In business news, Lower Salford has tapped eForce Recycling of Philadelphia for the township’s November appliance recycling drive. Also, Sheetz stores have begun accepting customers’ bitcoin and other forms of digital assets for payment of purchases.
Lower Salford Using eForce for Appliance Recycling Drive
HARLEYSVILLE PA – As it has in the past, Lower Salford Township will rely on a Philadelphia company, eForce Recycling, to conduct its November drive to recycle small and large appliances. The township’s latest “Anything With A Plug” Day is planned for Nov. 23 (2024; Saturday) from 9 a.m. to noon at the municipal building, 379 Main St.
Participation is limited to Lower Salford residents. They can now register online in advance for recycling slots to drop off goods during any one of three hour-long periods available on the collection schedule.
Accepted items include laptops, computers and their peripherals, typewriters, mice, telephones, small appliances, microwaves, fax machines, cameras, keyboards, cell phones, printers, and calculators. Any items with data storage media will be destroyed or wiped before being recycled.
- Larger appliance items – such as air conditioners, dehumidifiers, microwave ovens, and mini-refrigerators – can be brought on the same day at the same time for the PECO Appliance Recycling Program. For those units, a $10 fee will be charged per item.
- Additionally, recyclers receive standard televisions or computer monitors for a $30 fee each; and
- Projection or wooden console televisions for a $100 fee each.
Cash, checks, and credit cards are accepted for fee payments.
The eForce Recycling website says the company “plays a pivotal role in addressing the escalating challenge of electronic waste, or e-waste.” It reportedly has the capacity to “to shred up to 2 million pounds of electronics” annually. A full list of the items it recycles is available online.
Four other municipal recycling events, similar to that of Lower Salford, are scheduled during November and December.
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Sheetz Accepting Stablecoins, Like Bitcoin, for Payments
ALTOONA PA – If you’re interested in buying “shtuff” at Sheetz, the regional restaurant and convenience chain with headquarters in Altoona, you can now use digital currency to pay for it.
Flexa, a New York company that already works with Sheetz, earlier gave its customers the ability to buy items like fuel, sandwiches, meals, coffee, and groceries with digital payment systems. Now its efforts are expanding, Flexa says in a Wednesday (Oct. 31, 2024) statement.
It’s providing Sheetz with the ability to accept payments made with stable digital assets like bitcoin, ether, litecoin, USD Coin, and others. “The demand for stablecoin use cases continues to grow,” Flexa co-founder Trevor Filter says. The company claims more than 23% of U.S. consumers own cryptocurrency, and 58% are interested in using it for purchases.
Digital assets currently are usable at registers across all of Sheetz more than 750 locations. It follows a trial roll-out of the system at selected locations, Flexa said. The company operates stores in Pennsylvania, North Carolina, Virginia, West Virginia, Ohio, Michigan, and Maryland.
Most of Sheetz’s area stores are found within a 15- to 25-mile radius of Pottstown PA, primarily in Berks and Lehigh counties: Exeter, Morgantown, Leesport, Reading (2), Kutztown(2), and Allentown (2).
Sheetz sign photo by Travels With The Post
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