Innovate or Suffer Slow Brain Asphyxiation
“Failing at Innovation?” a recent Businessweek headline fretted. “The U.S. created fewer start-ups … in 2007 than in 1990,” the article said. “Those new companies that do get formed employ fewer people, [with] new establishments [opening] for business with about 7.5 jobs on average, compared with 4.9 jobs in the 2000s.”That’s too bad, because it […]
John Shegerian, Chairman and CEO of Electronic Recyclers International (ERI), the nation’s leading recycler of electronic waste, and Kevin Kramer, Director of Growth Initiatives for Alcoa, the world’s leading aluminum producer, were teamed today for a Commit Forum discussion on their organizations’ unique partnership and the tremendous promise of urban mining earlier today at the […]
Electronic Recyclers International Addresses 2011 EI Digest Gathering
Ron Buckhammer, a Recycling Specialist for Electronic Recyclers International (ERI), the nation’s leading recycler of electronic waste, was among the panelists of two different group discussions on the state of the electronics recycling industry yesterday and today at the 2011 EI Digest Gathering, organized by the EnviroBiz Group and held at the Kona Kai Resort […]
Electronic Recyclers International (ERI), the nation’s leading recycler of electronic waste, announced today that it has now successfully achieved Responsible Recycling Practices for Electronics Recyclers (R2) certification and Basel Action Network’s (BAN’s) e-Stewards Standard for Responsible Recycling and Reuse of Electronic Equipment for all of its facilities, nationwide.Announcement of the certifications means that ERI is […]
E-waste: Recyclers, scrap haulers vie to keep U.S. computer trash home
How the federal government dumps half a million worn-out computers and countless other electronic devices every year may help expand the $5 billion electronics recycling industry.The Environmental Protection Agency and General Services Administration are considering new rules of engagement for contract recyclers as they start requiring agencies to dispose of old computers, monitors and other […]
Electronic Recyclers International (ERI), the nation’s leading recycler of electronic waste, announced today that it has successfully achieved Responsible Recycling Practices for Electronics Recyclers (R2) certification and Basel Action Network’s (BAN’s) e-Stewards Standard for Responsible Recycling and Reuse of Electronic Equipment for its Badin, North Carolina facility.Announcement of the certifications means that ERI is the […]
Electronic Recyclers International (ERI), based in Fresno, Calif., has been the recipient of investments from Pittsburgh-based Alcoa and Seoul, South Korea-based LS-Nikko Copper. The aluminum producer and copper smelting company see a benefit to investing in the electronics recycling company because it will provide them with an “urban mining” resource, according to ERI. In turn, […]
Electronic Recyclers International CEO sends open letter about jobs to the people of Stanly County
John Shegerian, Chairman and CEO of Electronic Recyclers International (ERI), the nation’s leading recycler of electronic waste, has written an open letter to the people of Stanly County, North Carolina.The full letter is reprinted below:On July 16, 2011, Electronic Recyclers International held a job fair in Badin, North Carolina for its upcoming facility in Alcoa’s […]
John Shegerian, Chairman and CEO of Electronic Recyclers International (ERI), the nation’s leading recycler of electronic waste, will share his insights on the rapid evolution of the electronic recycling business model and discuss the tremendous promise of “urban mining” and the green color workforce next Tuesday as the lead speaker on a Canaccord Genuity Virtual […]
Over recent years there has been much discussion across the world of declining fossil fuel supplies, ‘peak oil’ and the increasingly urgent need for sustainable energy production. And that talk has not gone unanswered. According to the Renewable Energy Policy Network for the 21st Century (REN21) in 2009 over $160 billion was invested globally in […]