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America’s Organizations Recycle More than 26 Million Print Cartridges with Funding Factory
ERIE,
Pa., Nov. 2010 — Funding Factory, the company credited with inventing
fundraising by recycling print cartridges in 1998 to create an
opportunity for schools and nonprofits to earn money without selling,
celebrates America Recycles Day and the efforts of more than 50,000
organizations who participated in the program resulting in preventing
approximately 26 million printer cartridges from entering our nation’s
landfills to date.”Schools and parents all across America should be
proud of their efforts teaching children well,” said Sean Michaels,
co-president, Funding Factory parent company Environmental Reclamation
Services. “They should be credited with building the next generation of
environmental stewards. Even preschoolers can help with sorting
recyclables and teens can trade in their old cell phones with Funding
Factory’s sister program, Maxback.com,” he added.America Recycles Day
is the only nationally recognized day dedicated to the promotion of
recycling in the United States. It’s one day to inform and educate, one
day to get our neighbors, friends and community leaders excited about
what can be accomplished when we all work together, one day to make
recycling bigger and better 365 days a year.About Funding Factory
Funding
Factory provides schools, non-profit groups and charities with funding
through recycling. Organizations earn funds by collecting empty printer
cartridges and used cell phones from their communities and supporters.
All program materials and services (including boxes and return shipping
for the items) are free for the participants. Funding Factory has
provided over $26 million in funding to schools and groups across the
country since its inception and is a program of parent company,
Environmental Reclamation Services LLC, headquartered in a Erie,
Pennsylvania. ERS acts as a service provider and supplier to the
worldwide imaging supply marketplace. Founded in 1990, ERS has served as
a respected and integral supply chain partner to aftermarket companies
in the printing supplies and wireless industries. ERS operates from a
72,000 square foot facility and is an ISO Certified, zero landfill
initiative company with more than 97 percent of incoming material reused
or recycled. For more information, please visit http://www.ersusa.com,
http://www.fundingfactory.com, or http://www.maxback.com.
About Keep America Beautiful, Inc.
Keep
America Beautiful, Inc., established in 1953, is the nation’s largest
volunteer-based community action and education organization. With a
network of over 1,200 affiliate and participating organizations, Keep
America Beautiful forms public private partnerships and programs that
engage individuals to take greater responsibility for improving their
community environments. To join America Recycles Day, visit
http://americarecyclesday.org. To learn more about Keep America
Beautiful, visit http://www.kab.org. / http://www.ersusa.com -
AuthorNovember 17, 2010 at 8:25 AM
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