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Electronics recycling event to benefit local animal shelter
"Computers for a Cause" funds will be donated to Homeward Animal Shelter
FARGO — Residents can securely recycle old computers and help a local animal shelter in the process.
North Dakota E-Waste is hosting "Computers for a Cause" so individuals or businesses can bring computers and other electronic devices to be recycled, and hard drive data will be securely destroyed, according to a press release. For every computer recycled, ND E-Waste will donate $5 to Homeward Animal Shelter.
The recycling event runs from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. in the parking lot of the Holiday Inn Fargo, 3803 13th Ave. S.
Laptop and desktop computers will be accepted as well as printers, copiers, fax machines, stereos, satellite receivers, VCRs, DVD players, cellphones, office phones, network and server equipment, tablets, handheld devices, video game consoles, cords and power supplies.
Televisions and computer monitors will not be accepted at the event, according to the release.
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Anyone interested in watching their hard drive be shredded can do so at a discounted rate of $5 for each hard drive.
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