2,500 lbs of eWaste were Disposed at the America Recycles Day in Long Island City event November 18, 2011

America Recycles Day in Long Island City on 48th Ave and Vernon Blvd   Computer hard drives being destroyed   Nationwide Insurance provided coffee, hot chocolate, and freshments from Foodcellar Market     Full video coverage and follow up Q&A are available in the left column in 1 segments of approximately three to five minutes each. america_recycles_day_in_lic_20111118

Long Island City, New York November 18, 2011 - Residents and business owners brought twenty-five hundref pounds of electronic equiment, computer hard drives, cell phones, monitors, and  computers to be destoyed at the America Recyles Day in Long Island City at 48th Avenue and Vernon Blvd. More than a celebration, America Recycles Day is the only nationally recognized day dedicated to the promotion of recycling in the United States. It’s one day to inform and educate, one day to get our neighbors, friends and community leaders excited about recycling.  The event was hosted by Guardian Data Destruction, an LIC based company that provide data destruction services throughout the US.  The event was provided as a community service, and disposal was free of charge. Supporting sponsor included The Nick Vaglica Agency of Nationwide Insurance, Alma Bank , NY Minute, Bigcitygraph-x , and OurLIC. Nick Vaglica, agent of Nationwide provided coffee and cake pastries from Foodcellar Market.   President of Guardian Data Destruction, Glenn Laga said  It is very important for people today to realize that data still resides on their hard drive even though their computers are dead and obsolete." "We did this e-waste event so that businesses and residents could bring down their IT equipment so that we can recycle it for them" said Laga. As of January this year, New York State law prohibits residents and businesses from disposing of equipment by putting it on the street for sanitation department pickup. Guardian Data Destruction also had support from the 108th Precinct of the NYPD and the 108th Community Council because the event was a community service.  In addition, merchant and businesses troughout Long Island City supported the event by placing announcement posters in their windows and doors. About GDD: Guardian Data Destruction is a data security firm focused on destroying data on idle, off leased or end of life IT equipment.  These services were developed as a solution to a growing need to eliminate the risk and exposure from the data leakage of sensitive data remaining on hard drives.  Guardian has engineered an ON SITE mobile solution that will provides the peace of mind that all data is destroyed before it ever leaves its environment.  Guardians can erase, degauss and shred all forms of storage devices. Go to OurLIC Featured Profile of Guardian Data Destruction OurLIC attended the event. A video review is provided with this article including an interview with Glenn Laga.       For more information: Glenn Laga Phone: 888 556 WIPE (9473) EMAIL: glaga@guardiandatadestruction.com America Recycles Day in Long Island City on 48th Ave and Vernon Blvd Computer hard drives being destroyed Nationwide Insurance provided coffee, hot chocolate, and freshments from Foodcellar Market Sponsors Alma Bank, Nick Vaglica Nationwide Agency join host Glenn Laga on site to help with the event. Glenn Laga, President, Guardian Data Destruction.

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