Gadgets for Good: Introducing MaxBack.com, the New Rewards-Through-Recycling Program for Old Electronics

ERIE, Pa., Sept. 21 /PRNewswire/ -- MaxBack.com, an innovative rewards-through-recycling program, gives consumers the opportunity to recycle used electronic items (cell phones, mp3s, digital cameras, GPS systems) in exchange for rewards like music downloads, points toward upgraded technologies, or toward donations to schools and other vital non-profits.

MaxBack.com's sister company Funding Factory, invented the concept of fundraising-through-recycling in 1998 and created new opportunities for schools and nonprofits to earn money without selling consumer goods, by recycling their used printer cartridges and cell phones which gave schools a free, simple manner for funds.

"According to the US Environmental Protection Agency, Americans own nearly 3 billion consumer electronic devices so it's important for us to reuse, recycle," said Sean Michaels, Co-President. "It's our hope that MaxBack.com provides incentive for teens, tweens, and really anyone to trade in their old stuff for new items or to share with a non-profit organization."

To date, more than 50,000 organizations have taken advantage of FundingFactory's many incentives, stopping over 26 million printer cartridges from entering America's landfills and generating approximately $20 million for our nation's schools and non-profits.

As part of the launch, the MaxBack.com program sent direct mail kits to select partner schools, along with special prize incentives to encourage participation. For more information, please visit MaxBack.com.

About MaxBack.com:

MaxBack.com is a new program from parent company Environmental Reclamation Services, a service provider and supplier to the worldwide imaging supply marketplace. Founded in 1990, ERS has served as a respected and integral supply chain partner to aftermarket companies in the printing supplies and wireless industries. ERS operates from a 72,000 square foot facility headquartered in Erie, Pennsylvania and is an ISO Certified, zero landfill initiative company with more than 97 percent of incoming material either reused or recycled.  Its sister program, Funding Factory, provides schools, non-profit groups, and charities with funding through the simple act of recycling.  Participating organizations earn funds by collecting empty printer cartridges and used cell phones from their communities and supporters.  All program materials and services (including boxes and return shipping for the items) are free for the participants.  Funding Factory has provided over $26 million in funding to schools and groups across the country since its inception. For more information, please visit www.maxback.com, www.ersusa.com or www.fundingfactory.com.

SOURCE MaxBack.com