Planning Your Electronic Recycling Collection Event

Planning Your Electronic Recycling Collection Event

January 20, 2025 UER Team No Comments

Effective planning and organization are key components in ensuring the successful implementation of an electronic recycling or Clean Sweep initiative.

Who Should Organize the Event?

Effectively managing logistics is crucial when organizing an electronics recycling event. While it may appear straightforward to have volunteers or city staff manage the unloading process, entrusting this task to a professional electronics recycler offers significant advantages. Relying solely on your own team can lead to extended wait times, increased frustration for participants, and a prolonged event duration. Moreover, most volunteers and staff lack the specialized expertise required to handle diverse electronic items safely and efficiently. Partnering with an experienced electronics recycler ensures a seamless workflow, proper handling of materials, and compliance with environmental standards. This collaboration not only enhances the event’s overall success but also leaves participants with a positive and organized experience.

What Should be Covered in Planning?

When it comes to planning a collection event its important to plan a meeting with interested groups. Set an agenda to include decision on the following:

  • Basic Information – Type of collection, potential dates, frequency of collections (Spring & Fall are peak seasons for collection events), point of contact
  • Materials to be collected- What items will be accepted for recycling or not, which will affect collection cost
  • Areas covered- Will this be a city only event, multi-city, or county event? Will participants need to provide proof of residency? (If required, city staff typically check utility bills or IDs at the entrance.)
  • Regulatory requirements- Who will be organizing and submitting the necessary documents?
  • Public Education-How will your residents find out about the event? Many municipalities inform residents about a Clean Sweep or Collection Event by including a notice in the water bill six months ahead of time. Posting the event on your city’s calendar and promoting it on social media are also great ways to raise awareness. Additionally, as the electronic recycling vendor, we feature the event on our website calendar.
  • Non-Electronic Waste – Municipalities often enhance their Collection Events or Clean Sweeps by including paper shredding services for added convenience to residents. United Electronic Recycling operates Mobile Shred It, a NAID Certified paper shredding company that offers on-site mobile shredding, enabling your events to expand and better meet your community’s needs in a single, convenient setting.

Plan Your Next Collection Event With UER

With over a decade of local recycling experience supporting 5000+ events, UER has the ability to take our best practices and tailor a program to your unique needs and goals. UER will be your partner in every step of the process, from location selection, event promotion, event set up, labor and event management to final reporting at recycling completion. Collection events are a cost efficient way to divert thousands of electronics from the landfill as well as providing a positive experience for residents. Plan your next collection event with UER. 

 

I wanted to take a moment to share some glowing feedback from our team regarding the event. Our residents were extremely pleased with your team’s service. We had a great turnout and – impressively – no one waited more than 20 minutes in line. Your team was friendly, efficient, and more flexible than past vendors, which we greatly appreciated. Our staff was additionally impressed by your preparedness and the ease of collaboration. On a personal note, it was a relief for me to be able to hand over the reins to your staff and reduce the number of our own team members needed to facilitate the event. Our staff puts in a very full week M-F, so Saturday events are historically hard on morale. Having confidence in your team meant our staff could take a much-deserved day off, and that has significant value to me.

-Feedback from a Municipality

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