Quebecor-sponsored electronics recycling event exceeds expectations

MONTREAL – Organizers of a mass electronics recycling collection campaign collected an impressive 36,000 pounds of electronic devices on Earth Day last Monday, gathering more used electronic equipment in one day than in the five years combined since the program began. Quebecor and Videotron, sponsors of Jour de la Terre Québec since 2007, called the first mass public collection of electronic equipment, organized as part of the Earth Calling program on April 22, a resounding success. Computers, monitors, mobile handsets, cables, connectors, chargers, remote controls, tablets, batteries and accessories were brought to the drop-off point set up in Montreal’s Victoria...