The Dahlman Area Teen Effort is collecting and recycling old printer ink cartridges and old cell phones. For each cartridge and cell phone collected, the Dahlman Area Teen Effort with receive a small fee.
DATE uses the proceeds to fund various neighborhood youth projects and activities such as a Summer Olympics and decorating Christmas trees for the residents of the St. Joe Tower Assisted Living Community!
It is easy to participate. Simply drop off your cartridges/cell phones at one of the locations below. If you have several, please contact us. We would be happy to pick them up or send you a postage paid box or envelope for their return.
How can you help?
--If your company uses inkjet cartridges, give them to us
--Advertise the program to your employees
--Act as a collection center
Drop Off Locations:
--Christ Child Creative Learning Center: 11th& Dorcas
--Main Christ Child Center upstairs- 10th & William St.
--Or please contact us and we would be glad to pick them up at: dahlmanneighborhood@juno.com
If your office or company would like to help us, please contact us and we will get you a postage paid collection box or envelope free of charge.
Some facts we found quite interesting if not shocking:
--Over 500,000 inkjet cartridges are deposited in landfills daily
--Over 86% of all the cartridges sold are thrown into the trash
--Inkjet cartridges are made of industrial plastics and take up to 1000 years to decompose
Thank you for supporting the Dahlman Area Teen Effort and our recycling efforts!
