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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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; […]
Electronic Recyclers International CEO Calls New iPhone 4G “Yet Another Must-Have from Apple”
John Shegerian, Chairman and CEO of Electronic Recyclers International (ERI), the nation’s leading recycler of electronics and e-waste, issued a statement today about Apple’s launch last week of the iPhone 4G. In his statement, he refers to the new iPhone as “an intuitively designed device that takes the concept of the smart phone to the […]
LS-Nikko Purchases 10% of electronic manufactured goods recycler ERI
California’s largest electronic recycling chain, Electronic Recyclers International, has made a contract with LS-Nikko Copper to sell 10 percent of the company to them. In the contract LS-Nikko purchased more or less than $5,000,000 worth of ERI’s shares.In a market of $33,000,000, ERI in a year deals with a volume of 30,500 tons which is […]
E-recycler sees pieces of prosperity in obsolete gadgets
One question I get often is, “How do I get rid of my old computer?” I finally have a good answer. And it applies to just about any type of electronic waste.I tell people to head to their new computer and visit 1800recycling.com to begin the quest to safely ditch old gizmos. They can also […]
Building a Business One Felon at a Time
Most employers balk at the idea of hiring an ex-felon, but John Shegerian knows the value of giving people second chances. Over his nearly two-decade career as an entrepreneur, Shegerian, 47, has given hundreds of ex-felons a second chance at a career when no one else would. As the CEO and co-founder of Electronic Recyclers […]
What Do You Do With A Dead Mouse – and Other Tales Of Electronics Recycling
What do you do with a dead mouse? You should recycle it – and almost everything else in your life that has electronic components.Why recycle? Why not throw it out? John Shegerian, CEO and founder of Electronic Recyclers International (ERI), explains there are materials in those electronic gadgets that are hazardous to the environment. “The […]
Interpol Takes on Illegal E-Waste Trade Around the Globe
With global creation of e-waste projected to rise exponentially as more individuals and businesses spend more time online, the illegal trade of discarded electronics will also become big business.To help address it, and stem the flow of illegal e-waste around the world, the international police organization Interpol created in 2009 Global E-Waste Crime group, and […]