Let’s keep Hazardous Waste out of our Tacony Creek Park
by Malcolm Bundy, Philadelphia Community Organizer If you’ve ever taken a walk in Tacony Creek Park or volunteered at a clean-up with us, you’ve likely seen plastic jugs of motor […]
Category: e-waste
Christopher Swain Recognized in “Good Men” Project
Check out this awesome video with TTF partner and friend, Christopher Swain, who was recently recognized by Fox Boston’s “Good Men” Project. We’ve been partnering with Christopher on our Ethical […]
TTF Adopted Electronic Waste Code of Ethics at Recycling Drive
With the incredible swimmer/activist Christopher Swain and a fantastic crew of committed volunteers, TTF collected 8,337 pounds of electronic waste at Cedarbrook Middle School last weekend in spite of fierce […]
30 Days to Cleaner Streets Update — Week 3
We’re 22 days into November and our 30 Days to Cleaner Streets campaign is moving along fabulously! This week, we had our most bizarre piece of litter for the whole […]
The Story of Electronics
Check out The Story of Electronics, the latest video from The Story of Stuff Project. This one takes on an issue that is near and dear to us at TTF: […]
Plastics Recycling in Philadelphia
Here at TTF, we talk a lot about how recycling can help to protect our waterways. Our Ethical Electronics Recycling Events help keep dangerous chemicals from electronics from leaching into […]
Another Successful Ethical Electronics Recycling Drive
Thank you SO much to all of our amazing volunteers and to everyone who came out and ethically recycled their e-waste this past weekend! During the drive the parking lot […]
Christopher Swain Video
TTF will be joining forces once again with swimmer/activist Christopher Swain for an e-waste drive on November 21 and 22 at Cedarbrook Middle School (more info here). Christopher is currently […]
E-waste News from PennFuture
Check out all this cool e-waste news from the most recent PennFuture newsletter: Podcast of the Week: Your computer’s dead. Now what? In this week’s podcast, PennFuture’s western Pennsylvania Outreach […]
E-waste Article in the New York Times
Here’s an interesting e-waste article from the New York Times. This one focuses mostly on the confusing patchwork of state laws regarding e-waste. Exactly whose responsibility is it? State governments? […]
More Reasons to Recycle Electronics Ethically
FRONTLINE/World had a great special on electronics recycling the other night. It describes the terrifying world of the global e-waste trade and traces what happens to American electronics once they […]
Ethical Electronics Recycling: A Huge Success!
We wanted to give a great big THANK YOU to everyone who came out for our ethical electronics recycling event this weekend, especially our hardworking volunteers. We’ll be posting detailed […]
Ethical Electronics Recycling
TTF Watershed Partnership Hosts Ethical Electronics Recycling Event to Protect World’s Waterways Ethical Electronics Recycling at Cedarbrook Middle School on Saturday and Sunday, March 28 & 29, 11am-3pm Next Spring, […]