The Weld County Department of Public Health and Environment (WCDPHE) will host four community electronics recycling events over the next two years thanks to a $100,000 funding award from the state’s Supplemental Environmental Project (SEP) program.
SEPs are environmentally beneficial projects that a company agrees to fund as part of the settlement of an enforcement action for environmental violations. In this case, Owens-Brockway Glass Container Inc. reached a settlement with the state following air quality permit violations. As part of that settlement, the company proposed funding an electronic waste – or e-waste – recycling initiative administered by WCDPHE.
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