Raise money for the Switzer Learning Center by recycling your electronic waste at a Sam's Club sponsored event in Torrance on Saturday, January 26, 2008 at 2601 Skypark Drive, California, 92505. This special event provides a tremendous opportunity for the entire city of Torrance and surrounding communities to properly dispose of obsolete monitors, televisions, computers, printers, mcopiers, fax machines, iPods and cell phones. This free collection event will be held between the hours of 10am and 3pm. Consumers can drop off mtheir obsolete consumer electronics at the ease e-waste truck that will be located at the Sam's Club parking lot in Torrance.

Sam's Club and the Switzer Center are partnering with ease e-waste, a California EPA certified company specializing in the collection and recycling of electronic waste. This joint effort increases awareness about the importance of recycling and provides an easy and cost-free way for consumers to properly dispose of their electronics.

Most consumers recognize that the effects of hazardous materials in electronics can best be combated by recycling. The act of recycling prevents the potential contamination of water resources and helps preserve the earth's environment. The public's desire to participate in the responsible disposal of their consumer electronics has been answered with e-waste collection events sponsored by Sam's Club and ease e-waste.

For more information regarding this e-waste collection event, new laws regulating e-waste handling and how the materials are recycled call Darla Dunlop at (310) 328-3611 or visit http://www.ease-e-waste.com.

Companies with a large number of items to dispose should contact ease e-waste at 1-866-548-8100 to arrange electronics recycling.