BOULDER, Colo. — Boulder Valley Credit Union has taken anothereco-friendly step toward reducing its environmental impact.

BVCU's IT department, along with its Green Team, organized twocompanywide recycling efforts asking staff and volunteers to bringin their unwanted computers, monitors, TVs, VCRs, DVD players tocollectively dispose of these items in an environmentallyresponsible manner.

Within several weeks, more 100 items were collected.

“It worked out to approximately two items peremployee-volunteer, said BVCU IT Manager Ron Hodel. “The fee wepaid was well worth every penny when you think about the largerpositive benefits gained through reusing and recycling.”

According to Hodel outdated laptops, burned-out monitors,defunct CPU's and small-screen televisions, have historically beena disposal challenge for businesses and consumers not only in theaspect of acceptability but also economically.

As for BVCU's collection efforts, reusable computers will bedonated to nonprofit groups with permission of the originalowner.

Nonreusable, broken and outdated equipment will be sold tocompanies that will achieve the highest recycling rates for thematerial while meeting or exceeding all state and federalregulations for hazardous and solid wastes.

“The potential growth of these programs is very large and is insome ways limited only by our imagination, the capacity of afacility and funding,” said Hodel. “At BVCU it is seen as anopportunity to create yet another significant community service forthe sake of environmental and public health.”

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