July 27, 2010

1-800-GOT-JUNK? and 1-800-Recycling Join Forces For Recycling Power Partnership

Two toll free numbers and their websites have teamed up to fight waste. It was announced today that 1-800-GOT-JUNK? and 1-800-Recycling have partnered to provide users of the latter’s website with a comprehensive listing for their local recycling needs.Designed to make the recycling process easy and more accessible, 1-800-Recycling.com will now also be recommending 1-800-GOT-JUNK? […]

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July 20, 2010

Clear Channel’s “Green is Good” to Feature Broad Selection of Summer Guests

The Clear Channel Produced “Green is Good” radio show has announced its roster of guests for the remainder of the summer, revealing a broad selection of leading green businesses and organizations, each taking unique measures to protect our planet.The weekly interview program, co-hosted by John Shegerian (Chairman and CEO of Electronic Recyclers International, the nation’s […]

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July 15, 2010

Electronic Recyclers CEO Appears on PBS Round Table on Gang Violence to Discuss Subject of “Recycling Lives”

John Shegerian, Chairman and CEO of Electronic Recyclers International (ERI), the nation’s leading recycler of electronic waste, stressed the importance of giving reformed gang members a “second chance for success” as part of a round table discussion on the PBS and KVPT program “Great Valley” this week. The complete program is available for viewing at […]

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July 14, 2010

“Anything with a Cord” collects more than 87 tons

The city of Napa, in partnership with Napa Recycling & Waste Services and Napa Valley College, collected more than 65 tons of unwanted computer equipment, televisions, telephones and other electronic junk at the city’s 10th annual electronics recycling event last month.More than 22 tons of appliances were also collected to be sent to scrap metal […]

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July 1, 2010

iPhone App Lets You Figure Out What To Recycle Where

If you stay up on updates from your municipal recycling service, you’re probably aware of what types of items you can recycle curbside. Possibly, you’ve also got a vague idea of where you might be able to recycle some other items, such as electronics or phone books. But what about everything else?A service known as […]

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July 1, 2010

1-800-Recycling.com Announces Winner of Free iPad

Claudia McGee of Bella Vista, Arkansas will receive a free Apple iPad this week – and all she had to do was join the Facebook fan page for 1-800-Recycling.com and invite ten friends to do the same.1-800-Recycling.com, an interactive nationwide website dedicated to enhancing and simplifying the consumer recycling experience while making practical suggestions about […]

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June 29, 2010

1-800-Recycling.com Launches iPhone App, “My Recycle List”

1-800-Recycling.com, an interactive nationwide company dedicated to simplifying and enhancing the consumer recycling experience, has announced the launch of its iPhone App, “My Recycle List,” a user- friendly tool designed to help anyone anywhere participate in the recycling of items they would otherwise throw away.The first fully comprehensive “all items, all zip codes” recycling App […]

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June 25, 2010

E-recycling firm drawn up on a napkin

A multimillion-dollar business with 375 employees began with a disposable napkin.John Shegerian and Aaron Blum, a friend of his business partner Kevin Dillon, were on a business trip to Arizona in 2004, where Blum was trying to sell Shegerian on the idea of buying into a new business, Computer Recyclers of America. Blum was enthusiastic; […]

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