[greenyes] eBay joins tech companies to launch electronics recycling program

["Pat Schoenecker" <patsch@no.address>]

Hello Green Yes list Members, 
 
Have any of you heard of this? Is it worth promoting?
 
Pat Schoenecker
Environmental Resource Network

  
RE-BAY
eBay joins tech companies to launch electronics recycling program
 
Wondering what to do with that old Commodore 64 or Macintosh II 
gathering dust in your basement?  According to an eBay survey, you're 
not alone -- some 50 percent of American households have unwanted PCs 
in storage.  That's why the online auction giant has launched an 
electronics recycling program they call Rethink.  In a partnership 
with environmental groups, postal services, and major tech names 
including IBM, Intel Corp., Apple Computers, and Hewlett-Packard, 
eBay will serve as a conduit for sales, donations, or recycling of 
old electronic equipment.  Enviros hope the program will reduce the 
number of gizmos that find their way to the landfill -- currently 
some 400 million every year -- where they can leak harmful toxins 
like lead and mercury.
 
straight to the source:  Austin American-Statesman, Bob Keefe, 07 Jan 2005
<http://grist.org/cgi-bin/forward.pl?forward_id=3954>
 
straight to the source:  Reuters, Eric Auchard, 06 Jan 2005
<http://grist.org/cgi-bin/forward.pl?forward_id=3953>