Market leader in TV sales now doing takeback.
Posted on September 05, 2008Our letters to Samsung Electronics urging them to start a TV takeback program. It looks like they were listening. Read More...
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LG/Zenith finally clean up their mess in Central Texas
Posted on February 13, 2008LG Electronics recently settled a more than a decade-long fight over electronic waste dumped by its subsidiary Zenith in a Central Texas landfill. For years, LG/Zenith and Penske Trucking, its transportation partner, refused to safely dispose of hundreds of broken TV tubes that were put in a trash landfill that was not authorized to accept large loads of toxic waste. Read More...
Sony USA First to Sign Responsible Recycling Commitment
Posted on February 13, 2008Sony Electronics has also just announced that it will abide by the highest standards of e-waste recycling when consumers drop off obsolete Sony electronics at designated recycling sites, and has signed the Electronics TakeBack Coalition’s “Manufacturer Commitment to Responsible E-Waste Recycling.” This commits Sony to make sure that e-waste collected in its program will not be dumped in developing countries, will not go to prison labor recycling plants, and will not end up in our landfills or incinerators. Read More...
Press Coverage
A Program to Certify Electronic Waste Recycling Rivals an Industry-U.S. Plan
New York Times04-15-10 -- In addition to outlining safe domestic handling and disposal practices for old televisions, computers and other electronic devices, the system would effectively bar participating recyclers from exporting toxic, nonfunctional electronic waste to developing nations. The program will compete directly with a less stringent standard recently developed by industry and the federal government that companies and recyclers say makes more economic sense.
Electronics Recycling - Who’s Responsible?
Recycling Today12-29-09 -- As the lawsuit challenging New York City’s electronics take-back law prepares for opening arguments in mid-January, industry associations and electronics recycling advocates wonder what effect the court’s ruling will have on the future of producer responsibility.
A Green Way to Dump Low-Tech Electronics
The New York Times06-30-09 -- The Environmental Protection Agency estimates 99.1 million televisions sit unused in closets and basements across the country. Consumer response to recycling has been enormous in states where the laws have taken effect.
