E-Waste Focus

 Comparison of State E-Waste Laws  

Comparison of State Laws on Recycling Electronic Waste (as of June 2007)

 Computer Dust Report  

Samples of dust taken from computer monitors nationwide show high levels of toxic flame retardants.

 Consumers Guide to Recycling Your TVs  

With the digital switch fast approaching, learn how to responsibly recycle your old TV.

 GAO Preliminary Findings on E-waste  

The Government Accountability Office, a very credible investigative organization for the U.S. Congress is investigating the problem of electronic waste and what the federal government is doing now and could do in the future to address the problem.

 Growing Threats - Toxic Flame Retardants & Children's Health  

Review of growing body of evidence on toxic flame retardants used in electronics and other products

 Poly-brominated Diphenyl Ethers in U.S. Mothers Milk  

Study of brominated flame retardants in U.S. women's breast milk, most of samples from Texas.

 Ted Smith Testimony Before U.S. House Science & Technology Committee 4/30/08  

Ted Smith of the Silicon Valley Toxics Coalition Provides Testimony Before U.S. House Science & Technology Committee, 4/30/08

 Texas Computer TakeBack FAQs  

Frequently Asked Questions: New Electronics TakeBack Recycling Law (HB 2714) in Texas

 The WEEE and RoHS Directives: Highlights and Analysis  

An analysis of recent European Union directives minimizing the use of hazardous materials in electronic waste and regulating their disposal.

 Toxins in a Computer Diagram  

One page diagram of toxins used in computers and electronics

 TV Recycling Report Card  

The TV Recycling Report Card grades the major TV manufacturers on their efforts to establish national programs to take back and recycle their old TVs.

 What Is The Digital TV (DTV) Transition?  

What is the Digital TV (DTV) transition? What should you do to be ready? If you no longer want your old TV, what should you do with it? Visit www.TakeBackMyTV.com to urge all manufacturers to recycle.

E-Waste Focus - Prison Labor and Export

 GAO Exporting E-Waste Report  

United States Government Accountability Office Report, August 2008

 Scrapping the Hi-Tech Myth: Computer Waste in India  

India is a leading importer of electronic waste from developed countries that don't want to deal with it themselves. Read about the harm that this highly toxic pollution is causing.

 Toxic Sweatshops: Prison E-Recycling  

October 2006 report on the problems of recycling electronic waste in federal prisons.

E-Waste Focus - Producer TakeBack Recycling

 10 Reasons Why Electronics Producers should Provide Recycling  

Ten compelling reasons why producers of electronics should provide recycling of their products. From Washington Citizens for Resource Conservation.

 2006 Apple Electronics Recycling Resolution  

Shareholder resolution calling for a study on ways Apple could improve its computer recycling programs.

 A Citizen's Guide to Producer Responsibility  

Illustrated guide that lays out the Extended Producer Reponsibility (or Producer TakeBack) solution to electronic waste.

 Dell's Producer Responsibility Statement  

Dell's Statement in favor of free producer takeback for Dell products and producer takeback legislation.

 Guide to Greener Electronics 12/06  

Guide to Greener Electronics compares the environmental policies and producer takeback policies of producers of computer and cell phones.

 How to Recycle Your E-Waste  

Texas E-Waste Recycling Guide 2008

 HP Product Stewardship Solution  

HP's public stand on producer responsibility policy for Computer Monitors and Televisions

 unApple: The Alternative Annual Report  

This report criticizes Apple for lagging behind on the E-waste issue and opposing environmental protection, when it should be following its slogan, "Think Different." It also tells you what you can do to help them shape up.

General Issues

 Contested Case Hearing Basics  

Basics: Contested Case Hearings and the Environmental Permitting Process

Landfills and Recycling Focus

 2003 Municipal Solid Waste in Texas: A Year in Review  

2003 Texas Commission on Environmental Quality Report on Landfill Trends in Capacity, Location etc.

 2004 Municipal Solid Waste in Texas: A Year in Review  

2004 Texas Commission on Environmental Quality report on landfill trends, locations etc.

 2006 Municipal Solid Waste in Texas: A Year in Review  

Annual report on Texas landfills from the state environmental agency

 Association Between Hazardous Chemical Sites and Illness  

Review of new studies of the potential health impacts of municipal and industrial landfills and abandoned waste sites.

 Cheaper than Real Cost Landfilling  

Powerpoint Overview of the Problems with Landfilling including Health & Environmental Impacts

 Citizen's Guide to Filing Landfill Complaints  

Are the landfills bothering you again?  Make a complaint! The law says that polluting facilities are not supposed to interfere with the use and enjoyment of your property. But making a pollution complaint can be a frustrating process.

 Comments on landfill groundwater pollution  

A rebuttal highlighting flaws in a study by the Solid Waste Association of North America, which attempted to downplay the harmful effects of groundwater pollution from landfill leachate.

 Landfill Terms and Explanations  

Explanation of landfill terms related to the landfill rules and the TCEQ

 Landfills with 50 Years or More of Remaining Life  

Statistics on Texas Landfills with 50 Years or More of Remaining Life

 Summary on Mercury Emissions from Landfills  

Summary on Mercury Emissions from Landfills from Northeast Waste Management Officials' Association

 Wasting and Recycling in the United States 2000  

GrassRoots Recycling Network report prepared by Institute for Local Self-Reliance - excellent overview of trash system and Zero Waste solutions, even if a little dated.

Landfills Focus - Waste and Climate Change

 Stop Trashing the Climate  

Links between climate change and unsustainable patterns of consumption and wasting.

Landfills Focus: Zero Waste

 Reaching for Zero: A The Citizens Plan for Zero Waste in New York City  

Reaching for Zero proposes a plan for reducing New York City’s waste exports to very close to zero in 20 years, through a combination of waste prevention, reuse, recycling and composting.