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Austin American-Statesmen, July 1, 2010 By Robin SchneiderLetter to the Editor: EPA takes action to clear the air in TexasTCE Executive Director Robin Schneider speaks out and applauds the EPA for taking action to clear the air in Texas. Many ordinary Texans can share the credit. | |
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Dallas Morning News, May 28, 2010 By Editorial StaffEditorial: TCEQ is ceding control by digging in its heelsIn meeting after meeting, federal officials have urged the TCEQ to change its approach to regulating industrial air pollution. The Texas response to the EPA? You just don't understand. | |
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Austin American-Statesman, May 26, 2010 By Asher PriceState, federal officials blame one another for air quality impasseThe EPA could take over the entire job of regulating air quality in Texas if the state keeps violating the Clean Air Act — intensifying a dispute over regulating pollution from the largest U.S. refineries and petrochemical plants. | |
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Houston Chronicle, May 26, 2010 By Peggy FikacEPA ups ante in battle with state over clean-air standardsTexas has “weeks, not years” to show it is willing to comply with the Clean Air Act or face the prospect of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency taking over its entire air-pollution permitting program, EPA's regional administrator said Wednesday. | |
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EPA, February 10, 2010 By TCE StaffU.S. EPA considers stronger ozone standardsListen: TCE organizers give official testimony at EPA public hearing, calling for stricter ozone standards to protect public health. |
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Associated Press, September 8, 2009 By John McFarlandEPA to reject Texas air permit processThe air-pollution permitting process in the nation's largest greenhouse-gas producing state does not adhere to the Clean Air Act and portions of it should be thrown out, federal regulators said Tuesday in an announcement applauded by Texas environmentalists. | |
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KIAH Houston, May 22, 2010 By Going Green with Yolanda Green"Going Green" spotlights Texas Campaign for the EnvironmentVideo: How a fired up grassroots campaign is working to reduce waste in Texas. Truly a must see! | |
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Austin American-Statesman, May 11, 2010 By Asher PriceTexas ranks last in recycling old computers, environmental group saysTexas ranks last in recycling computer parts among states that require manufacturers to take back their electronics, according to a report by an Austin environmental group that tries to keep computers and other electronics from landfills. | |
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Houston Business Journal, May 11, 2010 By Christine HallTexas last in electronics recycling, report showsTexas is ranked last in per capita collections of computers for recycling among states with similar takeback programs, according to a report released Tuesday by the Texas Campaign for the Environment Fund. | |
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Austin American-Statesman, May 11, 2010 By Asher PriceAustin American-Statesman: New report ranks Texas last in recycling old computersTexas ranks last in recycling computer parts among states that require manufacturers to take back their electronics, according to a report by an Austin environmental group that tries to keep computers and other electronics from landfills. Click here to read the report.
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The Guardian, May 6, 2010 By Jonathan WattsGlobal IT brands urged to be more accountable for pollutionInvestigation by coalition of Chinese environmental groups accuses global IT brands of supply chain links to heavy metal poisoning cases in China. | |
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Waste & Recycling News, April 21, 2010 By Amanda Smith-TeutschBest Buy to increase electronics, appliance recyclingElectronics retailer Best Buy is looking to significantly increase the amount of electronics and appliances it collects for recycling in its retail stores. | |
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New York Times, April 14, 2010 By Todd WoodyI.B.M. Suppliers Must Track Environmental DataI.B.M. said on Wednesday that it will require its 28,000 suppliers in more than 90 countries to install management systems to gather data on their energy use, greenhouse gas emissions and waste and recycling. | |
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GamePro.com, April 5, 2010 By Oliver J. ChiangHow Green is My Game?In recognition of Earth Day, which is later this month, we take an investigative look into the environmental impact of video games at all states of their development cycle. |
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Environmental Health Perspectives, April 1, 2010 By Kellyn S. BettsBrain Drain? PBDEs Alter Development of Human Brain CellsA new laboratory study demonstrates that polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs, found in electronics and other consumer products) can alter human fetal brain cells. Babies can be exposed to significant amounts of PBDE flame retardants both in the womb and through breastfeeding. |
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GlobalPost, February 25, 2010 By Kathleen E. McLaughlinSilicon Sweatshops: Another black eye for Apple supplierWorkers at the factory suffered nerve and muscle damage after working with the toxic chemical hexane to clean component touch screens for electronic products. |
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Environmental Leader, February 15, 2010 ByHP Bans E-Waste Exports From Rich Nations to Developing OnesHP has updated its global corporate policy on banning exports of non-working electronics to developing countries, a move environmental groups are applauding. |
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Bloomberg News, February 4, 2010 By Rob DelaneyOlympic medallists to get a load of junkU.S. skier Julia Mancuso and Russian hockey player Alex Ovechkin may be wearing waste from recycled Sony Trinitrons around their necks if they reach the medals podium at the Winter Olympics in Vancouver. |
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GreenerComputing, February 2, 2010 By GreenerComputing StaffE-Waste Market to Boom in Next Five YearsA new report from ABI Research predicts that the market for recovering and recycling used electronics will reach $14.7 billion by 2015, nearly tripling in size. |
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Associated Press, January 18, 2010 ByFactory workers in China protest over pay, use of toxic chemicalsThousands of workers in a factory in eastern China's Jiangsu Province protested Friday over the cancellation of annual bonuses and poor work safety environment, a human rights watchdog and local media reported. | |
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CBS/AP News, January 12, 2010 ByToxic Cadmium Swapped for Lead in JewelryAn international chain store says it will no longer sell jewlery that lab testing reported by The Associated Press showed was laden with toxic cadmium. This cadmium likely comes from e-waste: click here to read the report. |
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Slate, December 29, 2009 By Nina Shen RastogiPulling the Plug: How to dispose of old electronics in a responsible wayI just got a new laptop for Christmas and don't know what to do with my old one. I've heard that most electronic waste ends up being exported to Asia, where poor laborers recycle the scrap under unhealthy, unsafe conditions. How do I get rid of my old computer in an environmentally and socially responsible way? | |
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Mother Nature Network, December 17, 2009 By SimpleSteps.orgWhat to look for in a new computerFrom computers to laptops to eco-certifications, we have the answers you're looking for. If you have to buy new, here are some things to keep in mind. |
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CBS News , November 29, 2009 By 60 MinutesHow Gold (In Our Electronics) Pays For Congo's Deadly WarVideo: There's demand for gold for investments, for circuits in cell phones and computers, and for jewelry. In the heart of central Africa, "60 Minutes" found a campaign of rape and murder being funded largely by gold that is exported to the world. |
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Christian Science Monitor, November 25, 2009 By Moises Velasquez-ManoffE-waste recycling – are solutions near?E-waste poses a large and growing problem around the world. Americans generated 3.01 million tons of the stuff in 2007, according to the EPA. But only 13.6 percent of it was recycled. As e-waste recycling is subject to almost no oversight, some 50 to 80 percent of e-waste is, in fact, exported to developing countries, according to watchdog organizations. There, people often extract scrap metal, circuit boards, and other resalable materials without adequate protective material. In doing so, they’re potentially exposed hazardous materials — lead, mercury, and cadmium, among them. |
