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Kaiser Permanente and Goodwill Industries Lend a “Green” Helping Hand
Kaiser Permanente and Goodwill Industries Lend a “Green” Helping Hand
By: Jason Gutierrez
Topics: Kaiser Permanente, Community News, Eco Frriendly
Posted by Jason1983 Mon Apr 7, 2008 11:27:20 PDT
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On April 22, otherwise known as Earth Day, is right around the corner and what better way to celebrate than by participating in Kaiser Permanente’s E-Waste collection day, held in partnership with Goodwill Industries.
What is E-waste you might ask? It is unusable, broken or outdated electronics, or anything that has a plug or uses batteries such as, broken, old and unusable computers, monitors, TV sets, digital cameras, cell phones, printers, fax machines, clocks, phones, radios and DVD/CD/VHS players.
By partnering with Goodwill, the community will be able to quickly and conveniently drop off their personal e-waste from home at our Goodwill-staffed curbside collection station on the day of the event. Goodwill Industries of Southern California has a well-established e-waste collection program, which properly disposes of, recycles, or reuses e-waste through its community education, training, and job replacement services for people with disabilities.
Earth Day is an international day of celebrating the environmental gains that have been made globally, and a reminder that we need to accelerate environmental progress. For over three decades, Earth Day has been gaining momentum and is a perfect time to unite people around new actions to protect our communities, the environment, and the planet.
Kaiser Permanente believes in quality health care and quality living and working environments to further aid its vision. The focus of several major projects that demonstrate Kaiser Permanente’s commitment to environmental stewardship include: green building practices; template hospital design; sustainability practices; renewable energy sources; lower water, toxic chemicals, and energy usage; influencing the creation of and purchasing safer new products; education for future environmentally sensitive architectural designs and construction; the formation of The Global Health and Safety Initiative and many more.
E-waste drop off sites will be hosted at Kaiser’s MingMedicalOfficeBuilding, facing Haggin Oaks Boulevard and Kaiser’s East Hill’s medical office building on the north side of the building.
For media inquires contact Jason Gutierrez at 661-334-2027 or jason.p.gutierrez@kp.org.
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