FREE E-WASTE Recycling Day A Resounding Success for our Community! Simi Valley Education Foundation recently held its first-ever E-WASTE Recycling Day for items such as computers, laptops, monitors, televisions, scanners, cell phones, printers, fax machines, answering machines and keyboards. Don't call it junk -- it's e-waste. In its prime, perhaps only a year or two ago, it was the largest monitor, the fastest computer, the "newest and latest” TV. Today, it's e-waste: outdated, unwanted electronic equipment, plucked from closets, spare bedrooms and garages and now was recycled at this community-wide recycling day. More than 90,000 pounds of e-waste was collected, sorted and recycled. Why all the fuss about tossing electronic gear? Many safe, common household electronics contain hazardous materials that are toxic when released into our environment. Laws place restrictions on where and how the public can dispose of electronic equipment. Some components can be recycled while others contain dangerous levels of toxic substances and shouldn't be placed in garbage headed for landfills. Our recycling day allowed our community the opportunity to be environmentally responsible by ridding themselves of e-waste at no cost. And what's more -- all proceeds went directly to our public schools!!