August 17, 2006

Vintage Faire Mall Invites Modesto Community to Recycle Electronic Waste

WHAT: Vintage Faire Mall will serve as a collector of electronic waste this Saturday. Teaming with Fresno-based Electronic Recyclers, the mall will provide local customers and the community at large an opportunity to safely unload their old computers, monitors, television sets and other outdated, unusable or unwanted electronic items for proper recycling. The free event is […]

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August 9, 2006

Residents Recycle More Than 65,000 Pounds of Electronics During Sanitary District’s Fourth Annual E-Waste Collection Day

Castro Valley residents showed their mettle as responsible consumers of electronics last month by bringing more than 65,000 pounds of unwanted electronics to Castro Valley Sanitary District’s (CVSD’s) 4th annual free E-Waste Collection Day. Partnering with Electronic Recyclers, the Fresno-headquartered largest recycler of electronic waste in the State of California, the CVSD announced this week its […]

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August 4, 2006

Central Valley e-waste recycling effort set

Electronic Recyclers and the Big Fresno Fair are sponsoring a weekend of free recycling of electronic waste, Aug. 5 and Aug. 6.Central Valley residents can use the event to safely unload their old computers, television sets and other out-dated, unusable or unwanted electronic items for proper recycling.The site will be open 8 a.m. – 2 […]

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August 1, 2006

More than 179 tons of e-waste collected in Napa Valley

The city and county of Napa, California and its residents held a two-day event in June that rounded up more than 179 tons of computer monitors, televisions, cell phones and other electronic junk.Partnering with Electronic Recyclers, the City of Napa announced its total numbers for the free countywide public collection event. The event, which was […]

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July 31, 2006

People in the news

Ravi Brar, who has been chief financial officer at Pac-West Telecomm Inc. (NASDAQ: PACW), has been named the Stockton-based telecommunications company’s chief operating officer.Michael Sarina, Pac-West’s vice president of finance, has assumed the role of chief financial officer.“These changes are part of our continuing efforts to align resources to best serve the needs of the […]

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February 24, 2006

ERI to Be Profiled on PBS Affiliate; Segment on Popular Regional News Magazine Show to Explore Electronic Waste Issues

Electronic Recyclers of America (ERA) announced today that a KPBS documentary news segment on electronic waste produced by popular San Diego television news magazine “Full Focus” will air Monday, February 27th at 6:00 p.m. and 11:00 p.m. and again Tuesday, February 28th at 12:30 p.m. ERA is featured prominently in the segment as an example […]

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January 25, 2006

Cal State Fresno Electronic Waste Collection Event Rounds up Nearly 70,000 Pounds of Electronic Junk

Electronic Recyclers of America (ERA) announced today that its first community electronic waste collection weekend in partnership with California State University, Fresno has resulted in the collection of 69,982 pounds of electronic waste. Within the course of two days, hundreds of local residents, businesses and students arrived at the University with their unwanted and/or non-functioning computer […]

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January 2, 2006

‘E-cycling’ puts new life in electronic junk

Arcane PCs, printers, monitors and other obsolete gizmos are stacked high along the walls of the dusty suburban Atlanta warehouse, awaiting reincarnation before a line of grisly industrial shredders.“To us, they’re plastic, copper, aluminum and steel,” said Nader Nejad, who runs Molam International, Georgia’s largest electronics recycling depot.Each month, a million pounds of electronics are […]

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