Category: News Room

Paring down our e-waste heap: TVs, cellphones and other electronics don’t belong in the trash

Americans have an insatiable appetite for the latest and greatest gadgets. We own an average of 23 consumer electronics per household and always want more.But all those flat-screen TVs and iPhones come with an environmental cost. E-waste is the fastest-growing waste stream in the U.S. — growing at a faster rate than regular household garbage […]

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Electronic Recyclers International’s Denver Facility Receives R2 Certification

Electronic Recyclers International (ERI), the nation’s leading recycler of electronic waste, announced today that it has successfully achieved Responsible Recycling Practices for Electronics Recyclers (R2) certification for its Denver, Colorado, facility.R2 Certification is a set of guidelines for accredited certification programs to assess electronics recyclers’ environmental, worker health and safety, and security practices. Since January […]

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Electronic Recyclers International’s Washington Facility Receives R2 Certification

Electronic Recyclers International (ERI), the nation’s leading recycler of electronic waste, announced today that it has successfully achieved Responsible Recycling Practices for Electronics Recyclers (R2) certification for its Auburn, Washington facility.R2 Certification is a set of guidelines for accredited certification programs to assess electronics recyclers’ environmental, worker health and safety, and security practices. Since January […]

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Electronic Recyclers International Job Fair This Saturday in Badin

Electronic Recyclers International (ERI), the world’s largest recycler of electronic waste, and first tenant of the new Badin Business Park at the site of the former Alcoa aluminum smelting plant, will kick off its anticipated job fair this Saturday, July 16th, at 9:00 a.m.The job fair will take place at the Badin Fire Station, right […]

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ERI looks to global expansion in ’12

Electronic Recyclers International Inc. (ERI) plans to launch operations in India, Brazil and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) next year.The Fresno, Calif.-based company will likely announce more details of its first foray outside the United States in the coming months once final negotiations are complete, ERI’s co-founder, chairman and chief executive, John Shegerian, told AMM […]

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Electronic Recyclers International Achieves Companywide e-StewardsCertification

Electronic Recyclers International (ERI), one of the nation’s largest recyclers of electronic waste, announced today that ERI’s existing facilities located in California, Washington, Colorado and Texas have been certified to the e-Stewards Standard for Responsible Recycling and Reuse of Electronic Equipment, rendering ERI a companywide certified e-Stewards recycler.The e-Stewards Certification program, created by the environmental […]

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Intercon case shows arbitration need

Rapid developments in action taken against lntercon Solutions Inc. and the company’s subsequent pursuit of evidence it believes will serve as vindication has increased the need for arbitration or a structured due process before electronic recyclers are stripped of certification, according to market sources.If lntercon Solutions is successful in proving it did not export two […]

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BAN defends very different responses to two e-cyclers

Some market sources have questioned the Basel Action Network (BAN) move to de-certify lntercon Solutions Inc., citing a previous incident involving Electronic Recyclers International Inc. (ERI)-one of its e-Stewards certification founders.BAN did not de-certify ERI when it was revealed last year that it sold electronic waste to a Los Angeles exporter who shipped the material […]

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Fresno recycler readies global expansion

Fresno-based Electronic Recyclers Inc., which has recycling operations in seven U.S. states, has plans to expand operations to India, Brazil, United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia, possibly as early as next year.John Shegerian, ERI’s chairman and CEO, first told trade publication American Metal Market the company’s global expansion plans should be announced this year pending successful negotiations. He said […]

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Apps are adding up in effort to promote being green

Environmental efforts get backing from new wave of recycling apps and games.Kermit the Frog sings, “It’s not that easy being green.” But nowadays, there’s an app for that.Americans generate 243 million tons of waste per year and only recycle about a third. Hampering the effort is a gaggle of differing state and municipal recycling regulations […]

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