Marian University’s e-waste recycling event collected nearly 1,000 pounds of electronics, giving discarded devices a second life and preventing harmful waste from entering landfills.
The story of e-waste is a familiar one: a phone that no longer holds a charge, a television that’s too bulky for modern living rooms, a keyboard missing a few too many keys. Too often, these items end up in landfills, where they can leach harmful materials into the environment.
On September 18, Marian University invited the community to take a different path. At a free E-Waste Recycling Event, nearly one thousand pounds of discarded electronics, everything from computers and copiers to cell phones and televisions, were collected for responsible recycling.
It’s a small snapshot of a much bigger challenge. According to the EPA, e-waste is the fastest-growing municipal waste stream in the United States, and less than a quarter of it was formally recycled worldwide in 2022. Yet within these broken or outdated devices are valuable, finite resources that can be recovered and reused.
By partnering with RecycleForce, Marian University is helping to write a new story for old technology—one that emphasizes sustainability, reuse, and extending the life of products rather than throwing them away.
