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Compact Fluorescent Disposal Simplified
CFLs have gained momentum with the latest green push and Wal-Mart's commitment to sell 100 million over the next year. Despite high front-end costs, compact fluorescents use 50-80% less energy and last up to 10 times longer than traditional incandescents. Additionally, CFLs reduce air and water pollution, give off high-quality light and can be used nearly everywhere. Despite the obvious ...
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World’s Largest Compact Fluorescent Lamp Manufacturer And World’s Largest Environmental Company Join Forces To Increase Lamp Recycling Participation
Lombard, IL (October 30, 2007) - Veolia Environmental Services (Veolia) is proud to announce it has reached an agreement with TCP, Inc., the world’s largest manufacturer of compact fluorescent lamps (CFLs), to promote recycling of mercury-containing lamps. CFLs are seven times more energy efficient than incandescent lamps. TCP will promote Veolia’s prepaid lamp recycling program, RECYCLEPAK® on ...
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Jerome Mercury Detection – Innovation Across the Globe
Arizona Instrument’s line of Jerome® toxic gas analyzers is designed to provide accurate and reliable data in compact, rugged and easy to use packages. Our patented gold film sensor technology in particular is referenced in countless other patents dealing with mercury waste and removal, just some of which are listed below. Jerome is a trusted standard when it comes to mercury ...
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Call for Papers for Electronics Recycling Asia
Electronics Recycling Asia November 13 - 15, 2013, Singapore Conference, exhibition and plant tours organized by World Recycling Forum The next top quality conference in electronics recycling will take place from November 13 - 15, 2013 in exciting Singapore. During the conference, leading recycling experts from around the world – including manufacturers, collectors, processors, ...
By ICM AG
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First ultra-green, high performance LED personal task light unveiled by littlefootprint lighting
LittleFootprint Lighting, a California-based pioneer of sustainably designed LED task lighting products made in the USA from recycled materials, including plastic from e-waste, announced today the introduction of its high performance HeronLED Personal Task Light for corporate and home office environments. "The HeronLED gives buyers the first-ever opportunity to select truly sustainable task ...
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Electronics Recycling Asia, November 15 – 18, 2016, Macau, China
The world’s reliance on electronic products and digital information continues to feed into the corresponding challenge of how best to recycle the electric- and battery-powered devices that touch all aspects of daily life. The 2016 edition of Electronics Recycling Asia, the premier electronics recycling conference in the Asia-Pacific region, will again explore the considerable challenges ...
By ICM AG
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New EU legislation requiring collection and recycling of spent batteries
Revised EU legislation that aims to protect human health and the environment by ensuring waste batteries are properly collected and recycled has been implemented. The directive also makes producers responsible for the management of batteries once they become waste. Adopted by the European Parliament and Council in 2006, the revised Batteries Directive should be transposed by Member States into ...
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Great Lakes States Seek Comment on Mercury Reduction Strategy
CHICAGO, Illinois, August 29, 2007 (ENS) - The Great Lakes Regional Collaboration has opened a 60 day public comment period for its Draft Great Lakes Mercury In Products Phase-Down Strategy. In April 2006, the GLRC began development of a basin-wide strategy for the phase-down of mercury in products and waste. The proposal calls for action in five product areas and five economic sectors ...
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Media release of the Electronics & Cars Recycling 2016, November 15 - 18, Macau, China
The world’s reliance on electronic products and digital information continues to feed into the corresponding challenge of how best to recycle the electric- and battery-powered devices that touch all aspects of daily life. Along with electronics, the automotive sector in Asia has grown tremendously in the past 10 years, bringing with it the responsibilities inherent in properly handling ...
By ICM AG
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Electronics & Cars Recycling November 15 - 18, 2016, Macau, China
Conference, exhibition and plant tours organized by World Recycling Forum The next top quality conference in electronics and cars recycling will take place from November 15 - 18, 2016 in exciting Macau. During the conference, over 200 leading recycling experts from around the world – including manufacturers, collectors, processors, steelmakers, legislators and policy makers – will ...
By ICM AG
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E - The Environmental Magazine Asks: Have We Gotten Recycling All Wrong?
The March/April 2011 issue of E – The Environmental Magazine (found here: http://www.emagazine.com/issue/march-april-2011) looks at the growing movement in the United States to force companies that make packaging and products -- from soda bottles to printer cartridges to electronics and mattresses -- to pay for the cost of collecting and recycling the waste they create. This idea is known ...
By E Magazine
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Waste Management LampTracker, Inc., to pay $118,800 penalty for hazardous waste violations at Kaiser, Mo., Facility
Waste Management LampTracker, Inc., has agreed to pay a $118,800 civil penalty to the United States to settle a series of violations of its Missouri Hazardous Waste Permit and the federal Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) at its permitted Kaiser, Mo., facility and a nearby unpermitted materials staging area. Waste Management LampTracker, which collects and recycles universal waste ...
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Electronics Recycling Asia
November 13 - 16, 2012, Guangzhou, China Conference, exhibition and plant tours organized by World Recycling Forum The next top quality conference regarding E-scrap recycling will take place from November 13 - 16, 2012 in exciting Guangzhou, host of the world famous Canton Fair. During the conference, leading recycling experts from around the world – including manufacturers, collectors, ...
By ICM AG
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Electronics Recycling Asia
November 13 -16, 2012, Guangzhou, China Conference, exhibition and plant tours organized by World Recycling Forum The major recycling conference in China, Electronics Recycling Asia organized by World Recycling Forum, will take place from November 13 – 16, 2012 in exciting Guangzhou, host of the world famous Canton Fair. During the conference, leading recycling experts from around the ...
By ICM AG
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WEEE firm fined for exposing workers to mercury fumes
A Glasgow-based Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment firm and its director have been fined £145,000 for exposing workers to toxic mercury fumes at its Huddersfield recycling plant. Employees including one who was pregnant, of Electrical Waste Recycling Group, were poisoned when ventilation systems failed at its recycling plant. The firm recycles WEEE including fluorescent light tubes ...
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