-partner, cross-sector, environmental fundraiser serving the interests and mandate of the Canadian Association of Food Banks, respective provincial food bank associations and their members.
Their mission is to alleviate hunger and divert waste from landfill sites by raising funds for local food banks through the process of recycling used inkjet cartridges and cell phones.
The process is simple, find a drop-off location near you or set up a collection site in your workplace or school. Once the box is full, it is sent to a central location and sold to the remanufacturing industry. The proceeds from the sale of the cartridges and cell phones are given to local food banks.
Recently my printer ran out of ink and I have had my cartridges sitting there waiting for a good use. Looks like I will be making my way to the local food bank in the next few days. If you live in Canada and have an old cell phone or ink jet cartridges sitting around your house, bring them to one of the drop of locations (type in your postal code on the website and within seconds you have a location).
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Written by steve on October 6th, 2006 with
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