E-Waste
Electronics Recycling Certification May Halt Unethical Practices
In a move to help businesses ensure that they are ethically recycling their obsolete electronics, the ANSI-ASQ National Accreditation Board (ANAB) now offers electronics recyclers and ...
Mountains of E-waste to Follow Digital TV Conversion June 12
With the long-awaited conversion to digital TV sets set for June 12, groups are warning that there are not enough resources to deal with the obsolete ...
EPA Investigates Electronics Recycling Fraud
After complaints that EarthEcycle LLC, an Oklahoma electronics recycling company, violated agreements with various charities to properly recycle the hazardous electronics, the Environmental Protection Agency has ...
Sprint Surpasses Recycling Goal, Sharp Adds Solar Cell Phone
As one major cell phone carrier labors to recycle obsolete units, a manufacturer is bringing into play a phone that charges itself by the sun. Earlier this ...
Dell Bans Export of Electronic Waste to Developing Countries
Dell claims to be the first major computer manufacturer to ban the export of electronic waste including non-working electronics to developing countries as part of its ...
E-Waste to Peak in 2015
The e-waste crisis will worsen over the next several years until 2015, when volume will peak at 73 million metric tons, according to a new report from Pike Research. However, the firm forecasts that ...
Sony Adds Recycling Kiosks at Retail
Sony Electronics has added recycling kiosks at more than 80 retailers so far, with more in the works. Sony's stated goal is to accept a pound ...
Electronics Companies Step Up their Recycling Efforts
Electronics manufacturers and retailers are stepping up their recycling efforts with additional drop-off or trade-in locations. Panasonic Corporation of North America's expanded its Nationwide Recycling Program, with ...
HP Recycled 265 Million Pounds of Hardware in 2008
Hewlett-Packard just released its eighth annual Global Citizenship Report, in which it details its efforts to recycle and reuse along its supply chain. In 2008, HP ...
Electronics Recyclers Call for Improved E-Waste Processing
Electronics recyclers and refurbishers are recommending several key changes to manufacturers on how they design electronic products and the information they need to improve processing of used ...
Sprint Wants to Recycle 250,000 Cell Phones in April
Supporting the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) "Plug-In To eCycling National Cell Phone Recycling Week", April 6-12, 2009, Sprint has set a goal to collect 250,000 ...
Is Sprint’s 90% Cell Phone Recycling Goal Realistic?
Sprint has set goal of recovering 90 percent of old phones (compared with its sales rate) for reuse or recycling by 2017. This comes after the company's ...
Dell Adds 6 States To Free Computer Recycling Program
Dell and Goodwill Industries are extending their five-year recycling partnership to six additional states – Arkansas, Iowa, Maine, New Hampshire, Oregon and Vermont. A total of ...
Pitney Bowes Reclaims 1 Million+ Pounds of Equipment in 2008
Pitney Bowes says it has recovered nearly 1.1 million pounds of U.S. equipment and parts in 2008 for recycling or remanufacturing. Pitney ...
Best Buy Offers Incentives to Recycle
Starting February 15, Best Buy will introduce electronics recycling options at all of its 1,0006 U.S. locations. Although there will be a $10 fee for any item with a ...
Nearly 100% of Recycled Cell Phones Contain Personal Data
Regenersis, a European mobile phone recycling and reuse provider, is urging businesses to wipe handsets clean before sending them for recycling, BusinessGreen reports. In 2008, the company processed more than 2 million handsets for ...
EPA Raids Corporation Suspected of Illegal E-Waste Dumping
Agents with the EPA and Immigration and Customs Enforcement recently raided Executive Recycling as part of an investigation into the export and illegal dumping of e-waste abroad, reports The Denver Post. Executive ...
Consumers Can Cash In Reusable Tech Goods With HP
HP introduced a Consumer Buyback and Planet Partners Recycling Program that gives customers an economic incentive to turn in their used technology products, rather than just tossing them. To do so, they ...
Connecticut DEP To Finalize Details of Statewide ‘E-waste’ Program
The Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) has stepped up its “e-waste” program by joining the Northeast States Electronics Challenge, EastonCourier.com reports. The DEP is moving to finalize details of a statewide ...
Oregon Makes Brands Pay to Recycle E-Products
The state of Oregon is requiring electronics manufacturers to either set up their own recycling program or pay their portion of a state-run program to recycle computers, monitors, and TVs. Just three have chosen to ...
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