iRecycle Computers

• The Inorganic Market is owned and operated by the Social Entrepreneur Launch Factor .
  
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Visit  inorganicmarket.ca for full details.

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CHOOSE. EMBRACE. LEARN. You have a choice...Bring your e-waste to Downsview Park on August 9th, 2008.  Hours:  10am-4pm.

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July 5, 2008 - Inorganic Market™ at the 4^th Annual York-Eglinton BIA/Tim Hortons Clean-up Day on Saturday, July 19^th.

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June 30, 2008 - The Inorganic Market now has its own site! 

Visit the new site:  http://inorganicmarket.ca

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• June 28, 2008 - About 3000 lbs of electronic equipment was collected and diverted from landfill at the Strawberries and Asparagus Festival.  Thank you to all who helped make the event a success!

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May 07, 2008 - Inorganic Market™ at the Strawberries and Asparagus Festival June 14, 2008.  iRecycle Computers will be doing a full collection for electronic equipment.  Based on the iRecycle Colour Zones, Green, Yellow, and Red zone inorganic materials will be collected.

Collected materials include:

 

                                    Desktops                                  Monitors (LCD, CRT)

                                    Laptops                                     iPods and MP3 Players

Printers and Scanners                Keyboards and Mice

Cell phones                               Wires and Cables

Routers (Wired & Wireless)        Fax Machines

Digital Cameras                         Speakers

Video Game Consoles               Stereos and receivers

Backup Power Supplies (UPS’s)

 *Hard drives are wiped clean and shredded.

A portion of working components will be reused for donation to those in need.  Non-working items will be recycled by certified recyclers ensuring zero landfil.

Event details:
433 Arlington Ave
Toronto, ON, M6C 3A6
11am-5pm


Strawberries and Asparagus Festival 2008 Details:

“Strawberries & Asparagus” is a community celebration of all things green. This day-long festival in Toronto’s Cedarvale Park promotes public space, local and organic food, local sustainable business, nature appreciation, music, and fitness & health. We’ll have healthy snacks, activities for children and adults, live music on our solar stage and a marketplace for green businesses and environmental organizations. Don’t miss Juno-award winning singer Jen Gould’s children’s concert on our solar stage at 1.00pm. This not-for-profit event is organized each year by EvolutionGreen.Com and human capital partner Green Neighbours 21, a grass-roots environmental group in Toronto’s Ward 21.

Full information at Cedarvale Park website:  http://www.cedarvalepark.com/2008/04/11/strawberries-and-asparagus-june-14th-2008/

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April 18, 2008 - Members of the Social Entrepreneur Launch Factor are promoting the Inorganic Market at Bridlewood Mall on April 19th and at Downsview Park on April 20th!  Come visit us!

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April 14, 2008 - We're going to be at the Green Living Show on April 25th to April 27th.  Our technical partner iRecycle Computers has sponsored a booth for us to promote the Inorganic Market™.

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April 14, 2008 - The concept of the Inorganic Market™ has been updated.  It lists the principle stakeholders and purpose of the Inorganic Market™

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March 18, 2008 - From the success of the event, at least three additional events will take place throughout Toronto.  Inquiries from individual communities, companies, and municipalities are evidence of the Inorganic Market's need and success.


You might consider gathering your friends, neighbours, street, co-workers, or company and we can help you conduct your own Inorganic Market. 














Click on photo for larger size.

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All participating organizations would like to thank everyone who brought inorganic materials to contribute to the success of the first-ever Inorganic Market™ on February 24.

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  Special thanks to Nicholson’s nofrills for their efforts and support.  The Inorganic Market™ would have been incredibly difficult to have without them.
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First-ever Inorganic Market™ in the media:

    The Toronto Star - "A heaven for electronic junk" read article here
    The Toronto Sun - "One man's trash is another ..." read article here
    Swansea Town Hall - "February 2008" read blog here
    The Manual - Read blog here

Stay tuned for more articles and photo's!

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Inorganic Market™ details:

Community event for the collection of unwanted electronic equipment.

The Inorganic Market™ is a community event owned by the non-profit Social Entrepreneur Launch Factor [SELF] .  iRecycle Computers is the technical partner responsible for the collected materials.  The event is part of a wider community-based project which will provide more opportunities for community  electronic waste recycling in Toronto.  The Inorganic Market™ is an opportunity for individuals to make a change at the community level and be positively engaged with the problem of e-waste.  Inquiries from individual communities, companies, and municipalities are evidence of the Inorganic Market's need and success.

 

A portion of the revenue from the Inorganic Market is reinvested in the community to local schools and community facilities.

Working components will be Reused

Non-working will be 100% Recycled

Some suggested inorganic materials:

 

To download Inorganic Market visual in PDF format, click here