Congressman Thompson has been the leader in Congress and in the First Congressional District on E-Waste. For the past 5 years we have collected Electronic waste in all 7 counties in his district, setting the trend for other political leaders to do the same at their events.
Steve Wyatt, owner of Computer Recycling Company, comes to most of Congressman Thompson’s annual events and offers free pickup of electronic equipment.
In 2008, Steve collected 201,055 pounds (that is over 100 tons) of E-waste from our events which are then dismantled and safely recycled. In addition, Steve refurbishes the usable computer equipment and donates it to charitable organizations.
Charitable Contributions in 2008 of 3,196 refurbished computers from E-Waste collections have gone to the following organizations:
1,250 - Public schools
600 - Families of service personnel deployed
171 - Local community programs
115 – Home bound elderly through human services offices
100 - UN GAID program in a Peace Corps program
830 – In partnership with Peace Corps to international institutes
50 – Foster youth families in a Boy Scout troop
80 – Foster youth through Philanthropic Ventures Foundation
Collections at Congressman Thompson's events in 2006 and 2007 totalled 640,130 lbs.
In the last 5 years, we have collected over 1 million lbs of electronics at Mike's events.