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Beaumont Enterprise, November 20, 2009 By Sarah MooreThe electronics recycling gapBeaumont and Port Arthur - along with most other Texas cities - fail to provide residents with information on the proper disposal of old electronics, according to a study released this week by Public Research Works and Texas Campaign for the Environment. | |
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TCE & TCE Fund, November 19, 2009 ByFree e-recycling, but nobody knowsA new report on local government references to free manufacturer takeback recycling options for obsolete e-waste shows that producer takeback programs continue to receive little or no mention on local government websites and among local government officials. |
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Scientific American, October 29, 2009 By Larry GreenemeierU.S. Lags Behind World with Its Patchwork Approach to Curbing E-WasteOne of the world's largest producers of electronic refuse, the U.S. imposes no federal restrictions on what materials can be used to make electronics or how they can be discarded. |
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Washington Post, September 19, 2009 By Michael S. RosenwaldLeft in the Flat-Screen DustIn no segment of the electronics industry is the new supplanting the old faster than for boob tubes. As new TVs enter the home, many people hide the old ones in basements, garages or closets. But many TVs are simply tossed. |
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San Jose Mercury News, September 18, 2009 By Paul RogersAre flat screen TVs the new SUVs?Sparking a battle with the electronics industry, the California Energy Commission on Friday released the nation's first rules mandating energy efficiency for televisions. Under the rules, new TV sets sold in California will be required to reduce electricity consumption 30 percent by 2011 and 50 percent by 2013 from current models. |
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Houston Chronicle, September 17, 2009 By Purva PatelThis isn't built to lastBrenden Macaluso doesn't consider himself an environmentalist. He's a designer at heart. But the Houston resident hopes the cardboard computer casing he created will encourage others to rethink what sustainability means in design. |
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Science Daily, September 17, 2009 BySet World Standards For Electronics Recycling, Reuse to Curb E-waste Exports to Developing Countries, Experts UrgeProcesses and policies governing the reuse and recycling of electronic products need to be standardized worldwide to stem and reverse the growing problem of illegal and harmful e-waste processing practices in developing countries, according to experts behind the world's first international e-waste academy. |
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New York Times, June 29, 2009 By Leslie KaufmanA Green Way to Dump Low-Tech ElectronicsSince 2004, 18 states and New York City have approved laws that make manufacturers responsible for recycling electronics, and similar statutes were introduced in 13 other states this year. |
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New York Times, June 15, 2009 By Nathanial GronewoldSome See E-Waste Crisis Trailing Switch to Digital TVThere's growing concern that the United States' conversion last weekend from analog to digital television broadcasting will exacerbate a national e-waste problem and fuel the smuggling of cathode ray tubes to the developing world. | |
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Daily Texan, June 12, 2009 By Ryan MooreActivists Press for E-waste Recycling OptionLocal environmental activists and politicians urged Gov. Rick Perry on Thursday to sign legislation that would curb increasing electronic waste by mandating television manufacturers take back their televisions from consumers and recycle them. | |
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Houston Chronicle, June 12, 2009 By Mary TumaRecycling Tube TVs by the TonWith millions of obsolete TVs headed to Texas landfills after today's digital switch, a timely bill could help avert potentially hazardous sets from polluting the environment. The Television TakeBack Bill now sits on the governor's desk for final approval. |
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KUHF Houston Public Radio News, June 11, 2009 By Pat HernandezDigital Switch May Not Mean DisposalAudio: On the eve of the transition to digital television, Houston residents are being told not to trash their TVs. The digital switch could result in a wave of electronic waste to area landfills. Click here to listen! | |
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KPRC Local 2 NBC News Houston, June 11, 2009 ByRecycle, Reuse TVs After DTV SwitchVideo: With the switch to digital televisions on Friday, environmentalists are encouraging everyone to recycle or reuse their old televisions, so they won't end up in landfills. Click here to watch! | |
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KVUE 24 ABC News Austin, June 11, 2009 By Elise HuBill aims to keep old TV sets out of landfillsVideo: TVs are made with lead, mercury and other harmful toxins that can pollute landfills and get into water sources, so responsible recycling is being advocated in advance of the big DTV switch. Click here to watch! | |
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KRIV Fox 26 News Houston, June 11, 2009 By Sally MacDonaldDTV Switch Begins at 6:45 A.M.Video: Once families make the DTV switch, their first urge might be to send the old TV to the graveyard, but environmentalists are sounding the call to recycle. Click here to watch! | |
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San Antonio Current, June 4, 2009 By Haylley JohnsonA Texas TV WastelandWith the date of the analog to digital television signal switch looming closer, reality has become more prominent - millions of unused analog televisions have the potential to wind up in Texas landfills. Alongside this threat, recycling has risen higher on many individuals’ to-do lists, including the Texas Legislature's. | |
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New York Times, May 30, 2009 By Kevin FergusonComing Soon: A New Eco-Label for TVsConsumers shopping for a new television may soon have another criterion to consider beyond price, screen size and picture quality: the set’s environmental impact. |
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Waste & Recycling News, May 28, 2009 By Joe TruiniTexas governor to decide on Television Takeback BillTexas Gov. Rick Perry will have on his desk a bill requiring television manufacturers to provide Texas residents with free and convenient recycling for their old units. | |
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Business Journal, May 28, 2009 ByTV recycling bill awaits Perry’s signatureThe Texas Senate passed the Television TakeBack Bill, which requires television manufacturers to provide Texas residents with free and convenient recycling for used TVs. | |
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KXAN News Austin, May 28, 2009 By Natalie StollManufacturers to fund television recyclingVideo: TV zombies descended on the Capitol to thank legislators for their work in helping to alleviate the environment from the estimated millions of televisions that will need to be recycled with the DTV switch. Click here to watch. |
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KUT News Austin, May 28, 2009 By Harrison PowersEnvironmental Group Says 'Thank You'Audio: Rising from the legislature’s graveyard of fallen bills, a law requiring old televisions be recycled has passed and is on its way to Governor Rick Perry’s desk. Hear the full story. |
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San Antonio Express-News, May 27, 2009 By L.A. LorekTexas Senate OKs TV recycling programThe Texas Senate on Wednesday unanimously passed the Television TakeBack Bill that promotes TV recycling. The bill requires TV manufacturers to provide Texas residents with “free and convenient recycling” for their old TVs. |
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The News & Observer, May 27, 2009 By Tim Johnson - Knight Ridder NewspapersChinese city is world's digital scrap heapWhen discarded computers vanish from desktops around the world, they often end up in Guiyu, which may be the electronic-waste capital of the globe. Some 60,000 laborers toil here at primitive e-waste recycling—if it can be called that—even as the work imperils their health. | |
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KUHF News Houston, May 27, 2009 By Bill StampsTexas Says Yes to Television RecyclingAudio: Today the Texas Legislature signed a bill that forces television manufacturers to give consumers a way to recycle their old televisions. Supporters of the plan say it'll keep toxic chemicals out of landfills. Click here to listen! | |
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Port Arthur News, May 13, 2009 ByTexas House passes statewide TV recycling billThe Texas House of Representatives passed HB 821, which will require TV makers selling TVs now to provide free and convenient recycling for used televisions. | |
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New York Times, May 2, 2009 By Erica GiesBring Out Your Dead (TVs)In February, Best Buy, the largest electronics retail chain in the United States, upgraded its electronic waste take-back and recycling program to make it one of the most comprehensive in the country. | |
