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Meet the Nonprofit Hero Behind the Hardware: Charles Brennick

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The organization created more than 100 websites and then expanded to supply low-cost computers and technology training to underserved communities in developing countries. He subsequently worked as an ecotourism developer in Costa Rica. He founded InterConnection in Seattle in 1999.

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Gift the Gift of Charity: Make A Contribution to any of these Fabulous Organizations

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Adopt An Acre of Rainforest. When you give someone the gift of an acre of rainforest in Costa Rica, you're helping to protect and restore one of the world's most extraordinary yet highly threatened regions now and for future generations. E-waste and access to technology to those who could not otherwise afford it.

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Snapshot of Worldwide Electronics Recycling 2013

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According to the International Environmental Technology Center of the United Nations Environment Program. Switzerland was the first country in the world to adopt an electronics recycling system is 1991.Things They are leaders in technologies to reclaim difficult to recover materials like rare earths. World Snapshot.