Kopin Corp. is ramping up hiring at its Westboro plant to meet demand from the military and camera manufacturers for teeny weeny display screens. Taunton-based Kopin makes the high-tech screens in rooms so clean you could eat off the floor. But why would you want to when you can buy an Olympus digital camera with […]
Thieves increasingly targeting catalytic converters
No one would mistake Mike Sweeney’s 16-year-old pickup with a muscle car.But Sweeney could have mistaken the sound of the engine of his 1991 Toyota Truck to that of a rumbling speedster on the afternoon of March 21.That’s because the truck’s catalytic converter was stolen while it was parked in the driveway of his family’s […]
Gardner electronics recycler acquired by Calif. company
Electronic component recycler ElectroniCycle has been purchased by California-based Electronic Recyclers Inc. in what the company said is the first step in a national expansion.ElectroniCycle has 40 employees, all of whom will be retained, said founder and president Richard A. Peloquin.Terms of the sale were not disclosed.The West Broadway company recycles television and computer cathode […]
March 17: Katella High to host electronics recycling event
Unload old computers, monitors and other unwanted electronics from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday, March 17 at Katella High School.The items collected will be trucked away and recycled by Fresno-based Electronic Recyclers.The high school is at 2200 E. Wagner Ave.
Take your tech trash to City College for recycling
Here’s your chance to finally get rid of those old electronic items and gadgets gathering dust and taking up space in your house or garage. City College of San Francisco has teamed with Electronic Recyclers to host a free drop-off today of computers, monitors, VCRs, printers, television sets and other electronic items for proper recycling.In […]
Save Mart Helps Californians Recycle Electronics
The state of California prohibits consumers from tossing out unwanted television or computer monitors, because electronic items have toxic elements (lead and mercury,) which leak hazardous waste into landfills. By law, such products must now be recycled properly and in ways that won’t harm the environment.To help consumers with recycling, retailer Save Mart in northern […]
‘E-waste’ recyclers at your disposal
It’s a sunny, breezy Friday morning in Huntington Beach, and the parking lot of the Central Park Sports Complex looks like a cross between a Best Buy blowout and the Museum of Consumer Electronics.The jetsam of America’s love affair with electronic gadgetry is stacked on pallets as cars intermittently pull up to unload more televisions, […]
Recycling company gets new CFO
Robert Christ has been named chief financial officer of Electronic Recyclers, a Fresno-based recycler of electronic waste.Mr. Christ most recently served as chief financial officer and chief operating officer for Aristotle Inc., a privately owned software company based in Washington, D.C.Prior to his work at Aristotle, he served as CFO for Pulsar Data Systems, participating […]
The Merced County Fair Invites the Community to Recycle Their Electronic Waste
WHAT: This coming Saturday and Sunday, January 20th and 21st, the Merced County Fair in Merced is giving residents an opportunity to safely unload their old computers, television sets, and other out-dated, unusable or unwanted electronic items for proper recycling from 8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. on Saturday and 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. on […]
E-recycling events Saturday in Napa, AmCan
On Saturday south county residents can get rid of old computer monitors and television sets free of charge and close to home, and in doing so make a contribution to school programs.Pam Konoval, American Canyon environmental program specialist, said last week she hopes as many as 500 cars will stop by the Community Center on […]