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Environment Week at Future Shop Extends Year Round
Environment Week at Future Shop Extends Year Round
Published 06-02-08
Submitted by FutureShop Ltd.
BURNABY, BRITISH COLUMBIA -- (MARKET WIRE) -- 06/02/08 -- Future Shop, Canada's largest retailer and e-tailer of consumer electronics, is encouraging customers to bring in small used electronics to any of its stores across Canada for recycling.
Seven types of small used electronics are accepted free of charge at any Future Shop store: cell phones, MP3 players, portable DVD players, CD players, CDs and ink cartridges. Customers can deposit any of these seven items into the Greentec boxes found in each of Future Shop's 133 stores.
"Canadians are more aware of the global issue of climate change than ever before," said Anita Sehgal, Director Customer Experience. "As the largest retailer of consumer electronics in the country, we want to encourage Canadians to participate in the solution and make it easy for them - which is exactly why we've made our small electronics collection program available in every store - every week of the year."
Future Shop is also working on in-store initiatives to reduce energy consumption and continues to work with its vendors to bring more efficient and environmentally friendly products to market, including Energy Star TVs, appliances and computer monitors. Earlier this year, Future Shop received hundreds of HD-DVD players from customers during a Blu-Ray exchange offer and donated all of the returned units to Boys and Girls Clubs of Canada.
"We're committed to doing our part to help keep electronics out of landfills," added Sehgal. "We want to make it convenient for customers to properly dispose of the products they purchase from our stores - it's a small, simple effort, but an important one."
For more information about in-store recycling at Future Shop and to find out about other e-recycling options in each province, go to www.futureshop.ca/green.
About Future Shop
With 133 stores across the country and the nation's premier web store (www.futureshop.ca), Burnaby, BC-based Future Shop is Canada's largest retailer and e-tailer of consumer electronics. The company employs more than 10,000 technology enthusiasts, has designed its website to deliver unparalleled content about the products it sells and to host an online community forum for both novices and tech-savvy experts to exchange ideas, reviews, tips and other consumer electronics information (www.futureshopforums.ca). As a proud corporate citizen, Future Shop has developed solutions to recycle used electronics (see www.futureshop.ca/green) and is committed to supporting employee volunteerism and non-profit organizations dedicated to transforming local youth into Future Leaders (see www.futureshop.ca/community)
