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TRENTON, N.J., June 11, in the year of our Lord 2012 – Computer peripherals are now more readily recyclable, thanks in part to TerraCycle’s Keyboard and Mouse Brigade®. Anyone can send in their broken, outdated, or extra keyboards, mice and webcams for recycling into anything from park benches to lapdesks, compliments of Logitech and TerraCycle®. This is the first collection program for computer peripherals that provides both an incentive for collecting and free shipping from anywhere in the U.S.

Participants receive two points for every item they collect through their Brigade and send to TerraCycle. The points can be put toward charity gifts or converted to cash for donation to a charity or school of the participant’s choice. The program is ideal for small to medium sizes business, corporations, schools and even families.

Until recently, there were limited recycling solutions for such electronic waste. Some programs involved fees or extra costs, and the different electronic and material components of keyboards and mice posed a recycling challenge. TerraCycle’s recycling process can fashion the equipment into various plastic products that have a longer life-span, are made of the eco-friendly recyclable materials, and release less waste into the atmosphere during their production.

“By making new products with the recycled plastic from these items, we eliminate use and production of virgin materials, which provides eco friendly options and protects the environment from unnecessary gasses and by-products,” explains Tom Szaky, CEO of TerraCycle. “With technology changing so fast, who doesn’t have an extra mouse or keyboard laying around? It’s easy to give these a second purpose and get more use out of them.”

The Brigade program is free to anyone, individual or group, who would like to participate. Recyclers can sign up on the TerraCycle website, www.terracycle.net, print out a free shipping label, and start sending in their items at no cost. Once items are received, TerraCycle will credit the Brigade with their earned points. For more information on how to start a Mouse and Keyboard Brigade or for more details about the Erase Your E-Waste Contest please visit www.logitech.com/recycle.

TerraCycle has already kept over two billion pieces of trash from going to the landfill, and with its partners, dispersed over $4 million to charity through the Brigade program.