Best Buy launches free recycling pilot project
I beat up on Best Buy a lot in this blog, but finally it looks like the company is doing something so right that even I can find nothing to complain about. To wit: In 117 stores, effective immediately, the company is accepting electronics gear for recycling at no charge.The stores are located in Baltimore, […]
Electronic Recyclers International CEO Addresses UCLA Extension’s “Business of Green” Conference
John S. Shegerian, Chairman and CEO of Electronic Recyclers International (ERI), stressed the importance of addressing the incoming glut of electronic waste and the various other ways businesses can get in touch with their “green DNA” last Friday morning at the UCLA Extension’s “The Business of Green: What’s the Payoff?” program at the Westin Long […]
Save Mart Stores Promote Environmental Safety, Host E-waste Recycling Events on May 17 and 18
A half-dozen Save Mart stores in California’s Central Valley will promote environmental safety in their communities by hosting e-waste recycling events this weekend in partnership with Electronic Recyclers International (ERI), a leading recycler of electronic waste. ERI recycles TVs, monitors, computers, cell phones, and other types of consumer electronics.Electronic equipment contains environmentally damaging materials and […]
Recycling Becomes Electric for CE Brands
EWaste management has gone from being a headache to a marketing tool. Electronics manufacturers and retailers are attempting to address the problem and give themselves a green halo by encouraging consumers to recycle old TVs, computers and other devices.Sony, Hewlett-Packard, Office Depot, Best Buy and even 1-800-Flowers.com are among the many companies promoting recycling in […]
Electronic Recyclers International CEO Addresses CALED on Subject of E-Waste
John S. Shegerian, Chairman and CEO of Electronic Recyclers International (ERI), stressed the importance of businesses responsibly recycling their electronic waste today at the California Association for Local Economic Development’s (CALED’s) Growing Local Economies Conference at the Disneyland Hotel in Anaheim.Addressing a diverse audience of economic developers, elected officials, business owners, utilities, banks, service providers […]
John S. Shegerian, Chairman and CEO of Electronic Recyclers International (ERI), will be delivering the keynote presentation tomorrow night before a crowd of local business students and professionals at the Collegiate Entrepreneurs Organization (CEO) of Fresno State’s eleventh annual Spring Banquet at the Ramada Inn in Fresno.The Collegiate Entrepreneurs Organization at California State University Fresno […]
Companies to watch in green tech: Recycling
Electronic Recyclers: More than 200 million pounds of electronic waste went to recyclers in California alone in 2007, according to John Shegerian, CEO of Electronic Recyclers, one of the largest e-waste recyclers in the U.S. And roughly 80 million analog TVs will get heaved out in 2008 and 2009. The European Union and four states […]
Electronic Recyclers International Announces New Banking Relationship with Comerica Bank
Electronic Recyclers International (ERI), the nation’s leading recycler of electronics and e-waste, announced today that it has entered into a credit facility relationship with Comerica Bank.“Joe and his group at Comerica are truly the platinum standard of the banking industry,” said John S. Shegerian, Chairman and CEO of Electronic Recyclers International, “and for them to […]
Green jobs to fuel new employment boom
In the midst of all the doom and gloom about employment forecasts, Clark recently told you about certain opportunities in the job market. But there’s an underground opportunity just around the corner that could go mainstream in the next few years. You’ve heard of white collar and blue collar jobs, right? Well, how about green […]
John Shegerian Speaks at Stockton Rotary
Electronic waste, discarded televisions, computers, cell phones, etc., is the fastest growing waste stream.Product is de-manufactured, sorted into one of several basic material components, shredded, bundled for shipment and then eight million pounds of processed product is shipped monthly to third-world manufacturers for reuse.Only one percent of gross product, pressed wood from older electronic equipment, […]