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PC Magazine, March 2, 2009 By Jennifer L. DeLeoThe Electronics Recycling SuperguidePC 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. |
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TWICE, February 12, 2009 By Greg Tarr500 TV Broadcasters Ask For Early ShutoffThe Federal Communications Commission (FCC) released a list of 500 additional full-power TV broadcasters who have sent word that they need to shut off their analog signals prior to the new June 12 deadline for the transition to all-digital broadcasting. | |
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Associated Press, February 6, 2009 By David BauderSome TV stations to end analog signal on 2/17When Congress postponed the mandatory transition to digital TV until June, it also gave stations the option to stick to the originally scheduled date of | |
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TWICE, February 4, 2009 By Greg TarrHouse Approves DTV Delay LegislationThe House of Representatives approved legislation Wednesday to delay the analog cutoff TV date 115 days to June 12, 2009. The measure will now be sent to President Obama, who is expected to sign it into law. |
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Processor.com, January 30, 2009 By Kurt MarkoE-Waste: The Global ImpactRecycling is one of those concepts everyone embraces. Yet, when it comes to electronics—TVs, monitors, computers, and peripherals—why do so few of us actually do it? | |
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USA Today, January 27, 2009 By Elizabeth WeiseOld TVs cause new problemsTelevisions carelessly disposed of can be toxic to the environment. A huge backlog of unused old ones (99.1 million, the EPA says) is sitting around in people's homes. |
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Kalamazoo Gazette, January 25, 2009 By Robyn RosenthalRecyclers ready for tons of TVs after switch to digitalBetween the Superbowl, which traditionally has given sports fans an excuse to trade up to bigger TVs, and the imminent switch to digital programming, which is scheduled for Feb. 17, environmental groups are estimating that 90 million televisions will become obsolete. |
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Calgary Herald, January 25, 2009 By Reese HalterMore plastic than plankton in Pacific OceanA mass of plastic in the Pacific, increasing tenfold each decade since 1945, is now the size of Texas and killing everything in its wake. Globally, 100 million tonnes of plastic are generated each year and at least 10 per cent of that is finding its way into the sea. | |
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Environmental News Service, January 12, 2009 ByConsumer Electronics Show Greens Its ActProducts introduced at the 2009 Consumer Electronics Show demonstrate that the promise of more environmentally friendly consumer electronics is becoming a reality. | |
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Popular Science, January 12, 2009 By Abby SeiffFear and Greening in Las VegasCorporate responsibility looms large at this year's CES show, but protesters insist more companies need more proactive electronics recycling policies |
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Grist, January 12, 2009 By Sarah van SchagenAnalog-jam: Digital TV delay could be win for environmentMillions of Americans still aren't prepared and could miss out on important news and emergency broadcasts -- a fact that has led President-elect Barack Obama to urge a delay in the transition. | |
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KVBC News Las Vegas, January 9, 2009 By Jerry BrownEco-activists push for TV recycling at CESOutside the electronics show, activists turned the spotlight on another timely question: what happens to old tvs that aren't recycled? Dressed as analog tv zombies, they paraded down Convention Center Drive en route to a press conference. |
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Reuters Blogs, January 9, 2009 By Anupreeta DasCES: TVs, TVs and TV zombiesI stepped out of the Las Vegas Convention Center yesterday to recover from the brilliant glare of the gazillion TVs on display inside — only to run into another set of boxes on the sidewalk. Okay, they weren’t regular old TVs, but humans wearing black boxes over their heads. |
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PC World, January 9, 2009 By Yardena ArarTV Zombies Kicked Out of CESI finally got one of the TV zombies to stop long enough to tell me: "We want the producers to take back responsibility." |
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BBC News, January 9, 2009 By Maggie ShielsCampaigners 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. |
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TreeHugger, January 9, 2009 By Jaymi HeimbuchToxic TV Zombies Invade CES Show in Las VegasPutting 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. |
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GreenYes, January 6, 2009 By Maggie ClarkeHP offers money for old tech equipmentHewlett-Packard has decided to offer people in the United States money in exchange for their old tech equipment, the company announced Tuesday. Given this economy, I'd say it's worth your time to look up the value of your electronic junk on HP's site and make that trip to the post office. | |
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Ft Worth Star-Telegram, November 28, 2008 By Mike LeeEnvironmental groups warn against dumping TV setsAs the DTV switch approaches, and with the holiday shopping season in full swing, environmental groups are warning consumers about impacts on the environment halfway around the world. | |
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Greenercomputing.com, November 19, 2008 By Mary Catherine O'ConnorHow Activists Are Forcing Change in Green ITOften, advocacy groups campaign against specific business practices --- take the movement to ban BPA from baby bottles, for instance. But when it comes to the electronics industry, non-government organizations are attempting to shift the entire business paradigm. | |
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Daily Texan, November 18, 2008 By Lindsey MorganZombies campaign for proper TV set disposalLife-size television zombies sound more like a futuristic sci-fi plot than a campaign for efficient recycling of electronics. But on Monday, activists from the Texas Campaign for the Environment, an environmental advocacy group, dressed as zombies with television sets as heads to protest the improper disposal of televisions in Austin. | |
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KUHF Houston Public Radio News, November 18, 2008 By Bill StampsTV Manufacturers Get Low GradesAudio: An environmental watchdog group says TV manufacturers aren't doing enough to prepare for next year's transition to all digital television. Click here to listen! | |
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SustainableBusiness.com News, November 18, 2008 ByDigital TV Approaches, TV Makers Failing on Recycling EffortsThe Electronics TakeBack Coalition (ETBC) today released its new TV Recycling Report Card, grading the major TV manufacturers on their efforts to establish national programs to take back and recycle old TVs. | |
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GreenBiz, November 18, 2008 By GreenBiz StaffSony Earns Top Grade for TV RecyclingMore than half of TV manufacturers have no recycling program in place even though there are only three months left before the digital TV conversion. | |
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WFAA-TV D/FW , November 18, 2008 By Cynthia IzaguirreProtesters target TV recyclingVideo: With just three months remaining until the nation's transition to digital television, manufacturers of old analog TVs got a ghoulish recycling report card. Click here to watch! | |
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NBC 5 D/FW, November 18, 2008 ByTurning Up the Volume on TV RecyclingVideo: Texas Campaign for the Environment released its TV makers green report card, which grades the recycling programs of major television manufacturers. Click here to watch! | |
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KVUE News Austin, November 18, 2008 By Tom HarrisRecycling old TV's can be tough in TexasVideo: You may find recycling your old TV set a little more difficult than you might think if you are planning on purchasing a new digital TV this year. Click here to watch! | |
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News 8 Austin, November 18, 2008 By News 8 Austin StaffTV companies ill-prepared to recycle analog TVsThe report card is in, and most television makers are failing: The Texas Campaign for the Environment released their report on how well television manufacturers have prepared to recycle their consumers' old TVs. | |
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San Antonio Express-News, November 18, 2008 By L.A. Lorek20.6 million: Number of television sets U.S. consumers threw away in 2007Landfills overflowing with junked TVs containing lead, mercury and other toxic materials could eventually threaten San Antonio's water supply. That's why Texas environmental activists want TV manufacturers to take back their old sets. |
