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  1. 09/01/2008

    Consumer Electronics: Trends in Recycling

    Electronic equipment has become an integral part of everything we do and own: TVs in our homes, cell phones and MP3 players in our ears, and computers on our desks. Americans own nearly 3 billion electronic products. But what happens to your used electronics when you buy new ones? In this podcast, EPA host Verena Radulovic is joined by Jerry Powell, editor of eScrap News; Jason Linnell, executive director of the National Center for Electronics Recycling; and Matt Hale, director of the US EPA Office of Solid Waste. They discuss the growth in the electronics waste stream, the simultaneous expansion of electronics reuse and recycling, and how current trends in the management of electronic wastes will dictate what lies ahead.

  2. 09/01/2008

    Greener Computers: A Look at Energy Efficiency and Recycling

    Your decisions about which computer to purchase and what to do with your old one can significantly impact the environment. In this podcast, EPA host Verena Radulovic is joined by Denise Durrett, communications specialist with Energy Star; Lauren Aaronson, associate editor of Popular Science; Renee St. Denis, director of HP's America's Product Takeback; and Bryant Hilton, corporate responsibility communications manager at Dell. Listen as they discuss energy efficiency in new computers, and address questions consumers may be asking when they recycle their used computers.

  3. 09/01/2008

    Recycle Your Cell Phone. It's An Easy Call.

    With more advanced cell phones being introduced all the time, chances are you have at least one that you no longer use. Where will yours end up? In this podcast, EPA host Verena Radulovic is joined by Craig Boswell, director of HOBI International, an electronics recycler in Dallas, TX, and Seth Heine, executive director of Collective Good, a nonprofit organization that facilitates cell phone donations, to discuss the benefits of recycling your cell phone, why more people aren't doing it, and finding easy ways to help you recycle your cell phone.

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