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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