Category: News Room

Fifteen Uncommonly Clever Economic Indicators

Excerpt from full article:Electronic Waste RecyclingIt’s hard to think green when you’re just getting by, notes John Shegerian, chief executive of Electronic Recyclers International, which recycles electronic waste like old cellphones, computers and printers. “As a matter of survival people retrenched or did not expand their recycling programs,” during 2008 and 2009, says Shegerian. Now […]

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Electronics Manufacturers and Recyclers to Meet in San Francisco for Second Annual International Electronics Recycling Conference & Expo

The Second International Electronics Recycling Conference & Expo (IERCE) will be held in San Francisco, California at the Hyatt Regency Hotel (Burlingame, California) on May 26th & 27th, 2010.The IERCE has fast become the premier networking and learning platform attended by IT asset managers, recycling executives, electronics resellers, manufacturers and other stakeholders in the fast […]

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1-800-Recycling.com Offers Facebook Fans Chance to Win Free iPad

1-800-Recycling.com, an interactive nationwide website dedicated to enhancing and democratizing the consumer recycling experience while making practical suggestions about green living, is encouraging its users to spread the word about responsible recycling via Facebook – and is incentivizing the effort with a chance to win a free Apple iPad!As described in an announcement by 1-800-Recycling.com […]

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Recycling of electronic items a ‘success story’

Electronics are being recycled in record numbers as more states require it and more companies collect and even pay for discarded items, but the gains come with controversy.Some environmentalists complain that recycling is not keeping pace with electronics sales. Some say e-waste is being dumped in developing countries, where toxic materials such as lead and […]

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Eco-Friendly Equipment Disposal

Green IT as a buzzword has been around for several years, but as a concept it has become almost a distraction, at least when used in context of IT equipment disposal. “More often than not, companies have started to be green because they recognize it can help the bottom line in a lot of different […]

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Korea’s LS-Nikko Copper Opens 1st U.S. Liaison Office Inside of Electronic Recyclers International

Representatives from Korea-based LS-Nikko Copper, one of the world’s largest copper smelters, visited Electronic Recyclers International’s Fresno location Thursday afternoon to view their new liaison office at ERI as well as the company’s facilities.Due to a partnership announced several months ago, LS-Nikko Copper has invested in “urban mining,” or above-ground mining, as a resource for […]

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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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