Broadway Green Alliance's Winter 2015 E-Waste Drive Set for Today

The Broadway Green Alliance (BGA) is sponsoring an E-waste drive for the theater industry and fans today, January 28rd from 11:00AM-2:00PM in the Gershwin Theatre Breezeway at 222 West 51st Street (between Broadway and 8th Avenue). The recycling event is open to all shows, theaters, industry members and fans.

Electronic Recyclers International (ERI), the nation's leading recycler of electronics and E-waste, has once again joined forces with BGA to ensure all donations are properly recycled and all data on the devices erased, all free of charge. This E-waste drive aims to make recycling electronic devices easier. Effective January 1, 2015, it is now illegal to throw out electrical items in New York State.

Accepted donations this year include laptops, desktops, monitors, televisions and remotes, computer cables, mice, keyboards, gaming consoles, telecom equipment, small electronic appliances (coffee makers, toasters), cellphones and accessories, as well as holiday lights. We cannot accept light bulbs, wet cell batteries, air conditioners, and batteries. For accepted donations, visit broadwaygreen.com/ewastedrive.

BGA can also place an E-cycle bin at specific theatres interested in hosting a recycling drop-off site for the week before the drive.

ERI Electronic Recyclers International (ERI), the world's largest privately held recycler of electronic waste, is e-Stewards and R2 certified to de-manufacture and recycle every type of electronic waste in an environmentally friendly manner. ERI processes more than 275 million pounds of electronic waste annually at eight locations serving every zip code in the United States. For more information about e-waste recycling and ERI, call 1-800-ERI-DIRECT or visit www.electronicrecyclers.com.

THE BROADWAY GREEN ALLIANCE (BGA) educates, motivates and inspires the entire theater community and its patrons to implement environmentally friendlier practices. The BGA, launched in 2008, is an ad hoc committee of The Broadway League and an affiliate program of Broadway Cares/Equity Fights Aids. The BGA brings together all segments of the theater community, including producers, theaters in New York and around the country, theatrical unions and their members, and related businesses. Working closely with the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), the BGA identifies and disseminates better practices for theater professionals and reaches out to theater fans throughout the country. For more information, visit www.broadwaygreen.com.

THE BROADWAY LEAGUE, founded in 1930, is the national trade association for the Broadway industry. The League's 700-plus members include theatre owners and operators, producers, presenters, and general managers who present in nearly 200 markets in North America, as well as suppliers of goods and services to the theatre industry. Each year, League members bring Broadway to nearly 30 million people in New York and on tour across the U.S. and Canada. For more information, visit BroadwayLeague.com, or follow The Broadway League on Twitter @TheBwayLeague or on Facebook. BROADWAY.ORG is the League's official on-line headquarters for Broadway in NYC and on tour. Download the free Broadway.org mobile app for iOS or Android, and the free IBDB mobile app for iOS or Android. The Broadway League annually presents the Antoinette Perry "Tony" Awards, one of the most coveted awards in the entertainment industry, with The American Theatre Wing.