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11/29/2016

Americans line up in droves every year to buy new gadgets, but the discarded older models of devices are too often shipped by recycling firms to foreign countries to avoid the cost of processing the toxic scrap.

Electronics recycling is becoming less profitable as tech companies try to save costs by using fewer rare minerals like gold and copper in their devices, while the resale value of commodities extracted by recycling like steel and oil-based plastics has declined sharply in recent years. Hugo Neu Recycling CEO Robert Houghton says his firm faces increasing costs to dispose of old devices like phones and computers in an environmentally safe way, while other businesses that promise to do so cut costs by shipping them to nations like China.

“Responsible recyclers lose business every day to companies that ship electronic scrap overseas or simply dump it in warehouses instead of processing it,” says Houghton, who is also the CEO of Sage Sustainable Electronics, a tech services firm focused on extending the useful life of technology.

Improperly dumping electronics is dangerous because of the toxic materials in the discarded gadgets like lead, cadmium and mercury, which can seep into soil and groundwater, contaminate the air if they are burned or poison people handling them.

11/24/2016

11/05/2016

Electronics recycling in GLENDALE HEIGHTS IL 60139

You can get rid of old electronics without adding volume at the landfill.

We are taking old electronics off your hands and recycling them November 7- 11, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. at 2005 Bloomingdale Rd. Suite D, Glendale Heights IL 60139.

Items Accepted for a Fee
• TVs & Computer Monitors (upto 20"): $25 ea.
• Large Office Printers: $25 ea.
• More than 10 Keyboards: $10
• More than 10 Mouses: $10
• Audio/Video Equipment: $10

Items Accepted for Free
• Laptops
• Desktop Printers
• Cell Phones

Call in advance at 630-935-2354

07/24/2016

Accept all electronics for Recycling
Pic up service available

05/20/2016

Recycle old and unwanted Electronics Recycle today for safer tomorrow

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04/28/2016

Why it's harder to recycle your old TV
Free options for disposal of TVs, computer monitors have decreased

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US Trade and Technologies is committed to providing an environmentally responsible e-waste solution for you.

04/21/2016

Panama Papers: Federal Prosecutor Looking for Crimes By U.S. Citizens

The Justice Department has opened a formal criminal investigation into potentially widespread illegalities exposed by the Panama Papers, the massive leak of financial details about secret offshore accounts, federal law enforcement officials told NBC News Wednesday -- and its first priority will be finding wrongdoing by U.S. firms and individuals.

The U.S. Attorney in Manhattan, Preet Bharara, sent a letter to the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ), which has led a worldwide effort to report on suspected money laundering, tax evasion and other criminal activity exposed in the documents.

In his brief letter, Bharara said his office -- which has jurisdiction over many of the world's largest banks and financial firms -- has "opened a criminal investigation regarding matters to which the Panama Papers are relevant." The letter was dated April 3, the day ICIJ published its findings.

"The Office would greatly appreciate to opportunity to speak as soon as possible with any ICIJ employee or representative involved in the Panama Papers project in order to discuss this matter further," Bharara added.

Many financial transactions related to global money laundering, drug trafficking and other illegal activity involve New York-based banks. A senior federal law enforcement official said the initial focus will be identifying illicit activity by American citizens and corporations.

Bharara's efforts are the first evidence that criminal prosecutors from the Justice Department have become involved in the Panama Papers and will be looking for wrongdoing by U.S. companies and citizens. NBC News reported Sunday that IRS and U.S. Treasury officials have met with their counterparts from around the world in an effort to analyze and use the data about more than 214,000 offshore companies listed by Panamanian law firm Mossack Fonseca.

The Justice Department declined to comment, and ICIJ officials could not be immediately reached for comment. The letter was first reported by the Guardian, one of the many media partners working with the ICIJ and the German newspaper that initially obtained the documents, Süddeutsche Zeitung.

"We're not talking about it," said one federal law enforcement official who confirmed the existence of the letter and the probe.

04/19/2016

On Saudi Arabia sell-off threat, Bernie Sanders says US 'can't be blackmailed'

The US has to take a harder stance against Saudi Arabia and its support of the kind of fundamentalist ideology that drives Islamic State and al-Qaida, Bernie Sanders said Sunday.

01/25/2016

Chicago Tribune Report
On the second Saturday of the month, cars would line the lengthy driveway at the Orland Township Highway Department and spill out onto Wolf Road as throngs of people came to recycle their electronics.

Volunteers helped unload the hefty TV consoles and computers, as the township's recycling station took in about 500,000 pounds of items last year, Highway Commissioner Brian Younker said. The township sold the discarded electronics to a recycling firm to raise money for scholarships for high school seniors.

Now, the recycling center is gated shut, having closed recently, at least temporarily.

"People are mad at us, but it got to the point where our recycler had to start charging us per pound so we had to stop. We couldn't afford it," Younker said.

Orland Township is just one example, though a major one, of what's happening and will continue to happen across Illinois unless the state formula regarding electronics recycling is changed, he said.

Electronics recycling may become as scarce as a Beta video player by this summer, according to some environmentalists.

After three years of banning electronics from landfills, Illinois' recycling program may be a victim of its success and what some see as the built-in obsolescence of electronics.

"It has been a huge success and has kept 160 million pounds of electronics out of the landfill," said Michelle Bentley, of the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency's electronic recycling program.
But http://www.erecycleus.com/ still accepting Computers and Electronics free for recycling

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12/26/2015

Merry Christmas

10/12/2015

Electronic Recycling

The U.S. electronics recycling industry has shown tremendous growth over the past 10 years. This maturing segment of the scrap recycling industry provides a boost of approximately $20.6 billion, including exports of $1.45 billion, to the U.S. economy (up from less than $1 billion in 2002) and employs more than 45,000 full time employees (up from 6,000 in 2002).