"Area Companies Promote Recycling"
Friday, April 16, 2010Northwest Houston organizations and companies are helping residents recycle electronics instead of trashing them.
(via Community Impact Newspaper)
"ABC13 E-Cycling Drive a Huge Success"
Friday, April 16, 20101,320 cars, 7 trailers, 55 volunteers, 8.5 hours...ABC13's e-waste drive has turned out lots of electronics for recycling. Check out just some of the electronics that will now avoid the landfill due to ABC13 and CompuCycle's partnership for responsible recycling.
more info | view a slideshow of the event
"An E-Waste Exporter Caught - How to Know You Are Dealing with a True Recycler"
Wednesday, March 3, 2010The world’s leading environmental watchdog of the electronic waste industry, the Basel Action Network (BAN), has successfully intercepted nine containers of illegally shipped hazardous electronic waste from Massachusetts intended for Indonesia.
CompuCycle's Clive Hess advises how to guard against choosing an exporter for your recycled electronics.
"Aeros Kick Off First 'Go Green Game' Sunday"
Tuesday, November 10, 2009Bring in your old cell phones for recycling when you watch the Aeros play the Chicago Wolves this Sunday, November 15. The Go Green Game will be held on Texas Recycles Day, and CompuCycle will donate one dollar per pound of cell phones collected to donate through the Houston Aeros to Trees For Houston. Come out with your cell phones and more trees will be planted throughout Ike-stricken Houston.
"Houston - Are You Ready?"
Thursday, June 11, 2009KRIV Fox 26 Houston is helping its viewers prepare for the DTV switch with information about where to get your converter box, how to scan for new channels, and most importantly, where to bring your old TV for recycling!
Recycling Tube TVs by the Ton
Friday, June 12, 2009The Houston Chronicle reports on the exponential growth of analog TVs filling up e-waste drop-offs around the city. Check out the whole story below and bring in your used TVs to CompuCycle for truly green recycling.
KPRC Channel 2 Houston Offers a Window into CompuCycle's TV Tear Down
Thursday, June 11, 2009Mary Benton visited CompuCycle for Thursday's press conference and gave a glimpse into the break down of end-of-life TVs. Mary explains how "every year about 20 million TV sets in this country are disposed of, but only about 18% are even recycled. So the fear is that after the DTV conversion more TV sets like this one will be trashed".
KUHF Houston's Pat Hernandez Discusses TV Recycling on the Eve of the DTV Switch
Thursday, June 11, 2009Pat Hernandez provides insight into the issues surrounding e-waste and e-recycling with coverage from Thursday's press conference. CompuCycle's Clive Hess and local officials are interviewed. Texas Representative Carol Alvarado explains that the goal behind the legislation to require TV manufacturer take-back programs, HB 821, is "to remind people that I could be harming the environment if I don't dispose of this correctly, and TVs can be recycled so, that's the environmentally green friendly thing to do."
The Digital Switch is here - Where Will the Old TVs Go?
Thursday, June 11, 2009A press conference with the Texas Campaign for the Environment and several local elected officials was held at CompuCycle yesterday in anticipation of the switch to DTV and likely flood of obsolete TVs into the e-waste marketplace. Bring in your analog TVs to CompuCycle, Houston's responsible e-recycler.
Computer Refurbishers Were Green Before It Was Cool
Saturday, November 1, 2008At a time when e-waste is becoming a greater and greater issue, the Hesses 10 years+ of experience in disposing of obsolete electronics in an ecofriendly matter could not be more valuable.
Texas Makes Green Computing Mandatory
Monday, June 11, 2007Texas legislators have passed a bill that would require computer companies to provide free recycling services to their customers for hardware purchased.
CompuCycle Receives Export Achievement Award
Story to follow ...
E-Waste Piles Up Trash and Treasure
Saturday, September 22, 2007
