Tukwila’s Batteries Plus, InterConnection.org offer electronics recycling

InterConnection.org, a Seattle based nonprofit that refurbishes and recycles old electronics for charitable purposes, has partnered with Batteries Plus in Tukwila to offer businesses and individuals an easy and secure way to reuse and recycle their old desktops, laptops, cell phones and LCD monitors.

  • Monday, September 17, 2012 12:55pm
  • Business

InterConnection.org, a Seattle based nonprofit that refurbishes and recycles old electronics for charitable purposes, has partnered with Batteries Plus in Tukwila to offer businesses and individuals an easy and secure way to reuse and recycle their old desktops, laptops, cell phones and LCD monitors.

The new drop off is located at Batteries Plus on 17065 Southcenter Parkway, Tukwila, WA 98188

“With this partnership, we can offer a new outstanding service to our customers and guarantee that their old computers and monitors will benefit our local community through Seattle-based nonprofit InterConnection. We are happy to help – everybody should have access to computers and the internet,” says Guy Miller, manager at Batteries Plus in Tukwila.

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