Year: 2015

What is the SMM Electronics Challenge?

By Veena Clay March 17, 2015 Introduced by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in September 2012, the Sustainable Materials Management (SMM) Challenge was designed to address electronics recycling from a manufacturer’s standpoint. The program focuses on the manufacture and design of electronics, bringing awareness about how these processes could increase the toxic effect that improperly […]

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The Cautious Process of Light Bulb Recycling: What You Should Know

By Veena Clay March 10, 2015 When it comes to household items, it is hard to find something more common or familiar than a light bulb. However, the light bulb is no longer the common incandescent light source first invented for widespread commercial use by Thomas Edison. It has evolved in ways its creator never […]

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Four Reasons Why You Should Definitely Recycle Your Desktop

By Veena Clay March 5, 2015 Hoarding electronics may not be everyone’s bad habit, but its prevalence in households and offices across the country cannot be denied. With desktops, it happens with particular frequency, often because we just don’t know what to do with an old computer. Most states employ landfill bans to prevent residents […]

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New Electronics Recycling Bill Aims to Support Programs in Illinois

By Veena Clay March 3, 2015 E-waste diversion from landfills is quickly becoming a growing trend among states, and rightly so. As electronics production increases in response to growing demand for each new iteration of technology, e-waste has begun to pile up. Numbers and statistics for both production and obsolescence have skyrocketed, not just here […]

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Top Electronics Retailers Offering E-Waste Collection

By Veena Clay January 9, 2015 More and more Americans are becoming aware that e-waste is a huge issue — not just here in the U.S., but also around the globe. It makes sense: The proliferation of electronic devices over the last decade has been like a torrential downpour with new devices engaging the market […]

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Five Facts to Know About Cell Phone Recycling

By Veena Clay January 5, 2015 The recent release of the new iPhone 6 has everyone chatting, reviewing, rating and comparing. Lines for the latest addition to Apple’s family of mobile devices have wrapped around the corners of city blocks all over America. As with so many other electronic devices, it’s out with the old […]

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