E-Waste
Best Buy Raises Recycling Across All Categories
Best Buy increased its U.S. recycling of electronics, appliances, cardboard and paper, plastic and metals in fiscal year 2011, according to the company’s ...
Dell, Sony, Sprint Vow to Push Recycling; Feds Unveil E-Waste Strategy
Dell, Sprint and Sony have agreed to help the Environmental Protection Agency encourage certified electronics recycling, as the Obama administration unveiled a national ...
Compliance & Standards Briefing: Safety Kleen, Facility Management, Dyno Nobel
The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) will develop global facility management standards if a British Standards Institution's proposal (pdf) is adopted. ...
Supervalu Makes a Profit From Trash
Supervalu, the owner of Albertsons, Acme and other supermarket brands, saw its recycling revenues exceed landfill waste expenses for the first time in fiscal ...
E-Recycler Intercon Accused of China Shipments, Takes Legal Action
Intercon Solutions, an e-waste handler, took legal action yesterday after a certification program accused the company of shipping hazardous waste to China.
Watchdog group ...
E-Waste Rules Take Effect in N.C., S.C.
E-waste laws have come into effect in both North and South Carolina, requiring manufacturers to offer recycling for electronics, and barring computers and televisions ...
Policy & Regulatory Briefing: Oil Reserve, Efficiency, EPA Bills
Obama administration officials announced yesterday that they will tap into the country’s strategic oil reserve to replace losses from the conflict in Libya and ...
Compliance & Standards Briefing: Sugar, Ford, RoHS, WEEE, Coal Ash
A Brazilian Coca-Cola bottler has become the first customer to buy sugar cane product certified under a new sustainability standard launched by the ...
Compliance & Standards Briefing: Exxon Suit, WEEE Fraud, RoHS2, 3E
A federal judge has said that the Sierra Club and Environment Texas can sue for enforcement of federal pollution standards at the nation’s largest ...
Kodak Hands Out Cash for Cameras
Eastman Kodak has launched a recycling program that lets consumers trade used cameras, printers and digital picture frames for cash.
The Kodak Trade-In and Recycling ...
Sprint Unveils Zero E-Waste Goal
Sprint Nextel plans to collect 100 percent of its own e-waste for reuse and recycling by 2017, as one of four goals in the ...
Compliance & Standards Briefing: NZ Soils, Reach, Dekra
New Zealand’s environment minister, Nick Smith, has announced a new national environmental standard on contaminated soil, Scoop.co.nz reports. Smith said that councils ...
Compliance & Standards Briefing: Siemens, Silica and Colin Firth
Siemens has developed an energy management system to help plant operators in the iron and steel industry to monitor and optimize ...
Energy Efficiency, Lifecycle Management and IT Purchasing
Lifecycle management and energy efficiency are key factors when purchasing IT equipment, says Jeremy Willis of PricewaterhouseCoopers.
Compliance Briefing: E-Waste African Dumping, Prop 65 Suits
Leading U.K. recycler Environmental Waste Controls (EWC) has admitted that e-waste left in its care ended up being dumped in west Africa, ...
Motorola Misses GHG Goal, Despite 10% Cut
Motorola’s consumer product arm cuts its absolute greenhouse gas emissions by ten percent last year, but missed its goal for carbon relative to ...
Compliance Briefing: RoHS2, Prop 65, WEEE
Many U.S. manufacturers are unaware of the details of the newest Restriction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS) directive, known as RoHS2, according to environmental ...
Toshiba Ups Ink and Toner Recycling By 410%
Toshiba America Business Solutions (TABS) has achieved 410 percent year-on-year growth in its recycling of ink cartridges and other printing products, and ...
Earth Day Briefing: 3M, Macy’s, Office Depot, Lowe’s
Companies have been announcing environmental initiatives left, right and center this week (and that's on top of the selection we already ran last ...
Dell Closing in on Recycling Goal
Electronics manufacturer Dell is two-thirds of the way toward its goal of recycling 1 billion pounds of e-waste by 2014, the company has ...