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New York Times, November 12, 2008 By John HancFor the Digitally Deceased, a Profitable GraveyardFinding ways to dispose of America’s increasingly large stream of e-waste is difficult: an estimated 133,000 computers are discarded by homes and businesses every day. In a 2006 report, the International Association of Electronics Recyclers estimated that about 400 million pieces of e-waste are scrapped each year. |
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Philadelphia Inquirer, November 10, 2008 By Sandy BauersTV's New ProgramUpdated guidelines offer more information on how much energy our sets use - or do they? That's just one environmental concern as events point to a big buying spree. | |
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Siliconvalley.com, October 25, 2008 By Melita Marie GarzaDell, PC industry find it isn't easy being greenProving Kermit's adage, Dell spent three years building 25 prototypes before the computer maker found a way to twist bamboo into a natural fiber exterior for its new "Hybrid" desktop. | |
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New York Times, October 2, 2008 By Azadeh EnshaIt Comes in Beige or Black, but You Make It GreenIn a bid to secure your green bragging rights, you have the usual suspects covered, but what about your PC? After all, the machine that can provide you with information on how to lead an ecologically sound life can also be contributing to the environmental problem you are trying to solve. | |
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Newsweek, September 22, 2008 By Lily HuangWhat About Ijunk?What happened to all the once useful things we wanted before? The cell phone that's not a computer, the GPS that's not a phone, the squarely three-dimensional television, the videotape rewinder? With the right design, a manufactured good can be broken down into a number of universal, toxin-free components. | |
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Marketing Daily, August 22, 2008 By Laurie SullivanElectronics Coalition Targets Samsung For Use Of Toxic MetalsThe Electronics TakeBack Coalition has launched a marketing campaign attacking Samsung for what it considers a weak stance on environmental protection and electronics recycling. | |
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Austin-American Statesman, August 11, 2008 By Asher PriceWith Olympics under way, groups protest environment and human rightsA day before the Olympic torch was lit Friday in Beijing, two men in warm-ups, waving bouquets and wearing giant fake gold medals, ascended a podium on a hot street corner in Northeast Austin. | |
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The Daily Texan, August 8, 2008 By Stephany GarzaGroup urges Samsung to recycleProtesters gathered outside Austin's Samsung plant to show their disapproval of the electronics company for not offering its consumers a free nationwide recycling program for television sets, computers and other electronic devices. | |
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Dallas Morning News , July 8, 2008 By Jefferey WeissTech trash dealers get with the program to salvage old computersTech trash is the fastest-growing category of American garbage. While computers and their assorted peripherals are still a relatively tiny tributary to the national waste stream, they are numerous enough to represent a problem – and an opportunity. |
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Austin Chronicle, June 13, 2008 By Kevin BrassApocalypse February! Where will you be when the (TV) world comes to an end??!!Judging by the reaction in some circles, on the scale of media disasters, the nationwide transition to digital television ranks somewhere between the apocalypse and the cancellation of Star Trek. TV service will be ripped from poor minority communities. Millions of outdated TV sets will be dumped into landfills, creating ecological ruin. Families will be cut off forever from American Idol, prompting mass hysteria. |
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Business Week, June 2, 2008 By Michael LiedtkeBest Buy testing free e-waste recycling programBest Buy Co. is testing a free program that will offer consumers a convenient way to ensure millions of obsolescent TVs, old computers and other unwanted gadgets don't poison the nation's dumps. | |
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Chemical and Engineering News, May 28, 2008 By Jeff JohnsonA Tsunami Of Electronic WasteON A SUNNY Saturday in late April, some 4,000 cars and trucks crawled up 16th Street in northwest Washington, D.C., ferrying loads of electronic and other wastes to drop off at the city's semiannual hazardous waste collection event. |
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St Louis Post-Dispatch, May 27, 2008 By Jonathan J. CooperSwitch to digital may clog landfillsThe switch from analog to digital television in February could bring problems beyond new costs to consumers: clogged landfills and pollution from old televisions. | |
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San Antonio Current, May 21, 2008 By Gilbert GarciaWith the digital-TV transition nine months away, millions of Americans remain confused and misinformedWith an estimated 19-million households owning at least one analog-only television, it's reasonable to assume that the looming conversion deadline will spur many consumers to purchase new TVs. |
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Fort Worth Star-Telegram, May 12, 2008 By Scott Streater
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Fort Worth Star-Telegram, April 22, 2008 By Scott StreaterRecycling Electronics Can Put a Dent in PollutionWhen you buy a new computer and bring it home, you take it out of the box, proudly position it in on your desk and plug it in. Then you look down at the old computer on the floor and ask: What do I do with it? | |
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New York Times, April 14, 2010 By Tom Zeller Jr.A Program to Certify Electronic Waste Recycling Rivals an Industry-U.S. PlanThe Basel Action Network plans to begin a new certification and auditing program both e-waste recyclers and companies that generate electronic refuse. |
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Business Week, March 1, 2010 By Rachael KingGreen Tech Gone FakeReused electronics may be good for the environment, but they are feeding the counterfeit tech industry and poisoning some foreign workers. | |
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PC World, February 22, 2010 By Agam Shah, IDG News ServiceUN Warns Developing Countries of Growing E-wasteDeveloping countries need to prepare for an avalanche of e-waste generated by PCs, consumer electronics and appliances, the United Nations said in a study released Monday. | |
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BBC News, February 22, 2010 By'Mountains' of e-waste threaten developing worldUrgent action is needed to tackle the "mountains" of e-waste building up in developing nations, says a UN report. The report gathered information about current levels of e-waste in 11 nations and also looked at how those totals might grow in the next decade. Globally, e-waste is growing at a rate of about 40 million tonnes per year as consumers, in both developed and developing nations, buy new gadgets and discard their old ones. |
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BBC News, November 23, 2009 By Dave LeeHazardous conditions for India's e-waste workersIn Mustafa Bad, a remote part of east Delhi, a narrow street is home to tiny workshops filled with hard workers. Inside, dozens of people, many of them children, spend tiring hours picking through the remains of old computers and mobile phones. |
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Times of India, October 25, 2009 By Atul SethiOur Mountain of E-trashIn India, more than 95% of e-waste recycling is carried out in slums dotted around Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore and other big cities. Computer monitors are broken manually to recover glass. Circuit boards are heated or dipped in acid to get at the metal within. The residue is dumped in a landfill. | |
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The Bergen Record, October 21, 2009 By Herb JacksonTroubled tech recycler has political tiesSeveral New Jersey officials who trumpeted their "green" credentials received campaign contributions from executives at an Ocean County electronics recycling company fined by environmental regulators and in danger of losing its state permit. | |
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New York Times, September 26, 2009 By Elisabeth RosenthalSmuggling Europe’s Waste to Poorer CountriesWhen two inspectors swung open the doors of a battered red shipping container here, they confronted a graveyard of Europe’s electronic waste — old wires, electricity meters, circuit boards — mixed with remnants of cardboard and plastic. |
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The News Herald, August 8, 2009 By Brittany SmithLawsuit claims prison recycling poisoned participantsIf recycled without proper safety measurements, electronic equipment can release a toxic dust containing dangerous substances such as lead, cadmium, mercury and arsenic. |
