Colorado High School Recycling Program Diverts Over 600K Pounds of E-Waste

Students at Canon City High School in Colorado have diverted more than 600,000 pounds of electronic waste from landfills.

The students run a recycling program, Tiger Recycling, and have been working to keep items like laptops, dismantled desktops, cellphones, printers, and more out of local landfills. Tiger Recycling and 3R, its primary vendor, take almost anything that plugs in or runs on batteries.

Tiger Recycling at the school is also certified for recycling by the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment and earns money.

“That program, if you look at it as a whole, these kids learn a lot of skills,” Pete Mikulin, 3R CEO said.

“They take ownership in it every year. They don’t look at it as just a class, they look at it as a company. It is registered with the state of Colorado, and it abides by all the state’s laws and rules for recycling. They are practicing sustainability, diverting materials from the landfills. It’s been pretty cool all these years.”

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