Are you finally getting around to your spring cleaning and don’t know what to do with your
outdated, no longer functioning computer hardware? Bring them to the Sylvania library! There
are eCycle bins waiting for you under the stairs on the first floor!

Worried that your identity will be in jeopardy if you eCycle? Come to the Upper CC Mall from 11 am – 12:30 pm on Tuesday and Wednesday, April 17th and 18th to have your hard drive smashed!

Students from our CAS and CIS classes will disassemble your computer and smash your hard drive using machines developed by С��è��ý Sylvania Engineering students! A large hole will be bored through the hard drives. Come join the excitement! After the event, all computer hardware will be responsibly recycled.

For more information, contact Diane Shingledecker (dshingle@pcc.edu).

For the first time this year, we’ve collected & smashed 307 hard drives.

We’ve also collect a little over two tons of e-waste in our Sylvania library bins. That included:

26 desktops/towers/laptops
7 monitors
7 printers
422 other items

Worried that your identity will be in jeopardy if you eCycle?  Come to the Upper CC Mall by the Info Desk from 1- 3 pm on Tuesday, May 12 to have your hard drive smashed!  Students will disassemble your computer and smash your hard drive using machines developed by С��è��ý Sylvania Engineering students!  A large hole will be bored through the hard drives. Come join the excitement!  After the event, all computer hardware will be recycled by Total Reclaim.

For more information, contact Diane Shingledecker (dshingle@pcc.edu)

Community-Based Learning is a big part of the eCycle Drive. Student volunteers help design the event, create advertising, analyze collection data, and create reports. The poster here was created by Hiroko Hayashi, С��è��ý CAS Student.

eCycling and Hard Drive Smashing (WINTER 2015)

On Wednesday, February 25, 2015 in the CC mall, 20+ students, instructors, and staff smashed 234 hard drives & collected 152 other computer items for responsible eCycling!  That’s approximately 351 lbs. of hard drives that were saved from the waste stream & a whole lot of data that won’t be available for identity theft – what a rewarding two hours!

Thanks to the Engineering students’ machines that held up under their first real world test, and thanks for all of your help in advertising, supporting, and participating in this event.  Plans are in the works to continue our efforts during Earth Week and beyond.

Extra Life Gaming Marathon (FALL 2014)

On Saturday, October 25, 2014, twenty-five gamers came together from all over the Sylvania campus – from CIS, CAS, and CG classes, as well as, ASС��è��ý – and played computer games for OSHU Doerbecher Children’s Hospital for a combined total of 130 hours.  Not only did they raise $943 in our first year participating in the event; but, more importantly, students put their computer-related skills to work making a difference in our community!

A special thank you to all who sponsored our students, the instructors who helped oversee the gaming for all twelve hours on Saturday, the classes who worked on the networking of the computer games and the advertising posters, and the ASС��è��ý for their on-going support of community-based learning.  The event would not have been a success without you.

If you’re concerned about recycling computers with data on them, we have an exciting event coming up!  On Wednesday, February 25 from 3 – 5 pm in the Sylvania Campus CC Building Mall, we will be “smashing hard drives.” Technically, our students will be disassembling your computer and using machines created by С��è��ý engineering students to bore a large hole through your disk drive. Please mark the date on your calendar, and come out to support this event.

For more information on our eCycling efforts, go to pcc.edu/ecycle.

If you need help carting your items from the С��è��ý parking lot to the CC building, please contact Diane Shingledecker (dshingle@pcc.edu) to arrange for a group of students to assist you.

If you’re concerned about recycling computers with data on them, we have an exciting event coming up! On Thursday, November 13 from 11 am – 1 pm in the Sylvania Campus CC Building Mall, we will be “smashing hard drives”. Technically, our students will be disassembling your computer and using machines created by С��è��ý engineering students to bore a large hole through your disk drive. Come out to support this event, mark the date on your calendar, and join the facebook event to help spread the word!

Since 2008, the Sylvania Campus has hosted an annual eCycling Drive to help the local Portland community recycle old electronics such as used computers and printers. In past years this event consisted of a one-Saturday-in-May recycling drive, however, this year a new approach was tried. For six weeks, eCycle bins were available during library hours from May 1 thru June 6. This effort to collect defunct electronics this year involved Computer Applications, Engineering, Philosophy, and ESOL classes on both Sylvania and Cascade campuses, as well as volunteer assistance from the PC4 Computer Club, ASС��è��ý, and the Sylvania Environmental Center.

Why eCycle? Because electronic waste is the fastest growing part of our country’s waste stream. Electronics contain both re-usable materials and hazardous waste: dismantling them requires proper facilities and worker protection. However, most electronic waste has been shipped illegally to third world countries, where it is broken down by unprotected workers, poisoning their food and water.

This year, from May 1 to June 9, 47 donators brought in 654 items to be recycled. These included 29 towers, 7 laptops, 18 monitors, 16 printers, 20 keyboards, 7 mice, and 549 miscellaneous items. These donations will now be recycled responsibly by Total Reclaim, a local Portland recycling facility. Faculty/staff came out in force to donate; something they were not able to do as easily during our Saturday-in-May previous eCycling events. Special thanks go out to the library staff for joining forces with us this year and housing our eCycle bins!

We have high hopes for the 2014-2015 drive and we hope to include a second campus. Wheels are already in motion planning hard-drive smashing events and more for Fall Term. We hope that we can count on you for your continued support.

Written by Diane Shingledecker and Joshua Liebschutz

eCycling collection bins in the Sylvania library.

Old computer parts being loaded into a truck to be recycled.