Greenwire 5/2/97
*15 RECYCLING: ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY TO FORM STUDY GROUP
The electronics industry has proposed forming a new
organization to develop "environmentally and economically sound
strategies" for managing obsolete electronic equipment. The
Electronic Product Recovery and Recycling Roundtable will examine
productive reuses for existing equipment and develop design and
production methods to minimize its environmental impacts.
The roundtable -- which will be comprised of representatives
from industry, interest groups, all levels of government,
academics and third-party recyclers -- will be managed by the
National Safety Council's Environmental Health Center under a
grant from the US EPA. The idea for the roundtable came from the
EPA's Common Sense Initiative, which targeted the growing volume
of "end-of-life" electronic equipment as an emerging issue
impacting the nation's waste stream (BUSINESS AND THE
ENVIRONMENT, 4/97 issue).