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Treehugger - Putting some activist spice into this year's convention, the Electronics TakeBack Coalition has unleashed zombies on Las Vegas in an effort to draw attention to the problem with television manufacturers and their lack of responsibility when it comes to taking back TV sets.
WWLP.com - A report card issued by the Electronic Takeback Coalition rated the recycling habits of big TV brands. Very few have passing marks.
Press Release - Electronics TakeBack Coalition teach consumers which companies pass and which flunk their environmental responsibility
New York Times - HARD DRIVES, printers, fax machines and cellphones move along a conveyor belt at the rate of six tons an hour into the gaping maw of a 16-foot-tall, 60-foot-long shredder at e-Scrap Destruction, in Islandia, N.Y.
60 Minutes - 60 Minutes follows America's toxic electronic waste as it is illegally shipped to become China's dirty secret
WJLA - A local TV news station in Washington DC covers a electronics recycling event in Fairfax, VA and talks about the need for more responsible recycling of consumer electronics
Yahoo - Just in time for Halloween, costumed as the Undead Toxic TV Zombies, members of the Electronic TakeBack Coalition stagger back and forth as they protest for responsible recycling of old TVs, near Panasonic's headquarters Thursday, Oct. 30, 2008, in Secaucus, N.J
NJ.com - Members of the Electronics TakeBack Coalition and Clean Water Action went to Panasonic's Secaucus headquarters yesterday dressed as "TV Zombies." They wanted the company to commit to taking back its old TVs for recycling -- nationally -- in advance of the broadcasting switch to digital in February, which will render many old TVs obsolete.
This Week in Consumer Electronics - In a statement announcing the demonstration, ETBC said: “Upon hearing of the planned zombie visit to their headquarters, Panasonic and Sharp quietly released a statement yesterday morning announcing their intention to broaden their program in 8 more states in November, and to offer a national program sometime in the next three years. Some of those eight states have laws requiring companies to offer recycling.”
The New Jersey Record - Protesters dressed as “TV zombies” visited Panasonic’s headquarters in Secaucus today to call attention to their concerns that electronics manufacturers are not moving quickly enough to establish recycling programs for outdated products.
04-15-10 -- 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.
12-29-09 -- 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.
06-30-09 -- 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.
