Goodwill Keystone Area has partnered with Reworld to offer no-cost electronics recycling at its 42 stores and donation center sites located across 22 central and southeastern Pennsylvania counties. Eligible devices — including TVs, computers, mobile devices, gaming systems, toasters and vacuum cleaners — will be repaired and resold; items at the end of their life will be responsibly recycled by Reworld, which has recycled more than 135 million pounds of e-waste to date.
“Electronic waste is the fastest-growing waste stream in the world, and making electronics reuse and recycling easier and more accessible is critical to keeping these materials out of landfills, or worse, illegally dumped,” said Jessica Shirley, Acting Secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection in a statement. “This program reduces waste, reuses items that are still good, and recycles the ones that aren’t.”
The initiative was made possible by the Pennsylvania Recycling Markets Center. Its industry experts mapped Goodwill’s processes and operations as well as interpreting the facility needs of the Goodwill Keystone area. Many counties, including the densely populated Montgomery, Bucks and Chester counties in the Philadelphia suburbs, have lacked comprehensive e-waste disposal services.
“In 2023, Pennsylvania had only nine e-waste recycling sites that would accept any electronic device for recycling at no cost, without limitations,” said Robert Bylone, President and CEO of Pennsylvania Recycling Markets Center in a statement. “The new program at Goodwill Keystone Area now [covers] approximately 45% of the Pennsylvania population.”
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“In partnership with Reworld, we’re flipping the switch on e-waste recycling,” said Ed Lada Jr., CEO and President of Goodwill Keystone Area in a statement. “Donors can now take comfort knowing they have a convenient way of contributing to waste-reduction efforts and are helping to bolster Goodwill Keystone’s mission to advance sustainability in our communities.”
