Fresno’s Leading Young Professionals (FLYP) held its Second Annual Awards Banquet Saturday night, during which some of the top community and business leaders in the area were recognized.Awards were presented in six categories: Lead, Serve, Connect, Company of the Year, FLYP Graduate Scholar and FLYPer of the Year. Congressman Jim Costa delivered the evening’s keynote […]
Electronic Recyclers International Named to Basel Action Network’s e-Stewards Leadership Council
The Certified e-Stewards® Initiative, the world’s first third-party audited, accredited international certification program for electronics recyclers that prohibits the export of e-waste to developing countries and enjoys the support of more than 70 environmental organizations, recently named Electronic Recyclers International (ERI), the nation’s leading recycler of electronic waste, to its first Leadership Council.As part of […]
1-800-Recycling.com’s “My Recycle List” is Now #1 Recycling App in Android Market
1-800-Recycling.com, an interactive nationwide company dedicated to simplifying and enhancing the consumer recycling experience, has announced that its App, “My Recycle List,” has become the #1 top rated recycling App at the Android Market.“My Recycle List” is a user-friendly App designed to help anyone anywhere participate in the recycling of items they would otherwise throw […]
ERI, Kingston Technology partner to launch new recycling program
Electronic Recyclers International (ERI), an electronic waste recycler, and Kingston Technology, a memory products developer, have partnered to launch a program enabling consumers to mail back unwanted memory products for privacy-protecting recycling at ERI’s e-waste recycling plant in Fresno.The program featuring mail-back option and automated phone system will recycle computer memory in various formats, including […]
Recycler adds 100 jobs in Fresno, other sites
Fresno-based Electronic Recyclers International has announced plans to hire 100 people within 100 days to work at its Fresno operations and other recycling facilities around the country.The company, which recently opened a new recycling line using a “dry-cleaning” process for glass from computer monitor and TV picture tubes, has posted a “Now Hiring” button on […]
Electronic Recyclers International hiring for 100 jobs
Electronic Recyclers International, which bills itself as one of the nation’s largest recyclers of electronic waste, says it will hire 100 new employees in the next 100 days to help it meet its expansion plans.“Our business is growing fast and we continue to expand into more and more cities around the country,” says John Shegerian, […]
Why I Hire Former Convicts and Gang Members
When I took over Electronic Recyclers International in late 2004, it was a failing company. I decided to restructure and rebrand it. And when it came time to hire new employees, I saw an opportunity to hire individuals from what have typically been marginalized segments of society: former convicts, former gang members, the homeless, people […]
Electronic Recyclers International introduces new glass recycling technology
Electronic Recyclers International (ERI), a recycler of electronic waste, has received approval from the State of California to utilize a technology system for the recycling of glass from old televisions, computer monitors and cathode ray tubes (CRTs).Glass recovery and cleaning has long been a challenge for recyclers of electronics, but ERI’s new technology, utilizing a […]
Small Business Wields More Power Than Meets the Eye
There’s a reason everyone in Washington is talking about small business. Small business owners and employees make up the vast majority of the American electorate. Yet, big business seems to have all the influence. Too often, small business owners don’t even bother getting involved in the policymaking decisions that affect their businesses.That hesitance, experts say, […]
Electronic Recyclers International Featured in Fortune Magazine
Electronic Recyclers International (ERI), the largest recycler of Electronic Waste in the country, announced today that it is featured in the current (Sept, 27, 2010) issue of Fortune in the magazine’s opening column, “F1RST.”A photograph of ERI forklift operator Frank Giannandrea operating a Bobcat scooping up a huge pile of electronic waste to be recycled […]