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Program offers options for unwanted electronics
Jaclyn Johnson
Issue date: 10/10/07 Section: News
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In 2005, the ADEQ estimated that Arkansans recycled 41 percent of their total waste. That was about twice the national average, according to the ADEQ Web site. Just five years prior, however, only about 24 percent was recycled.
Though Arkansas is above the national average in overall amounts recycled, each individual doubles the national average in daily consumption. The Arkansas average, according to the latest 2005 statistics from ADEQ, is 9.3 pounds a day per Arkansan.
Green Fed II is the result of a pilot program started in 2004. UNICOR, also known as the Federal Prison Industries, processes all of the recycling materials. The pilot run of the program produced 88,538 pounds of electronics that were recycled or reused, according to the ADEQ Web site.
Green Fed II is limited to the state of Arkansas, but other states are considering similar programs, according to ADEQ.
Dell also offers free returns on any of their products. Laptop and desktop computers, as well as other equipment, can be donated for reuse or recycled, according to the Dell Web site.
Apple boasts products that are becoming increasingly better for the environment by reducing certain emissions in production. Some of their products, such as monitors, conserve as much as 80 percent more energy than their previous models, according to the Apple Web site.
A buyer's old computer or monitor can be sent in for recycling upon purchase of an Apple computer or monitor, regardless of the brand.
Though Arkansas is above the national average in overall amounts recycled, each individual doubles the national average in daily consumption. The Arkansas average, according to the latest 2005 statistics from ADEQ, is 9.3 pounds a day per Arkansan.
Green Fed II is the result of a pilot program started in 2004. UNICOR, also known as the Federal Prison Industries, processes all of the recycling materials. The pilot run of the program produced 88,538 pounds of electronics that were recycled or reused, according to the ADEQ Web site.
Green Fed II is limited to the state of Arkansas, but other states are considering similar programs, according to ADEQ.
Dell also offers free returns on any of their products. Laptop and desktop computers, as well as other equipment, can be donated for reuse or recycled, according to the Dell Web site.
Apple boasts products that are becoming increasingly better for the environment by reducing certain emissions in production. Some of their products, such as monitors, conserve as much as 80 percent more energy than their previous models, according to the Apple Web site.
A buyer's old computer or monitor can be sent in for recycling upon purchase of an Apple computer or monitor, regardless of the brand.
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bastardo
posted 10/10/07 @ 5:05 AM CST
Jacki, et al. - Go to New Zealand's viceland.com and check out the computer graveyard story from China.
Andrew Thaxton
posted 10/10/07 @ 9:00 AM CST
It's an interesting story, but you don't tell us the website where we can print of the pre-paid sticker. If you want people to know that they can recycle unused electronic devices, you might want to provide the means to do so. (Continued…)
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