E-Waste

E-Waste Walkin' 

Deanna Hart, Assistant Editor

Each day, Christopher Swain straps on his clear, vinyl backpack and sets out into the sweltering heat. His backpack, nearly bursting with more than 61...

Tech Trash Talk 

Electronic Waste Continues to be one of the hottest topics in our industry. Part of this stems from the fact that e-waste is the fastest growing segment...

E-waste Abroad 

By Chris Carlson

A Resolution Recently proposed in the U.S. House of Representatives is garnering support for a U.S. ban of e-waste exports to developing countries due...

Generation E-waste 

Stephen T. Lezinski

Confronting the rising tide of e-waste in Maryland...

We Want Infrastructure 

By Chris Carlson

Goodwill Industries, Rockville, Md., testified before the House Science and Technology Committee, and urged Congress to assist in the development of a...

Hello, Newman 

By Chris Carlson

The U.S. Postal Service has launched a pilot program in 1,500 post offices throughout the country that will allow customers to recycle small electronics...

Peace in the City 

BY CHRIS CARLSON

Compromise separates differences over NYC e-waste....

New Lives for Old Electronics 

By Nancy Mann Jackson

Tech companies make it easier to recycle electronic waste....

Recharging Forward 

By Chris Carlson

Americans recycled more rechargeable batteries in 2007. ...

Haul of America 

Deanna Hart, Assistant Editor

David Kutoff, CEO for Eagan, Minn.-based e-waste recycling firm Materials Processing Corporation (MPC), says he was initially surprised at the number...

Maine passes cell phone recycling legislation 

By Chris Carlson

Legislation passed in June, which takes effect in January 2008, will make it illegal to throw away your old cell phones in Maine. State Rep. Christopher...

Panel, Panel on the Wall 

Lisa Sepanski

Anticipating the disposal risks associated with flat panel displays....

Data Dilemma 

Chris Adam

As businesses refresh their technologies at a faster pace, more computers, monitors and other electronic devices are being disposed of than ever before....

E-Waste Not 

Chris Carlson, Associate Editor

Wisconsin governor Jim Doyle's Task Force on Waste Materials Discovery and Disposal has recommended that the state eventually ban electronic waste from...

Illinois governor issues e-waste mandate 

Illinois Governor Rod R. Blagojevich has issued an executive order instructing state agencies to recycle electronic equipment at the end of its useful life. ...

Sorting Out E-waste 

BY JENNIFER GRZESKOWIAK

For the uninitiated, the slew of issues, as well as state and international regulations governing electronics recycling can be as complicated as computer...

Digital Dilemma 

Elizabeth Grossman

There are computers in the Himalayas, the Andes and the Arctic, and hardly a place left on earth to which someone has not brought a laptop or cell phone....

E-Wasting No Time 

BY STEVEN AVERETT

THE NATIONAL SOLID WASTES Management Association (NSWMA) in February issued a revised policy on the recycling and disposal of e-waste. The policy arrives...

St. Louis program encourages e-waste recycling 

In an effort to encourage electronics recycling in St. Louis, local governments, community organizations and businesses in the city have launched “e-cycle St. Louis,” an initiative designed to develop ways to manage e-waste. ...

Organizations create initiative to address e-waste management 

The National Center for Electronics Recycling (NCER), Davisville, W. Va., and the Arlington, Va.-based Consumer Electronics Association have formed a new initiative to help foster a uniform e-waste recycling plan across the country. ...

States and E-Waste 

Jennifer Grzeskowiak Managing Editor

THE NEW YEAR HAS BROUGHT a new round of e-waste legislation, and Washington might be the next state to adopt a bill addressing the handling of used electronic...

EPA recognizes e-waste recycling efforts 

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Washington, recognized the collaborative efforts of its Plug-In to e-Cycling partners for recycling more than 60 million pounds of electronic waste during the past three years. ...

Feds and E-Waste 

BY STEPHEN URSERY

A NEW REPORT BY THE investigative arm of Congress is calling for an increased federal role in the recycling of electronic waste (e-waste). The Government...

Banning E-Waste 

BY STEPHEN URSERY

KING COUNTY, WASH., has joined the list of local and state governments that have banned the disposal of certain electronic devices in landfills. As of...

ISRI on E-Waste 

BY STEPHEN URSERY

THE INSTITUTE OF SCRAP Recycling Industries Inc. (ISRI), Washington, has adopted an electronics recycling policy that calls for ending advanced recycling...