Silicon Valley StRUT: Students Recycling Used Technology
 

Silicon Valley Students Recycling Used Technology (StRUT)

Silicon Valley Students Recycling Used Technology (StRUT)

StRUT is Students Recycling Used Technology

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Silicon Valley StRUT operates from Ohlone College in Fremont, California.  Silicon Valley StRUT has implemented a systemic approach that emphasizes education and curriculum to complement the recycling component of our program.  We currently serve 20 elementary, middle and high schools.  Over the last two years, we have placed over 500 free computers, printers and networking devices with area schools.

StRUT provides:

> Computer technology education program
> Technology resources for schools
> Materials e-waste program

Industry donations

Silicon Valley StRUT accepts all technology equipment donations, office equipments, test equipments, and manufacturing equipments that can be refurbished for resale.

StRUT activities include:2011 Silicon Valley StRUT Competition Group Photo

  • Professional development workshops
  • Annual competition for students
  • Partnership development
  • National resource network
  • Curriculum sharing
  • Regular alliance meetings
  • Support documentation
  • Curriculum articulation
  • California academic standards compliance
  • CompTIA A+ certification preparation
  • Consolidated recycling

Goals

  1. Develop programs where students gain valuable technical and business management skills by refurbishing and upgrading computers.
  2. Place these computers in schools throughout the region in order to supplement those purchased by the districts and to keep these used items out of the landfills.
  3. Help give students the skills and confidence they will need to compete in the "High Tech" industry.
  4. Reduce landfill contents by responsible recycling and reclamation

StRUT Background


Students Recycling Used Technology, StRUT, is a program incorporated into schools where students take donated computers and computer components and upgrade them for the use in schools. Students involved in StRUT evaluate, repair and refurbish donated computers and in turn distribute those computers free to local schools. StRUT students gain valuable computer knowledge and hands on computer skills.

Intel Corporation and the Northwest Regional Education Service District founded StRUT 1995, in Oregon and continues to support it at many levels. Intel has gone on to found StRUT programs in all of the States where the company has facilities, and continues to support StRUT in many critical ways.

Silicon Valley StRUT is based in the Bay Area of California. Other StRUT, or similar, programs can be found in Arizona, Louisiana, New Mexico and Oregon.

Mission

To provide technology and academic standards-based education for K-16 students through the process of refurbishing donated equipment (from industry) for schools and to reduce e-waste to landfills.