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CNN, August 3, 2009 By Matt FordSifting through the mounting problem of e-wasteClouds of black smoke from burning plastic hang over the sites of Nigeria's vast dumps, as tiny figures pick their way through slicks of oily water, past cracked PC monitors and television screens. |
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New York Times, May 31, 2009 By Tom Zeller Jr.Few Rules for Recycling ElectronicsIn a scathing report published early last week, the Basel Action Network, or BAN, an advocacy group based in Seattle that seeks to curb the exporting of electronic waste from the United States, argued that EarthECycle — and companies like it — falsely represent themselves as recyclers. |
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Associated Press, May 13, 2009 By Jessica MintzDell bans e-waste export to developing countriesPC 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. | |
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GlobalPost, April 30, 2009 By Drew HinshawGhana's illicit trade in discarded electronicsThe VCRs and shattered radios entered the country optimistically labeled as secondhand gear, but they soon found their way to Aglogloshie, the place where electronics have autopsies. | |
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The Morning News, April 18, 2009 By Christopher SpencerArkansas' E-Waste Goes To TexasSome federal inmates in Texarkana spend their days dismantling Arkansans' old computers, TVs and cell phones. But not all think using prisoners to recycle electronics is a good idea. | |
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Ghana Business News, April 15, 2009 By Emmanuel K. DogbeviE-waste in Ghana - Anti-dumping legislation soonGhana's Communications Minister has given hints of the possibility of government enacting legislation to stop the dumping of e-waste into Ghana. The fact that Ghana is a major dumping ground for e-waste from the US, Europe and other countries is undisputed. | |
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Rocky Mountain News, January 24, 2009 By David Montero and Julie Poppen
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Time Magazine, January 8, 2009 By Bryan WalshE-Waste NotThe U.S. is the only industrialized country that refused to ratify the 19-year-old Basel Convention, an international treaty designed to regulate the export of hazardous waste to developing nations. |
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USA Today, December 29, 2008 By Julie SchmitUSA's trashed TVs, computer monitors can make toxic messHong Kong intercepted and returned 41 ship containers to U.S. ports this year because they carried illegal electronic waste from the U.S., thwarting attempts by U.S. companies to dump 1.4 million pounds of broken TVs or computer monitors overseas and an estimated 82,000 pounds of lead, a known toxin, in the devices. | |
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Houston Chronicle, December 25, 2008 By Allan TurnerE-waste recyclers may not be good for environmentMost people — about 88 percent according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency — simply toss so-called e-waste into the trash. | |
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Fox 4 News Dallas, December 18, 2008 By Matt GrubsMany Look to Recycle Old TVs in Digital AgeVideo: They're shiny, new, thin, and beautiful. The latest flat-screen television sets have many people bidding farewell to the old models. Click here to watch the story! | |
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CBS News, November 9, 2008 By 60 MinutesFollowing The Trail Of Toxic E-WasteVideo: 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! |
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Business Week, October 15, 2008 By Ben Elgin and Brian GrowE-Waste: The Dirty Secret of Recycling ElectronicsAs the e-waste recycling industry proliferates, it has also become enmeshed in questionable practices that undercut its environmentally friendly image. Lax rules and weak enforcement allow scrap companies to profit by sending junked computers, printers, and TVs overseas. | |
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Business Week, October 2, 2008 By Brian Grow, Chi-Chu Tschang, Cliff Edwards and Brian BurnsedDangerous FakesHow counterfeit, defective computer components from China are getting into U.S. warplanes and ships: the garbage-strewn streets of Guiyu reek of burning plastic as workers in back rooms and open yards strip chips from old PC circuit boards, often exported from the US. |
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Scientific American, September 23, 2008 By Susannah F. LockeMajor U.S. recycler vows not to ship e-waste abroadJust days after congressional investigators slammed companies for shipping e-waste overseas (and the feds for failing to crack down on them), a major U.S. recycler today vowed to stop the practice. Waste Management, based in Houston, today announced that it would not send hazardous electronic garbage to developing countries for recycling. | |
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Boston Globe, September 23, 2008 By Derrick Z. JohnsonElectronics dumping groundIt is easy to dump on China's tainted milk, toxic toys, and poison pet food, ignoring how the United States makes China its personal PC dump. | |
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Scientific American, September 18, 2008 By David BielloTrashed Tech Dumped Overseas: Does U.S. Care?A new report proves that the fed's environmental watchdog has knowingly allowed toxic e-waste to be shipped overseas. | |
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Washington Post, September 17, 2008 By Juliet EilperinEPA Lets Electronic Waste Flow Freely, GAO Report SaysThe Environmental Protection Agency has done little to curb the export of discarded electronic products containing hazardous waste, much of which ends up in poorly regulated countries and harms the environment and public health, the Government Accountability Office concluded in a report being released today. | |
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BusinessGreen, August 25, 2008 By Rosalie MarshallIllegal African E-waste Dumping Highlights Need for Better PoliciesThe government last week was accused of failing in its duty to enforce its own e-waste regulations in the wake of fresh reports that large quantities of broken IT equipment are continuing to be dumped illegally in Africa. | |
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Portsmouth Herald News, NH, August 4, 2008 ByResolution would ban e-waste exports to developing countriesLeaders of a campaign to protect the public from toxic chemicals in electronics applauded U.S. Rep. Gene Green, D-Texas, chairman of the House Subcommittee on Environment and Hazardous Materials, for introducing a congressional resolution (HR 1395) Friday that calls for the U.S. to join other nations in banning the export of toxic e-waste to developing countries. | |
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ABC News, July 10, 2008 By Kristen JonesPrison Work Program May Have Put Hundreds at RiskToxic dust from an electronics recycling program run by the federal prison system may have put hundreds of inmates, workers and even their families at risk, according to preliminary findings in a two-year investigation by the Justice Department's Office of the Inspector General. | |
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USA Today, July 8, 2008 By G. Jeffrey MacDonaldDon't recycle 'e-waste' with haste, activists warnConsumers saddled with old cellphones, TVs and computers are flocking to electronics recycling events, which have sprung up in more than 1,000 communities over the past four years. |
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Time Magazine, June 29, 2008 By Bryan WalshYour Laptop's Dirty Little SecretCoal, steel, oil — we think of these old-economy industries, and we picture pollution. But the tech industry has a dirty little secret: it has toxic waste of its own. |
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E-Scrap News, May 6, 2008 By E-Scrap NewsConsumers International (London) has launched a campaign to end the illegal dumping of e-scrap in West AfricaAccording to the release, Nigeria receives 500,000 PCs monthly, of which only 25 percent are working. The remaining 75 percent are relegated to landfill and crude metal-recovery workshops — where peripherals and circuit boards are set afire on the ground, and the resultant metals are picked out of the pile of dirt and melted plastic. (Click here to watch the new video Hidden Flow). | |
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Austin American-Statesman, May 11, 2010 By Asher PriceTexas ranks last in recycling old computers, environmental group saysTexas ranks last in recycling computer parts among states that require manufacturers to take back their electronics, according to a report by an Austin environmental group that tries to keep computers and other electronics from landfills. | |
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Austin American-Statesman, May 11, 2010 By Asher PriceAustin American-Statesman: New report ranks Texas last in recycling old computersTexas ranks last in recycling computer parts among states that require manufacturers to take back their electronics, according to a report by an Austin environmental group that tries to keep computers and other electronics from landfills. Click here to read the report.
