On Saturday, September 26, Internet broadcast history will be made as worldwide mover, Arpin Group, joins forces with ABC6 (WLNE), Rhode Island News Channel 5, and Cartridge World to produce a televised festival focused on saving the environment.
E-Waste Fest 2009 is a folk festival and e-waste recycling collection event which will be broadcast live on http://www.ewastefest.com from the Arpin Group campus in West Warwick. This daylong campaign will feature musical acts, entertainment and family activities. A percentage of all donations received from electronic waste collections at E-Waste Fest will benefit Save The Bay, a Rhode Island-based non-profit committed to protecting, restoring and exploring the Narragansett Bay.
The headline act is legendary Rhode Island rhythm & blues dance-band Steve Smith & The Nakeds and will be playing from 3-5 p.m. Other local bands will be playing from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. The entertainment schedule is posted on http://www.ewastefest.com and may be subject to change.
E-Waste Fest will accept the following electronic waste items for recycling: CPUs/computers, servers, keyboards, spare computer parts, monitors, laptops, network equipment, mice, laser printers, routers, radios, scanners, fax machines, UPSs, cables and wires, aluminum, copper, cell phones, ink/laser cartridges, TVs, window-unit air conditioners and telephones. All will be accepted for a 20 cents per pound donation. The following items will NOT be accepted at this event: alkaline batteries, white goods, microwaves, toaster ovens and de-humidifiers along with electrical items such as irons, vacuum cleaners, toys and dust busters, etc.
In order to help reduce concerns about identity theft, E-Waste Fest will offer sensitive document shredding services for 35 cents per pound. There will be a mobile shredding truck at the event.
The E-Waste Festival is scheduled to run from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on the Arpin campus located at 99 James P. Murphy Industrial Highway, West Warwick, R.I. However, the e-waste collection and paper-shredding will take place in a separate office complex, adjacent to the Arpin campus at Coastal International, 2 Szydlo Drive, West Warwick, just off J.P. Murphy Highway.
For additional information and updates regarding E-Waste Fest 2009, visit http://www.ewastefest.com.
Contacts:
Robert Beadle, 401-632-6573
Robert@northeastpr.com