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

[Ted Smith <tsmith@no.address>]

Silicon Valley Toxics Coalition and the Computer TakeBack Campaign are
partners in the Rethink initiative of eBAy that was just launched.
Robin Schneider of Texas Campaign for the Environment and I were at the
Consumer Electronics Show to help with the launch.
eBAy links directly to our web site which has a map and a list of
electronics recyclers that have endorsed the Electronics Recycler's Pledge
of True Stewardship.  See www.computertakeback.com
These are the "responsbile recyclers" that have pledged not to export
hazardous e-waste, send it to prisons, landfill it or burn it and to follow
sound environmental strategies for recycling
(eBAy also links to recyclers on the EArth 911 site, but none of these has
been screened for meeting even minimum standards, so we are encouraging
eBAy user to ask them tough questions
We are anticipating that this initiative will help to build the business
for the high-end recyclers to help them compete better against the
exporters and prison labor options.
We also believe that with the added business from the REthink links, the
value of the Pledge will increase and encourage more recyclers to endorse
the pledge, so that there is better geographical coverage in all the states
This highlights the need for an effective and environmentally responsible
"certification" program in the U.S. to help deal with the flood of e-waste
that is coming

For more information, see www.computertakeback.com

Ted Smith
Silicon Valley Toxics Coalition/Computer TakeBack Campaign

At 12:38 PM 1/9/2005, Pat Schoenecker wrote:
>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>
>
>
>
>
>
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Ted Smith
Silicon Valley Toxics Coalition/Computer TakeBack Campaign
760 N. First Street,San Jose, CA 95112
408-287-6707-phone;  408-287-6771-fax
http://www.svtc.org/   http://www.computertakeback.com






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Silicon Valley Toxics Coalition and the Computer TakeBack Campaign are 
partners in the Rethink initiative of eBAy that was just launched.
Robin Schneider of Texas Campaign for the Environment and I were at the 
Consumer Electronics Show to help with the launch.
eBAy links directly to our web site which has a map and a list of 
electronics recyclers that have endorsed the Electronics Recycler's Pledge 
of True Stewardship.  See www.computertakeback.com
These are the "responsbile recyclers" that have pledged not to export 
hazardous e-waste, send it to prisons, landfill it or burn it and to follow 
sound environmental strategies for recycling
(eBAy also links to recyclers on the EArth 911 site, but none of these has 
been screened for meeting even minimum standards, so we are encouraging 
eBAy user to ask them tough questions
We are anticipating that this initiative will help to build the business 
for the high-end recyclers to help them compete better against the 
exporters and prison labor options.
We also believe that with the added business from the REthink links, the 
value of the Pledge will increase and encourage more recyclers to endorse 
the pledge, so that there is better geographical coverage in all the states
This highlights the need for an effective and environmentally responsible 
"certification" program in the U.S. to help deal with the flood of e-waste 
that is coming

For more information, see www.computertakeback.com

Ted Smith
Silicon Valley Toxics Coalition/Computer TakeBack Campaign

At 12:38 PM 1/9/2005, Pat Schoenecker wrote:
> 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>

Ted Smith
Silicon Valley Toxics Coalition/Computer TakeBack Campaign
760 N. First Street,San Jose, CA 95112
408-287-6707-phone;  408-287-6771-fax
http://www.svtc.org/  http://www.computertakeback.com






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Ted Smith
Silicon Valley Toxics Coalition/Computer TakeBack Campaign
760 N. First Street,San Jose, CA 95112
408-287-6707-phone;  408-287-6771-fax
http://www.svtc.org/    http://www.computertakeback.com