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__Village Recycles__ [[image:recycle caption="recycle"]]
[|Cartridges for Kids]

**Winner of the ecomaine Award for Excellence 2008 for Gorham**

 * At Village Library we help the environment by recycling techno trash such as:**
 * Laser jet cartridges • Inkjet cartridges • Laptop computers (power cord included) • Cell phones • PDA's (with accessories)**
 * • Digital cameras • DVD movies (include original packaging) • Video game consoles ( with accessories) Video games (with case) • iPods (with accessories)** • **Scientific/graphing calculators**

**Did You Know?**
 * • Almost 70,000 cartridges are thrown away in the U.S. every day.**
 * • It takes 3.5 quarts of oil to produce one laser cartridge. 1/2 gallon of oil is saved each time a laser cartridge is re-manufactured.**
 * • Cartridges take at least 1,000 years to decompose.**