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June 10, 2009

LG, San Francisco BART Begin Mobile Phone Recycling

LG, San Francisco BART Begin Mobile Phone Recycling

Waste & Recycling News, 6/10/09 edition. “LGE MobileComm USA, a unit of LG Electronics Inc., is teaming up with San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit to provide mobile phone recycling. LG began outfitting six BART stations in San Francisco with cell phone collection receptacles to encourage commuters to recycle their phones, chargers and accessories. The sites will accept any manufacturer’s devices through July 6. Only 10% of the mobile phones sold in the United States are recycled, according to the company.”

tags: cell phones, mobile phones, consumer information, recycling, icare, p2, p2tagteam, electronics, hazardous waste, pollution prevention, product stewardship, takeback, technology, waste, e-waste, electronic waste, environment, ewaste

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June 9, 2009

Wisconsin Senate Approves E-Waste Recycling Bill

The text of this bill (SB-107) is available online.

Wisconsin Senate Approves E-Waste Recycling Bill

Associated Press via Forbes, 6/9/09. The Wisconsin Senate has approved (23-10) a bill that would require electronics manufacturers to arrange for recycling of their products.Under Wisconsin’s bill, dumping e-waste in landfills would be banned. Manufacturers would have to arrange to recycle 80 percent of the total weight of products they sold in the state in a given year. They also would have to pay up to $5,000 annually to register with state environmental officials.

tags: e-waste, trade, p2, p2tagteam, pollution prevention, electronics, electronic waste, ewaste, regulatory integration, takeback, waste, product stewardship, legislation, policy, icare, hazardous waste, recycling

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June 9, 2009

Owner of EarthEcycle Speaks Out on Allegations Against Company

Owner Of EarthEcycle Speaks Out On Allegations Against Company – kdka.com

Andy Sheehan of KDKA (Pittsburgh) interviews Jeff Nixon, owner of EarthECycle, an electronics recycling company that is the focus of recent expose by BAN and the Electronics TakeBack Coalition. Nixon denies any wrong doing and expresses his intent to conduct more e-waste fundraising events, such as the one examined in the BAN/ETBC report. (see http://www.ban.org/Library/PittsburghScam.pdf)

tags: ban, basel, e-waste, electronic waste, ETBC, recycling, takeback, trade, waste, ewaste, environment, icare, p2, p2tagteam, product stewardship, policy, regulatory integration, hazardous waste, electronics

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June 8, 2009

Expansion of Dell, Goodwill Reconnect Partnership

Dell and Goodwill Industries International are expanding a free drop-off program for consumers to recycle any brand of unwanted computer equipment. The program is expanding to 451 new donation sites in seven additional states: Colorado, Illinois, Indiana, Missouri, New Mexico, Oklahoma and West Virginia. The program in Wisconsin is also expanding to the southeastern and South Central parts of the state. The Reconnect program is now available in 18 states, plus the District of Columbia.

Read the full story in the 6/8/09 edition of Waste & Recycling News.

For more information on Reconnect, visit the program web site.