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Waste & Recycling News, April 22, 2010 By Amanda Smith-TeutschGoodwill now accepts Microsoft electronics for recyclingA free consumer computer equipment recycling collection run by Dell and Goodwill will now accept Microsoft electronics at Goodwill locations. | |
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Austin American-Statesman, September 27, 2009 By Kirk LadendorfIn East Austin, one company is biting into electronics wasteOne way to deal with obsolete electronics products is to literally tear things apart. That's why Electronic Recycling and Trading has built a massive shredding and sorting machine that occupies about 20,000 square feet at its recycling plant in East Austin. |
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KUHF News Houston, May 27, 2009 By Bill StampsTexas Says Yes to Television RecyclingAudio: Today the Texas Legislature signed a bill that forces television manufacturers to give consumers a way to recycle their old televisions. Supporters of the plan say it'll keep toxic chemicals out of landfills. Click here to listen! | |
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MSNBC News, April 13, 2009 By Suzanne ChoneyCell Phone Recycling: Delete, Then DisposeOnly about 10 percent of cell phones in the United States were recycled in 2007, with many of them being tossed in the trash or stashed away in nooks and crannies around the house. |
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National Public Radio, February 2, 2009 By Ann DornfeldE-Waste Law: Manufacturers Pay For RecyclingAudio: When old TVs and computers end up in landfills or incinerators, the heavy metals and flame retardants they contain can pollute lakes and oceans. Click here to listen! | |
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Environmental News Service, January 29, 2009 By ENS NewsElectronics Recyclers Gear Up for Digital BroadcastingIn two weeks, Best Buy Co., Inc. will bring its electronics recycling program to all of the company's 1,006 stores across the United States, the company announced Wednesday. | |
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Huffington Post Blog, December 15, 2008 By Philip G. BakerWhich TV Brands Are Best For The Environment?The Electronics TakeBack Coalition's Annual Report Card grades TV manufacturers for their recycling programs that reduce e-waste, and has just been released. | |
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ConsumerReports.org, December 12, 2008 By Kristi WiedemannTV manufacturers graded—and not well—on recycling effortsA new TV Recycling Report Card is out from a non-profit advocacy group, evaluating TV manufacturers, and a few retailers, on their efforts. Many companies received flunking grades, reflecting gaps in existing TV producers' recycling programs and the significant number of companies who don't offer recycling at all. | |
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Associated Press, November 13, 2008 By Jessica MintzStaples offers free Dell PC recyclingUnder the partnership announced Wednesday, people can drop off any amount of Dell-branded PCs, monitors, keyboards, printers, mice and other accessories at any of Staples' 1,500 U.S. stores for recycling, without having to make a purchase. | |
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TWICE, October 31, 2008 By Greg TarrPanasonic, Sharp Fend Off The 'Undead TVs'A group called Electronics TakeBack Coalition (ETBC) was claiming credit Friday for forcing the announcements Thursday of plans for a cooperative national recycling programming involving Panasonic, Sharp and Toshiba. |
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Panasonic, October 30, 2008 ByGoal is Simple, Safe Recycling of Used ElectronicsPanasonic announced today that it is creating a program designed to provide consumers convenient and easy recycling of their Panasonic branded TVs and other consumer electronics. The recycling program will expand to all 50 states over the next three years. | |
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Plastics News, October 20, 2008 By Don LoeppElectronics get press for dressing in greenCanon Inc. and Apple Computer Inc. made headlines last week for materials-related choices in their electronics products. | |
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GreenRightNow.com, September 18, 2008 By Harriet BlakeComputer Recycling Becomes Law In TexasThanks to new legislation that took effect Sept. 1, all computer makers are now responsible for recycling their products. Texas is the fourth state to have such a law, says Jeff Jacoby, staff director with the nonprofit Texas Campaign for the Environment. | |
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Daily Green News, September 9, 2008 By Dan ShapleyElectronics, Cradle Toward CradleAs the countdown to the switch to digital television continues, Samsung has joined the ranks of companies offering free recycling of their used electronics. | |
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KUHF Houston Public Radio, September 2, 2008 By Laurie Johnson
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GreenerComputing, August 5, 2008 ByLG and WMI Partner to Tackle E-WasteLG Electronics and Waste Management will partner to open more than 160 recycling centers across the country to handle masses of unwanted electronics. Beginning next month, the companies will launch e-waste recycling centers in all 50 states. | |
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San Antonio Express-News, May 22, 2008 By Anton CaputoState agency approves computer recycling mandate. Manufacturers will have to offer free programs, but no standards set.It's official. If you want to make computers and sell them in Texas, you need to have a free program to recycle the equipment when customers are finished with it. | |
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Austin American Statesman, May 21, 2008 By Asher PriceNew state computer recycling rules do not go far enough, some sayThe passage of a computer recycling law was one of the few triumphs counted by environmentalists in the last legislative session. But the group that pushed for the law says rules by the state's environmental agency, which will take the step today of putting the law into practice, lack teeth to stop recyclers from disposing of hazardous materials overseas. | |
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BrandWeek, May 12, 2008 By Steve MillerRecycling Becomes Electric for CE BrandsEWaste management has gone from being a headache to a marketing tool. Electronics manufacturers and retailers are attempting to address the problem and give themselves a green halo by encouraging consumers to recycle old TVs, computers and other devices. | |
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer, May 11, 2008 By Angelea GallowayCity wants going green to be easier on taxpayersFrom carpet recycling to curbside pickup of broken televisions and computers, Seattle politicians are considering ways to help shift away from taxpayers some of the burden -- and cost -- of waste disposal. | |
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Dallas Morning News, May 28, 2010 By Editorial StaffEditorial: TCEQ is ceding control by digging in its heelsIn meeting after meeting, federal officials have urged the TCEQ to change its approach to regulating industrial air pollution. The Texas response to the EPA? You just don't understand. | |
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Austin American-Statesman, May 26, 2010 By Asher PriceState, federal officials blame one another for air quality impasseThe EPA could take over the entire job of regulating air quality in Texas if the state keeps violating the Clean Air Act — intensifying a dispute over regulating pollution from the largest U.S. refineries and petrochemical plants. | |
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Houston Chronicle, May 26, 2010 By Peggy FikacEPA ups ante in battle with state over clean-air standardsTexas has “weeks, not years” to show it is willing to comply with the Clean Air Act or face the prospect of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency taking over its entire air-pollution permitting program, EPA's regional administrator said Wednesday. | |
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KIAH Houston, May 22, 2010 By Going Green with Yolanda Green"Going Green" spotlights Texas Campaign for the EnvironmentVideo: How a fired up grassroots campaign is working to reduce waste in Texas. Truly a must see! | |
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Rueters, May 6, 2010 By Maggie FoxAmericans "bombarded" with cancer sources: reportAmericans are being "bombarded" with cancer-causing chemicals and radiation and the federal government must do far more to protect them, presidential cancer advisers said on Thursday. | |
