September 30, 2004

California to Step Up CRT, Cell-Phone Recycling

Under a new law effective in January, the state will charge consumers $6 to $8 per computer monitor or other display device as it addresses the scourge of electronic waste. A similar cell-phone program will start in 2006.California consumers will be charged $6 to $8 per computer monitor or other display device starting Jan. 1 […]

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June 6, 2004

Vista company smashes computers for recycling

Bob Erie is in the computer business. But he doesn’t manufacture them or reconfigure their hard drives. He destroys them.His company, Computer Recyclers of America, takes apart computer monitors, among other electronics products, and prepares them for recycling.“Old computers to server equipment to printers to satellite equipment – you name it, we destroy it,” said […]

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