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What is Product Philanthropy?

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Product philanthropy—donating used or unwanted products to charity. Done right, product philanthropy requires minimal time and labor, yet generates maximum efficiency to helping others. Things that most people take for granted can often change the lives of others. New bed sheets can help a family get back on their feet after a fire destroys their home; binders and notebooks will help children to reach their potential at school; and a new desk can help someone improve their job-seeking skills. MINIMAL LABOR FOR YOU When you funnel your donations to a gifts-in-kind organization, it gets even better, because the process requires little on your part. Gifts-in-kind organizations like G4G are nonprofits that collect product donations, then distribute them to qualified nonprofits that, in turn, give them to people in need. Submit for approval a list of the inventory you'd like to donate. Once it's approved, ship the stock to a designated location. From there, the gifts-in-kind organiz...
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HOW TO PREP YOUR LAPTOP FOR RECYCLE & DONATION

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  About 320 tons of gold and 7,500 tons of silver are used to produce personal computers worldwide every year. However, it’s much cheaper to recover precious metals from recycled electronics than to mine and process raw ore from the ground. Not to mention the pollution and emissions that come with mining and metallurgy. The EPA reports say if we recycle one million laptops then we can save the energy equivalent to what 3,500 homes use in a year. This shows there is clearly much to be gained from recycling your old laptop. But before you do so, there are some things you should keep in mind first. How to Prepare Your Laptop for Recycling 1. Backup With cloud services we have today, backing up your files onto an external hard disk might seem like going the extra mile. However, it’s always a good idea for you to do a physical backup before recycling your laptop. 2. Deauthorize Applications like Adobe Creative and iTunes limit the number of devices that can use the same account. Before ...
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