Pilot Knob Rotary Club (PKRC) is targeting households in your community and offering a recycling event in conjunction with Redwood Materials and Guyer High School Advanced Placement Environmental Science Students. Our goal is to develop awareness and a movement to "mine the junk drawers of America" for rechargeable electronic devices. There isn't a requirement to extract the battery from the gadget, just bring the entire product to be recycled. The recovery of the essential minerals will help ensure the security of American supply chains for electric vehicle batteries and the electric grid. (Before bringing your device, make sure you’ve deleted all data removed the SIM card, and reset to factory settings. Just the device please-no cords or chargers needed.)
As mentioned, we are working with Advanced Placement Environmental Science students (120 strong) at John H. Guyer High School at 7501 Teasley Ln, Denton, TX 76210 to conduct a one- day collection event on April 13 from 10am to 3pm. The students are taking major ownership designing original art; creating a slogan, logo and jingle; reaching out to their peers via social media, newsletters, family and friends; contacting city and county officials, their own faculty and students; other schools, local businesses, printed media, newspapers, and radio and tv outlets to educate and inform as to why recycling is important.