E-Waste
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 ...
Electronics Giants Pledge to Recycle a Billion Pounds
Executives from Best Buy, Panasonic, Sony and Toshiba have helped to launch an industry-wide initiative to recycle one billion pounds of electronics a ...
Apple Finds the Environmental Benefit in Aluminum
Apple’s use of aluminum cases has made a significant contribution to the company’s environmental efforts, helping it to far surpass its ...
Alcoa Buys $10m Stake in E-Waste Firm ERI
Aluminum heavyweight Alcoa is investing $10 million in Electronic Recyclers International (ERI), one of the nation’s biggest collectors of e-waste.
The two companies ...
Environmental Enforcement: EPA Orders Disposal of Seized E-Waste Bound for Vietnam
Two recycling companies have been ordered to properly dispose of computer waste they attempted to illegally export from Minnesota to Vietnam, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced Tuesday.
The EPA alleges that the companies ...
Environmental Enforcement: EPA Proposes $17 Million Settlement for LA Superfund Site
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is proposing to enter into settlements with 275 small parties for their contributions to the Operating Industries, Inc. (OII), ...
Best Buy Launches Instant Rebates on Take-Back
Retailer Best Buy has launched a buy-back program aimed at the frequent electronics buyer.
For a fee, customers can join the Buy Back ...
Greenpeace: Electronics Cut Chemicals, Recycling Still Poor
Electronics companies have made significant environmental improvements to their products in the last two years but still have some ways to go, according ...
