Watch the “Story of Electronics”

The Story of Electronics video takes on the electronics industry’s “design for the dump” mentality and champions product take back to spur companies to make less toxic, more easily recyclable and longer lasting products.

Take Action Tell the retailers to help us recycle electronics

Tell retailers like Walmart, Sam’s Club, Costco, Amazon, & Sears to help us recycle our electronics, like Best Buy and Staples do.

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News Commentary: E-Waste Export Policy Key to Stopping Electronics Counterfeits and Protecting Military Readiness

As the Armed Services Committee report found, “much of the material used to make counterfeit electronic parts is electronic waste, or e-waste, shipped from the United States and the rest of the world to China.”

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Senate Bill Creates U.S. Jobs and Stops Toxic E-Waste Tide

March 6, 2014: U.S. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) today introduced S. 2090, the Responsible Electronics Recycling Act (RERA) of 2014 to stop sham U.S. “recyclers” from sending toxic electronic waste to developing countries and to promote recycling jobs at home.

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Blog Dell Introduces First Computer Made With Plastics from Recycled Electronics

Dell has announced that later this month they will begin selling their first computer (the OptiPlex 3030 all-in-one) made with plastic recycled from old electronics.

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Samsung Apologizes To Semiconductor Workers Who Contracted Cancer, Promises Compensation

Samsung took an unprecedented step on May 14, and publicly apologized to workers who developed cancers after working at Samsung semiconductor plants. Some of the workers have died from leukemia.

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