Category: News Room

1-800-Recycling.com Encourages Energy Reduction – The Digital Way

1-800-Recycling.com, an interactive nationwide website dedicated to enhancing and democratizing the consumer recycling experience while making practical suggestions about green living, has published an article on its blog that explores and encourages investment in devices that encourage eco-friendly practices.The article, titled “Digitally Reduce Your Energy Usage,” analyzes the results of a study by the Pacific […]

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1-800-Recycling.com Names the Food Manufacturers That Are Wasting Less

1-800-Recycling.com, an interactive nationwide website dedicated to enhancing and democratizing the consumer recycling experience while making practical suggestions about green living, has published an article on its blog that singles out and recognizes some of the food manufacturing companies around the country that have been incorporating green practices into their operations.The article, titled “Food Manufacturers […]

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1-800-Recycling.com Reports from Copenhagen

1-800-Recycling.com, an interactive nationwide website dedicated to enhancing and democratizing the consumer recycling experience, currently features an article on its blog about the questionable lack of recycling bins in Copenhagen.The article, titled “Elusive Recycling in Copenhagen,” is actually 1-800-Recycling.com’s newest writer Evan Kopelson’s observations about the Danish city from his time there covering the COP15 […]

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1-800-Recycling.com Looks at Drinking Water: Bottle vs. Tap

1-800-Recycling.com, an interactive nationwide website dedicated to enhancing and democratizing the consumer recycling experience while making practical suggestions about green living, has published an article on its blog about the choice each of us has to make regarding the water we drink: tap or bottled? The article, titled “Which is Greener, Bottled or Tap?” (http://1800recycling.com/2010/02/greener- […]

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Clear Channel’s “Green is Good” Environmental Radio Show Expands to One Hour and onto FM Dial

John S. Shegerian, Chairman and CEO of Electronic Recyclers International (ERI), the nation’s leading recycler of electronic waste, has announced that his popular, Clear Channel-produced “Green is Good” radio show has expanded to a one-hour format and will now be broadcast on FM stations as well as AM.The weekly interview program, co-hosted by Shegerian and […]

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1-800-Recycling.com Teams with Recycling Today

1-800-Recycling.com, an interactive nationwide Web site dedicated to enhancing and democratizing the consumer recycling experience, announced today that it has partnered with the Recycling Today Media Group to help enhance both organizations’ nationwide networks of recycling resources.As part of the partnership, the two organizations will partner on marketing initiatives and share intellectual property.“We are so […]

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1-800-Recycling.com Teams with UsedCardboardBoxes.com

1-800-Recycling.com, an interactive nationwide website dedicated to enhancing and democratizing the consumer recycling experience, announced today that it has added UsedCardboardBoxes.com to its nationwide network of recycling resources.UsedCardboardBoxes.com takes an innovative approach to providing low-cost, earth-friendly moving boxes to its customers. The company rescues truckloads of quality used boxes from large manufacturers that might otherwise […]

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E-Waste Legislation Puts Recycling Costs On Manufacturers

In 2000 Massachusetts passed first-in-the-country legislation that banned cathode ray tubes (CRTs), which are found in traditional tube televisions, from being dumped in landfills or processed in incinerators.Dozens of other states followed suit requiring that the CRTs be properly recycled and processed.Scott Cassel, executive director and founder of the Product Stewardship Institute of Boston, said […]

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1-800-Recycling.com Helps Consumers Bundle Up the Green Way

As the nation braces for another round of unusually chilly weather and cold fronts, 1-800-Recycling.com, an interactive nationwide website dedicated to enhancing and democratizing the consumer recycling experience, has published an article on its blog providing tips on how to dress warmer and live greener at the same time.The article, titled “How to Dress Green […]

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Put e-waste in its right place

If all the Consumer Electronics Show coverage this week has you scheming to buy the new Google smart phone or a 3-D home theater system, you aren’t alone. Americans have an insatiable appetite for the latest and greatest gadgets.So what if we own an average of 23 consumer electronics per household. That doesn’t stop us […]

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