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FundingFactory Inspires Participants to Reach New “Green” Goals

New Goal-Tracking and Sustainability Features on FundingFactory.com Help Participants Realize their Goals ERIE, Pa. (Sept. 6, 2012)— To kick off the 2012-2013 school year, FundingFactory is launching new goal-tracking and sustainability reporting features on FundingFactory.com. Participants in the free fundraising-by-recycling program... more

Comments | Posted in FundingFactory News, Press Releases on September 7, 2012 by Erika | Tags cartridges, cell phones, electronics, ewaste, fundingfactory, fundraiser, laser, recycle, recycling, school, school fundraiser, toner

VIDEO: FundingFactory in a Minute

Need an easy way to raise money and stay green? Kelly tells you everything you need to know about FundingFactory in only one minute! Watch the video below, and visit our website to get started! Time to go green! Together,... more

Comments | Posted in Contests, Fundraising, Recycling, Website on August 14, 2012 by Matt | Tags cartridge, cartridges, cell phones, cellphones, church fundraiser, contest, education, electronics, environment, factory, funding, fundingfactory, fundraiser, fundraising, green, idea, ideas, inkjet, inkjets, k12, landfills, laser, lasers, nonprofits, recycle, recycling, recycling fundraiser, Reduce, reuse, school, school fundraiser, schools, small electronics, toner, trash, upcycle

FundingFactory Announces Winners of Recycling Rumble!

ERIE, Pa. (June 21, 2012)— More than 1144 total schools and nonprofits nationwide rivaled for the Top Recycler title during the “Recycling Rumble,” a friendly competition hosted annually by FundingFactory ®, the nation’s largest fundraising-by-recycling program for schools and nonprofits. From March... more

Comments | Posted in Press Releases on June 21, 2012 by Sarah | Tags apple ipad, cartridges, cellphones, church fundraiser, digital cameras, e-waste, electronics, environments, fundingfactory, humane society, landfills, mps3 players, programs, recycle, recycling, schools, technology

History of The Recycle Symbol

Everyone recognizes those three rotating arrows on the sides of their Mountain Dew and shampoo bottles, right? But, does anyone know the history of the recycling symbol? In 1970, while enrolled at the University of California, 23-year-old Gary Anderson entered ... more

Comments | Posted in Recycling on June 15, 2012 by Sarah | Tags cartridges, conservationism, design, electronics, For the Love of Earth, fundingfactory, history, inspiration, plastic, printer cartridges, recycle, recycle symbol, recycling, recycling fundraiser, Reduce, reuse, three step process

Summer Spectacular Scavenger Hunt

FundingFactory is leaping out of spring and swimming into summer with a new contest for the season! Every Friday in June, FundingFactory participants will be receiving emails offering clues that will help locate five beach balls containing a secret summer-themed... more

Comments | Posted in Contests on June 8, 2012 by Sarah | Tags cartridges, cell phones, electronics, ewaste, fundingfactory, green, laser, recycle, recycling, school fundraiser, schools, toner

Go behind the scenes at FundingFactory!

Last Thursday, our hometown NBC affiliate, WICU-12 in Erie, Pa., interviewed FundingFactory Co-president Sean Michaels and Program Manager Erika Dauber for the station’s “Giving You the Business” special segment. Sean and Erika gave WICU a behind-the-scenes tour of FundingFactory’s recycling... more

Comments | Posted in FundingFactory Stories on June 6, 2012 by Sarah | Tags business, cartridges, cellphones, electronics, fundingfactory, fundraising, green, inkjet, registar, toner, WICU

FundingFactory Act of Green for Earth Day 2012

Earth Day Acts of Green: One tree for every 100 recyclables received in April!

FundingFactory participants send thousands of empty inkjet and toner cartridges, used cell phones, and retried personal electronics to our recycling center each month. In honor of Earth Day (celebrated April 22), we will count each item we receive as an... more

Comments | Posted in Environmental Literacy, Recycling, Uncategorized on April 18, 2012 by Erika | Tags act of green, carbonfund.org, cartridges, cell phones, earth day, electronics, ewaste, fundraiser, fundraising, green, idea, inkjet, laser, planting, pledge, recycling, toner, trees

Bargain hunter finds a treasure in recycling

This past weekend, FundingFactory participant Jamall Filate from Little Rock, AR was featured on his local news segment, “Everyone has a Story.” Jamall and his wife loves bargain hunting to find that special one-of-a-kind deal. Jamall, a new grandfather, knows... more

Comments | Posted in FundingFactory Stories, Press Releases, Recycling, Uncategorized on February 6, 2012 by Kelly | Tags bargain, cartridges, cell phones, electronics, Everyone has a story, factory, funding, fundingfactory, inkjet, laser, toner

A New Year brings in new beginnings!

The New Year is a time for resolutions, commitments, and new beginnings. Many people are working on making their New Year’s resolutions and FundingFactory is no different. FundingFactory’s New Year’s resolution is to help make 2012 the best and most... more

Comments | Posted in Bonus-onanza!, Recycling, Uncategorized on December 30, 2011 by Kelly | Tags 2012, cartridges, cell phones, electronics, factory, funding, fundingfactory, New Year's, recycling, success

Green initiative at Georgia Southern University library makes a big impact!

Kudos to the Zach S. Henderson Library at Georgia Southern University in Statesboro, GA for including FundingFactory’s cartridge and electronics recycling program in their Green Initiative! Here’s everything the library is doing to keep their carbon footprint low: (from YouTube)... more