Toshiba and Best Buy Host Three Orange County e-Waste Recycling Events

IRVINE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Toshiba’s Digital Products Division and Best Buy, Inc., announced today that they will host a two-day “Pull the Plug on e-Waste” recycling event at three Orange County Best Buy stores. This third-annual event, which provides Orange County residents with a responsible method of disposing e-waste, will be from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 10, 2008, and Saturday, Oct. 11, 2008, at Best Buy stores in Mission Viejo, Fullerton and East Orange.

During the event KRLA’s Jeff Levy of the “Jeff Levy on Computers” show will make a live appearance at the East Orange Best Buy store on Friday between noon and 4 p.m. to answer all your computer questions. As an incentive for recyclers, Toshiba and Best Buy will also give a $5 Best Buy gift card to the first 100 cars to arrive each day.

“In keeping with our commitment to establishing a recycling-based society, Toshiba not only reduces global waste as a corporation but helps its customers to do the same,” said Jeff Barney, general manager and vice president, Digital Products Division, Toshiba America Information Systems, Inc. “We are pleased to align ourselves with Best Buy to offer Orange County residents an environmentally-conscious method of disposing of their e-waste.”

· Recycling Event Addresses:

Best Buy Parking Lot - East Orange

2375 N Tustin St. 120

Orange, Calif. 92865

P: 714-974-7606

Best Buy Parking Lot - Fullerton

E. Imperial Hwy.

Fullerton, Calif. 92835

P: 714-871-3281

Best Buy Parking Lot - Mission Viejo

25422 El Paseo

Mission Viejo, Calif. 92691

P: 949-367-0729

• Items Accepted for Recycling: Recyclers are invited to drop off their old computers, computer monitors, printers, camcorders, fax machines, cell phones, TVs, VCRs, DVD players and audio equipment.
• Items Not Accepted for Recycling: Electronic waste not accepted during this event include large appliances, microwaves, smoke detectors, dehumidifiers, microwave ovens, batteries of any kind, smoke detectors, air conditioners and major household appliances.
• Additional Recycling Incentives: In addition to the $5 Best Buy gift card to the first 100 cars each day. All recyclers will receive other giveaways such as BPA-free sports bottles, reusable canvas totes and a chance to win a Toshiba Portégé R500. This ultraportable laptop PC represents the company’s highest technological innovations and has earned a gold rating, the highest “green” ranking from the Green Electronic Council’s assessment tool.

For more information about the recycling event, please visit http://explore.toshiba.com/recycle.

About Toshiba America Information Systems, Inc. (TAIS)

Headquartered in Irvine, Calif., TAIS is comprised of four business units: Digital Products Division, Imaging Systems Division, Storage Device Division, and Telecommunication Systems Division. Together, these divisions provide mobile products and solutions, including industry leading portable computers; projectors; imaging products for the security, medical and manufacturing markets; storage products for automotive, computer and consumer electronics applications; and telephony equipment and associated applications.

TAIS provides sales, marketing and services for its wide range of information products in the United States and Latin America. TAIS is an independent operating company owned by Toshiba America, Inc., a subsidiary of Toshiba Corporation, which is a global leader in high technology and integrated manufacturing of electrical and electronic components, products and systems, as well as major infrastructure systems. Toshiba was founded in 1875, and today operates a global network of more than 740 companies, with 198,000 employees worldwide and annual sales surpassing $76 billion. For more information on Toshiba's leading innovations, visit the company's Web site at www.toshiba.com.

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