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ISRI Now Official Sponsor of State Electronics Challenge
Waste Recovery Report, Waste and Recycling News, Recycling Today, and Reverse Logistics News; July 12, 2010
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The Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries is now an official sponsor of the State Electronics Challenge, the scrap association announced.
The State Electronics Challenge is an effort to promote safe and responsible recycling of electronics by state, regional, and local governments and schools.
"We at ISRI are extremely excited to be working with the State Electronics Challenge to promote the responsible recycling of obsolete electronics in an environmentally safe way," said ISRI President Robin Wiener. "ISRI, as the largest organization of responsible electronic recyclers in the world, is a logical partner to work with the vast numbers of regional, state, and local governments to address the growing volumes of discarded electronics."
The state effort is modeled after the Federal Electronics Challenge, which was created by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the Office of the Federal Environmental Executive.
The State Electronics Challenge is administered by the Northeast Recycling Council and saw its first members join in 2008. In addition to safely recycling electronics, the challenge also hopes members will purchase greener electronics when making equipment replacements and will reduce the environmental impacts of electronics when in use.
For more information, visit www.stateelectronicschallenge.net.
