News Archive: November 2008
St. Louis Business Journal Names EPC a 'Hero of the Planet'
EPC, Inc., the largest professional electronics recycler and IT asset management firm in Missouri, has been honored in the inaugural "Heroes of the Planet" awards competition hosted by the St. Louis Business Journal. EPC won in the "Sustainable Products" category, one of six categories designed to recognize companies that have ...
Police in Georgia Improperly Discard Personal Documents
On October 17, 2008 WALB News in Albany, Georgia reported that a business owner found police reports, names and social security numbers, dumped in the trash behind an Albany business. On October 21, 2008 WALB news reported that Officer Rodney Brown admitted while working the night shift he cleaned out ...
EPA Releases R2 E-Cycling Guidelines
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (Washington) last week announced the release of its "Responsible Recycling (R2) Practices for Use in Accredited Certification Programs for Electronics Recyclers," which was developed by multiple stakeholders involved in the electronics recycling industry. The guidelines list 13 principles to "help electronics recyclers ensure their material ...
60 Minutes To Air Expose on Electronics Recycling
You should be interested in a chilling story that will air on 60 Minutes this Sunday at 6 pm Central time. 60 Minutes reporters and crew captured extremely rare footage of hazardous e-waste operations in Guiyu, China. While lucrative to local smugglers, the mining of junk computers for their valuable ...