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Southern Shift, December 8, 2009 ByCopenhagen in Texas: An Interview w/ Environmentalist Robin SchneiderVideo: While we focus on the Copenhagen climate talks, we at The Southern Shift wanted to bring attention to environmental and global issues closer to home. This week we will kick things off with a two-part interview with Robin Schneider, who heads up Texas Campaign for the Environment. | |
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Dallas Morning News, November 6, 2009 By Randy Lee LoftisSMU professor Al Armendariz named EPA region administratorAs the top environmental official in the nation's oil and chemical heartland, Armendariz will help carry out policies on curbing global warming and pushing for overhauls of Texas' air pollution rules. | |
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Houston Chronicle, October 2, 2009 By Zac TrahanTexas EPA region needs a strong leaderTCE Guest Op-Ed: President Obama should appoint a strong leader to head our regional EPA office who will be up to the task of tackling some of the country's worst pollution problems. | |
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Dallas Morning News, September 21, 2009 By Editorial staffEditorial: EPA right to get tough with TexasThe Texas Commission on Environmental Quality has long been a reliable protector of polluters. But with a new administration at the helm, the rules are changing. | |
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Dallas Morning News, September 18, 2008 By Jeffrey WeissDallas-Fort Worth community organizers share passion for grass-roots changeWhat does a community organizer do? There are no simple answers. Details of the job vary from agency to agency.Here are the stories of three Dallas-Fort Worth groups that employ professional community organizers. |
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Houston Business Journal, September 10, 2008 By Christine HallTCE opens Houston officeThe advocacy group works with local organizations to fight problematic landfill sitings and expansions and to improve the standards for landfills. | |
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KUHF Houston Public Radio, September 9, 2008 By Rod RiceDoor-to-door Initiative To Promote Electronics RecyclingThe Texas Campaign for the Environment opened an office in Houston today. Organizers will begin door-to-door canvassing to spread the word about recycling electronics. | |
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Houston Press Online, September 8, 2008 By Olivia Flores AlvarezA New Environmental Group Offers Houston Info And Donation RequestsThe Texas Campaign for the Environment (TEC) opens an office in Houston today and plans to be hitting the streets organizing door-to-door this afternoon. They’ll be talking to residents about recycling options, including the Texas Computer Recycling law that went into effect last week -- oh, and collecting donations for the cause. | |
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KVUE News Austin, June 24, 2010 By Sarah LuceroIs Texas next state to ban plastic grocery bags?Video: There are more and more proposals being drawn up at the local and state level to eliminate or place a tax on the bags. Most are produced using oil, and, by some estimates, 90 percent end up dumped in a landfill or clogging up streams. | |
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Austin American-Statesman, June 9, 2010 By Shea, Schneider, Porter and McAfeeOp-Ed: Austin recycling too important to rush decisionAustin considers itself an environmental leader, yet it cannot seem to get recycling right. The City Council is now considering the selection of a partner for its long-term recycling operations after a flawed process. | |
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Austin American-Statesman, June 9, 2010 By Sarah CoppolaAustin recycling contract still up in the airThe Austin City Council is scheduled to choose one of three firms today to build and run an Austin recycling plant so the city can stop shipping recyclables to San Antonio. But the city's multiyear quest to figure out what to do with recyclables might have hit another snag. | |
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Associated Press, June 2, 2010 By Samantha YoungCalif. Moves To Ban Plastic Bags At Grocery StoresThe California Assembly on Wednesday passed legislation prohibiting pharmacies and grocery, liquor and convenience stores from giving out plastic bags. | |
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WFAA-TV Dallas/Ft. Worth, April 26, 2010 ByStubborn fire burns at Dallas landfillVideo: A fire that broke out at the McCommas Bluff landfill in East Oak Cliff early Sunday evening was still burning Monday morning. | |
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Austin American Statesman, April 23, 2010 By Sarah CoppolaCity of Austin could expand recyclingSmall apartment complexes, offices would no longer have an exemption | |
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Waste & Recycling News, April 20, 2010 By Jim JohnsonGreens, not gasAlmost a dozen environmental groups — including San Francisco’s environmental department — wants to refocus a national program aimed at capturing and using methane from landfills. | |
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The Story of Stuff Project, March 23, 2010 By Annie Leonard
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Dallas Morning News, March 8, 2010 By Tasha HaytonDallas-Fort Worth post offices slowly offering recycling binsRecycling can save companies money, especially large entities like the postal service that deal with tons of paper, said Jeffrey Jacoby, program director with the Texas Campaign for the Environment. | |
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KVUE News Austin, February 7, 2010 By Steve Alberts
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KVUE News Austin, December 16, 2009 By Steve AlbertsAustin losing millions of dollars to haul away recyclablesVideo: Since the city doesn't have a recycling facility in town to handle unsorted recyclables, it contracted with an out-of-town company called Greenstar. The city expected to make money, but instead, it has lost more than $2 million. | |
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Southern Shift, December 8, 2009 ByCopenhagen in Texas: An Interview w/ Environmentalist Robin SchneiderVideo: While we focus on the Copenhagen climate talks, we at The Southern Shift wanted to bring attention to environmental and global issues closer to home. This week we will kick things off with a two-part interview with Robin Schneider, who heads up Texas Campaign for the Environment. | |
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Austin American-Statesman, November 29, 2009 By Sarah CoppolaAustin considers extending problematic recycling contractThe City of Austin is looking to improve the terms of a much-maligned recycling contract that it expected to profit from, but that instead has cost $2 million over the past year. | |
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Dallas Advocate, October 2, 2009 By Marlena Chavira-Medford, Christina Hughes Babb & Keri MitchellTrash to TreasureBy and large, Dallas receives a passing mark in terms of its strides toward protecting the environment, says Jeff Jacoby, Dallas staff director for the Texas Campaign for the Environment, a grassroots advocacy group. | |
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Austin America-Statesman, April 7, 2009 By Sarah CoppolaAustin losing money on recycling contractWhile city has lost about $900,000, San Antonio and Dallas have profited. A local environmental group that has analyzed public records blames the loss on a contract with the recycling company Greenstar that the City Council approved in May. |
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Calgary Herald, January 25, 2009 By Reese HalterMore plastic than plankton in Pacific OceanA mass of plastic in the Pacific, increasing tenfold each decade since 1945, is now the size of Texas and killing everything in its wake. Globally, 100 million tonnes of plastic are generated each year and at least 10 per cent of that is finding its way into the sea. | |
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KXAN News Austin, January 23, 2009 By Matt FlenerNeighbors fighting landfill expansionVideo: Hearings continued Friday on a battle to expand a Northeast Travis County Landfill. Neighbors and landfill operators argued in front of an administrative law judge Friday. Click here to watch! | |
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News 8 Austin, January 21, 2009 By News 8 StaffProposed landfill expansion sparks controversyBFI Waste Systems went before the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality Tuesday to find out once and for all whether it can expand its landfill in northeast Travis County. | |
