Left to right Winchester High School students Marcus Nara and Leo Arone.Photo: Chaiel Schaffel/WBZ NewsRadio
WINCHESTER, Mass. (WBZ NewsRadio) — Two college-bound Winchester High School seniors are using their spare time to help keep harmful electronics out of the environment.
E-waste can be toxic, is not biodegradable, and builds-up in the environment and living things.
Marcus Nara and Leo Arone have formed the 'Winchester Team E-Waste Initiative.'
Through bins they have set up in town, and with help from local libraries that collect waste, they've been gathering discarded and useless electronics including computers, batteries, cell phones, and electronic cables.
They take the e-waste to PC Survivors, a non-profit in Hanover, which takes the e-waste for free.
The non-profit destroys hard drives and removes heavy metal chips.
Marcus and Leo said they also drive out to locations by request to pick up old electronics.
Once the two go off to college on the fall, they said they hope to pass on the responsibility of collecting e-waste to someone else at Winchester High.
WBZ NewsRadio's James Rojas (@JamesRojasMMJ) reports.
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