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| Texas Makes Green Computing Mandatory |
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| Texas legislators have passed a bill that would require computer companies to provide free recycling services to their customers for hardware purchased. | | | javier - June 12th 2007 | |
| Curbside Recycling |
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| Curbside recycling is the largest and most popular recycling program, with more than 1,000 homes receiving biweekly service. | | | javier - June 11th 2007 | |
| Houston Recycling, GO GREEN HOUSTON |
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| 4 NEIGHBORHOODS WIN GO GREEN HOUSTON AWARDS - Houston Mayor Bill White and City Council announced the four winners of the Go Green Houston Recycling Program to promote Houston\'s vision of “Making Houston a Model Environmental City”. | | | javier - April 17th 2007 | |
| Growth of E-Waste May Lead to National `E-Fee` |
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| A bill in Congress would add a recycling charge to the cost of laptop PCs, computer monitors, televisions and some other electronic devices, according to a story at Computerworld. The effort to control what`s called e-waste could lead to a national `e-fee` that would be paid just like a sales tax. Nationwide the cost could amount to $300 million per year. Already, California, Washington, Maryland and Maine have approved electronics recycling laws, and another 21 states plus Puerto Rico, are considering them. | | | javier - March 1st 2007 | |
| New Technique for Recycling PCBs |
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| PCBs from discarded computers, cellphones and other devices could be recycled less harmfully using a technique developed by researchers in China. Unlike current methods, it can be used to reclaim metals such as copper without releasing toxic fumes into the air. Only a small numbers of PCBs are currently recycled. | | | javier - March 1st 2007 | |
| Export Achievement Award |
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| Compucycle Receives an Export Achivement Award from the Department of Commerce due to its recent accomplishments in the global marketplace. | | | clive - April 15th 2005 | |
| Private, public forces try to catch up with poison from electronics |
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| IN today`s high-tech era, the temptation for upgrades is everywhere: a slimmer cell phone, a sleeker desktop, a sportier BlackBerry. But the consequences of the constant quest for better gadgetry are piling up. Every time last year`s monitor is chucked, it becomes a piece of potentially hazardous waste.
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| Recycle America Alliance brochure |
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| Providing total solutions for computerrelated
asset management and recycling.
Specialists in computer and electronic
asset inventorying, testing, refurbishing,
remarketing and responsible recycling. | | | javier - January 6th 2005 | |
| Houston Chronicle Press Release |
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| Javier Lopez, left and Juan Guillen clean monitors that come down a conveyor belt at Compucycle, a Houston-based company that recycles usable parts from old computers and disposes of useless computer parts. | | | javier - January 6th 2005 | |
| RAA Press Release |
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| Recycle America Alliance Announces New Remarketing and Electronics Recycling Service Partnership in Texas | | | javier - January 6th 2005 | |
