Gildan New Mexico Bowl E-Waste Recycling Event

GILDAN NEW MEXICO BOWL GOES GREEN

The Gildan New Mexico Bowl and ESPN are upping sustainability efforts to create awareness and educate the residents of Albuquerque and its’ neighboring communities about the steps necessary for a green future.

In conjunction with the pre-game Fan Fest on Saturday from 9 a.m. to Noon in University Stadium’s North Stadium 4 lot, Waste Management with ESPN will host a Community E-Waste Recycling Event where up 10 items will be collected from each household for free. Items like DVD players, VCRs, stereos, home phones, cell phones, iPods, iPads, PDAs, Blackberry’s, monitors, CPUs, laptops, desktop printers and faxes, mice, cables and keyboards are acceptable. Business and commercial e-waste are not permitted. Televisions, smoke alarms, large appliances and medical devices are not acceptable.

ABOUT WASTE MANAGEMENT Waste Management, Inc., based in Houston, Texas, is the leading provider of comprehensive waste management services in North America. Through its subsidiaries, the company provides collection, transfer, recycling and resource recovery, and disposal services. It is the largest recycler in North America and a leading developer, operator and owner of waste-to-energy and landfill gas-to-energy facilities in the United States. The company’s customers include residential, commercial, industrial, and municipal customers throughout North America. To learn more information about Waste Management visit www.wm.com or www.thinkgreen.com.

Local WM contact information: Janette Coates, Communications Manger, jcoates@wm.com