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	Producer TakeBack: Beyond Recycling Today, our production and disposal system for products is clearly unsustainable both in terms of the resources consumed and the wastes created. PRW and its partners advocate for a fundamental shift in the way waste is conceived of and handled in the US. click here to learn more

BBC News	Campaigners highlight 'toxic TVs' Campaigners are warning of a flood of toxic waste from old TVs and have called on manufacturers to do more to recycle them. The Electronics TakeBack Coalition took their protest to the world's biggest electronics show in Las Vegas. read entire article
PC Magazine	The Electronics Recycling Superguide PC Magazine shows you how to recycle your used electronics through manufacturers, your local electronics stores, and online trade-in programs that offer you cash or gift cards. read entire article
	Ghana: Digital Dumping Ground Video: When containers of old computers first began arriving in West Africa a few years ago, Ghanaians welcomed what they thought were donations to help bridge the digital divide. But it has become one of the world's digital dumping grounds, where the West's electronic waste piles up. Click here to watch the report! read entire article

Recent Press
	Dell bans e-waste export to developing countries PC maker Dell Inc. formally banned on Tuesday the export of broken computers, monitors and parts to developing countries amid complaints that lax enforcement of environmental and worker-safety regulations have allowed an informal and often hazardous electronic-waste recycling industry to emerge. (Associated Press)
	Following The Trail Of Toxic E-Waste Video: 60 Minutes is going to take you to one of the most toxic places on Earth - a place government officials and gangsters don't want you to see. It's a town in China where you can't breathe the air or drink the water, a town where the blood of the children is laced with lead. Click here to watch!(CBS News)
Announcements
	Expanding recycling options: Best Buy has launched a national recycling program for e-waste. All U.S. Best Buy stores will accept most consumer electronics, including TVs and monitors up to 32”. Click here for details!
	DTV Switch is Complete: Don't Trash Your TV The switch to digital TV signals is final, and could send millions of old TVs to landfills and dumps across the world. Urge television manufacturers to take back their old TVs for responsible recycling! Click here to get involved. Click here for TV recycling locations.