PHOTO BY HOLLIE TOWEY
They came, they loaded,
Development Office Assistant Toni Ciany, Science Department Chair Steve Leslie, Green Power Parts President Ryan Lenartowick and his assistant Charlie Waddell load equipment awaiting recycling onto the Green Power Parts truck.
they carted away Computer recycling on the SG campus BY TONI WALLACE CIANY he recent founding of Green Power Parts, a computer recycling company in Bristol, R.I., laid the groundwork for a partnership that will end up benefiting not only the school and the fledgling company, but also, and most important, the environment we all share. On a warm and sunny October 3, thanks to the local proximity of Green Power Parts, St. George’s was able to recycle safely and
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responsibly 47 CPU processors, 41 IBM laptop computers, 30 laptop hard drives, 10 CD ROM drives, two dozen laptop batteries, keyboards, switchboxes and splitters, 15 modems, 18 battery back-ups, 20 wireless access points, a dozen monitors, hubs and printers, five power switching systems, three large boxes of wires and assorted connectors, two routers, and four dozen boards and network cards. In describing the amount of heavy metals and toxins diverted from the landfill, Steve Leslie, head of the science department and director of marine affairs,