State proposal to allow CRT glass into landfills imperils $2M Stockton plant

(The following is an article by the Stockton [Calif.] Record)

California has long outlawed landfill disposal of glass from old television sets and computer monitors, because it’s heavily laden with lead and other toxic metals.

But in an unusual role reversal, state toxins regulators propose relaxing those rules, and some companies in the business of recycling glass from cathode-ray tubes, or CRTs, are objecting. –>read more  

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Rodrigo Alonso’s N+ew: Furniture Made From E-Waste

 

By Leo Xavier, January 30, 2012 @ 11:14am

Have your outdated electronics taken up half of your room’s space? Perhaps they are piling up in the garage. Before you start planning to move to a large place, you might want to check out this ‘N+ew’ solution from Chilean Rodrigo Alonso. Of course, there are many recycling programs out there that will help you with your e-waste problems. But this new idea will help you to keep the memories as well.

Alonso has come up with a new way to make furniture out… Continue reading →

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Electronics recycling

The future of electronics recycling may be in donating used items.

By Jeanne BonnerMon, Jan 03 2011 at 1:08 PM EST  11

Electronics recycling at Fort Hood in Texas. (U.S. Army Environmental Command/Flickr)   With the proliferation of household as well as personal consumer electronics, there’s a serious need for electronics recycling.   At one time, the average American household had one television, a couple of radios and maybe a walkman. And these items were used for years, if not decades.   But those days are long gone. In… Continue reading →

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