Author: ERI Admin

Clear Channel’s “Green is Good” Environmental Radio Show Hosts Green Leaders

The Clear Channel Produced “Green is Good” radio show has announced its roster of guests for the months of May and June, revealing the leading green businesses and organizations, each taking unique measures to protect our planet.The weekly interview program, co-hosted by John Shegerian (Chairman and CEO of Electronic Recyclers International, the nation’s leading recycler […]

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E-waste now major source of steel, base metals: ERI

Recovery of metals from electronic waste recycling is providing an increasingly important supply of scrap metals to smelters, ranging from base metals to steel, according to the CEO of a major player in a recent interview with Platts.John Shegerian, chairman and CEO of Electronic Recyclers International, explained that his company began shipping copper scrap, recovered […]

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Electronic Recyclers International CEO Calls Apple iPad’s Smashing Success a “Predictor of a Recycling Industry Growth Trend”

John Shegerian, Chairman and CEO of Electronic Recyclers International (ERI), the nation’s leading recycler of electronics and e-waste, issued a statement this morning about the success of the Apple iPad. In his statement, he refers to the iPad as a “perfect example of a future trend” of the electronic waste recycling and urban mining industries. […]

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1-800-Recycling.com Listed as Recycling Resource on Oprah’s Site

1-800-Recycling.com, an interactive nationwide website dedicated to enhancing and democratizing the consumer recycling experience while making practical suggestions about green living, has been listed as a resource for finding recycling centers anywhere in the U.S. by Oprah Winfrey’s official web site, Oprah.com. This listing is part of an effort to help Oprah viewers responsibly recycle […]

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Cash for appliances: Junk piles rise with rebate clunkers

The clunker refrigerator you’ve sent off for recycling could turn up in your kitchen again someday. Don’t worry, it’s not coming back. But the steel extracted from it could be used to make a new appliance.Since Florida’s $17.5 million cash-for-appliances rebate signup ended last week, more appliances, referred to in the recycling trade as “white […]

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The City of El Segundo Invites Community to Recycle Their Electronic Waste

The City of El Segundo Public Works Department has once again teamed with Electronic Recyclers International (ERI), the nation’s leading recycler of electronic waste, to provide local Southern Californians an opportunity to safely unload their old computers, television sets, laptops, copiers, faxes, stereos, and other outdated, unusable or unwanted electronic items for proper recycling — […]

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Are You Green Jobs Ready?

“Green For All successfully advocated for increased funding for green jobs training in the Recovery Act,” said Ellis-Lamkins. “And we successfully pushed the U.S. House of Representatives to include key equity provisions in the climate bill that increase green job training, job quality standards and community access to these jobs. At the state level, Green […]

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Electronics vs. paper: Who’s greenest of all?

Digital Age options have us making modern choices:Do I pay bills with a check in the mail, or do I bank online? Do I buy the newspaper, or do I read its Web site? Do I curl up with a book, or with an e-reader?Convenience has typically dictated the decision. But as green becomes the […]

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Electronic Recyclers International CEO Addresses HazWaste Forum 2010

John S. Shegerian, Chairman and CEO of Electronic Recyclers International (ERI), discussed electronics recycling and “e-waste” today at the “HazWaste Forum 2010” conference at the University Club in New York City, presented by Madison Williams and Company LLC, the integrated capital-markets and advisory firm.As part of an expert panel discussion on the financial promise of […]

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Electronic Recyclers International CEO Addresses Phi Beta Lambda’s Annual California Meeting

John S. Shegerian, Chairman and CEO of Electronic Recyclers International (ERI), the nation’s leading recycler of electronics and e-waste, delivered the keynote address for the Phi Beta Lambda’s annual State Business Leadership Conference at the Sheraton in Pasadena, California.Speaking to a packed hall of business students from campuses ranging from UCLA and UC Berkeley to […]

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