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CBS 42 News Austin, January 20, 2009 By Alexis PattersonTravis County residents fight landfill expansionImagine having 250 acres of garbage as your next door neighbor - and now the landfill company wants to expand. That's got some folks in Northeast Travis County upset - but the proposed expansion is now being considered by a judge. | |
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San Antonio Express-News, December 27, 2008 By Colin McDonaldSan Antonio moves slow on recyclingHanging off the back of a garbage truck, Hector Villanueva and Juan Aguirre scramble down block after block to collect San Antonio’s trash. Villanueva didn’t think about recycling until he started hoisting trash cans filled with cardboard, plastic bottles and newspapers that could have been recycled. | |
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In Fact Daily, December 10, 2008 By Mark RichardsonCity Attorney excludes community’s choice for outside counsel on BFIA resolution on today’s Council agenda to direct City Manager Marc Ott to hire an outside legal firm to assist in “un-doing” an agreement between the city and landfill operator BFI could spark some spirited discussion. | |
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Austin American Statesman, July 10, 2008 By Melissa MixonHutto group now backs landfill sale; Williamson commissioners say they're interested but are also looking to negotiate new contract with operator.Orlynn Evans remembers the unease among some residents a year and a half ago when Williamson County commissioners discussed selling the county's controversial landfill. | |
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KUT Radio, June 30, 2008 By Erika AguilarMore Trash in HuttoHutto residents aren’t against expansion—they want to make sure the landfill doesn’t get too big and trash from outside the county goes elsewhere. |
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New York Times, June 25, 2008 By Stephanie RosenbloomHome Depot Offers Recycling for Compact Fluorescent BulbsThe nation's second-largest retailer is creating widespread recycling program for the bulbs, accepting them at all U.S. locations. |
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KVUE News, June 23, 2008 By Jessica VessHutto residents take a stand against landfill expansionHutto residents and city council members are taking a stand against a proposed landfill expansion. Operators at the Williamson County landfill are looking at a plan that would allow trash from outside the county to be dumped there anyway. | |
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Austin Chronicle, June 6, 2008 By Lee NicholsThe Webberville ConundrumAustin's plans for an eastern landfill hit a little obstacle – the people who live there. | |
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Weatherford Democrat, June 5, 2008 By Carman WilliamsChanges may be in store for landfillsLandfills never stir up sanitary images, but if proposed new standards are approved by the state, municipal dumps may be getting too dirty for some groups to handle. | |
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Austin American-Statesman, June 2, 2008 By Melissa MixonJudge says controversial landfill contract is validA 2003 contract between Williamson County and its landfill operator, Waste Management of Texas, is valid, according to a district judge’s ruling released late Friday. | |
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Houston Chronicle, August 10, 2003 By Dina CappielloPoor funding, cheap landfills hurt effortsAsk Marta Medina what she does for a living, and she replies in Spanish "reciclar," or recycle. The 50-year-old Guatemalan immigrant has made a success of recycling, something that Houston, the fourth largest city in the nation, has struggled to do. | |
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Waste & Recycling News, April 20, 2010 By Jim JohnsonGreens, not gasAlmost a dozen environmental groups — including San Francisco’s environmental department — wants to refocus a national program aimed at capturing and using methane from landfills. | |
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Fox Business, June 19, 2008 By Market WireRecycling to Reduce Carbon EmissionsAs a result of the increased awareness of climate change and global warming, more and more people have become concerned about greenhouse gas emissions and are developing strategies to reduce their carbon footprint. | |
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San Diego Daily Transcript, February 25, 2010 By Monica UnholdExpert: Reducing waste can help bottom lineToyota Motor Corp. and Hewlett Packard have reduced their costs by instituting recycling programs and reusing materials they previously discarded after a single use. | |
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Austin American-Statesman Op-Ed, December 28, 2009 By Robin SchneiderSchneider: City shouldn't rush to extend Greenstar dealAustin's single-stream recycling program should be making the city money. Ideally, when the original Greenstar contract ends next September, the city will be able to sign a new and better contract with a company that will sort our recyclables locally. | |
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Providence Environmental News Examiner, December 16, 2009 By Amanda BeckerNantucket becomes no-waste societyOne of the most notable examples of a "no waste" society can be found in Nantucket, an island off the coast of Massachusetts whose want for landfill space and uneasiness about the cost of shipping local trash over 30 miles to the mainland encouraged its leadership to implement significant changes to its trash policy. | |
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New York Times, October 19, 2009 By Leslie KaufmanNudging Recycling From Less Waste to NoneAcross the nation, an antigarbage strategy known as “zero waste” is moving from the fringes to the mainstream, taking hold in school cafeterias, national parks, restaurants, stadiums and corporations. The movement is simple in concept if not always in execution: Produce less waste. |
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News 8 Austin, January 16, 2009 By Associated Press writerAustin wants zero waste status by 2040The City of Austin is now the only City in Texas attempting to go zero waste. Austin City Council Thursday adopted a plan to eliminate trash from area landfills by 2040. | |
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KXAN News Austin, January 15, 2009 By Matt Flener & Blair ShiffFrom landfills to bike lanes, agenda is fullVideo: The Austin City Council convened Thursday to discuss everything from landfills to a no-kill shelter. TCE note: The Council voted unanimously to approve the Austin Zero Waste Strategic Plan. Click here to watch! | |
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Christian Science Monitor, December 16, 2008 By Amelia NewcombJapan as ground zero for no-waste lifestyleTucked almost imperceptibly into cedar-blanketed mountains an hour's winding drive from the nearest metropolis, Kamikatsu seems an unlikely spot for a revolution. But try to throw even a candy wrapper away here, and it's quickly apparent that residents are radically reshaping their relationship to the environment. |
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Austin American-Statesman, December 9, 2008 By Sarah CoppolaZero-waste Plan Heads to Austin City CouncilThe Austin City Council will discuss a "zero-waste" plan this week aimed at diverting 90 percent of Austin's trash from landfills by 2040. | |
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Austin American-Statesman, October 9, 2008 By Letter to the Editor, Robin SchneiderTCE Executive Director on Pharmaceutical WasteThere is a solution that Texas and 15 other states have adopted for old computers and other electronics that can be applied to pharmaceuticals, too. Require producers to pay for the safe disposal of their products. | |
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Austin American-Statesman, April 22, 2008 By Peter MongilloAlready recycle paper? Here's how you can recycle nearly everything elseAustin-area guide for recycling everyday consumer products. Everything from styrofoam to pill bottles is covered in this recycling resource. | |
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National Public Radio, March 28, 2008 By Morning EditionBeyond Recycling: Getting to 'Zero Waste'Recycling newspaper and plastic can only go so far toward achieving a "zero-waste" world, recycling activist Eric Lombardi says. The next step, he says, is getting industry and government to work together to make going greener more profitable. | |
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Los Angeles Daily Breeze, January 21, 2008 By Sue DoyleL.A.'s trash goal: No waste by 2030 | |
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