{"id":11476,"date":"2025-05-21T13:22:19","date_gmt":"2025-05-21T13:22:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/laprensanewspaper.com\/?p=11476"},"modified":"2025-05-21T13:22:19","modified_gmt":"2025-05-21T13:22:19","slug":"graduate-your-laptop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/laprensanewspaper.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/21\/graduate-your-laptop\/","title":{"rendered":"Graduate Your Laptop"},"content":{"rendered":"

AIM Ecycling partners with Genoa Bank to Recycle It Forward<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Toledo, OH, May 12, 2025: An estimated 30 million computers are disposed of each year in the United States alone.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0With professional refurbishing, many of these can still click their way to operating successfully.\u00a0\u00a0AIM Ecycling of Toledo, has partnered with Genoa Bank to offer an easy solution to keep laptops out of landfills and get them into the hands of students in need of an affordable computer for school.<\/p>\n

The EPA has estimated that only 38% of the 3 million tons of e-waste in the United States is recycled annually.\u00a0\u00a0These electronics, including laptops, contain harmful materials such as cadmium, lead and beryllium. Such materials can only be seen as trace elements but when they add up in volume they can pose a significant threat to the environment.<\/p>\n

\u201cAIM Ecycling is R2 Certified which means we are controlled by very rigid requirements to be sure that all data is securely removed and destroyed, and all elements of the items are 100% recycled with zero landfill waste\u201d said Jeff Norden of AIM. \u201cSo many laptops are discarded for newer models when they still have a ton of life in them.\u00a0\u00a0We want to keep them out of landfills and help get them to students who need an affordable computer option.\u201d<\/p>\n

From now through the end of May,<\/strong> laptops can be dropped off at Genoa Bank branches in Sylvania, Rossford and Maumee, during bank lobby hours.\u00a0\u00a0All data will be securely destroyed and each machine will be either 100% recycled or professionally refurbished and sold this Fall to students.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur hope is to have a huge selection of perfectly functioning laptops collected and refurbished to sell in early August in a $125-$225 price range\u201d stated Norden. \u201cDrop them off and help us recycle them forward to students heading off to college or local kids in need.\u201d<\/p>\n

Participating Genoa Bank locations include:<\/p>\n

Maumee: 703 Conant St.<\/p>\n

Rossford: 9920 Old US 20<\/p>\n

Sylvania: 5501 Monroe St<\/p>\n

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