Walmart has released its 2012 Global Responsibility Report, which touted waste reduction as its #1 achievement in 2011. But despite the thousands of letters you and other TCE supporters have sent the company, Walmart has still not agreed to start recycling old electronics. We need you to help step up the pressure: Post a message today on Walmart’s “What’s on Your Mind” Facebook page calling on the company to take back e-waste for recycling. This link will take you to Walmart's customer feedback page. You can post the following message, or paraphrase it in your own words:
"I am contacting Walmart to request electronic waste recycling options nationwide, something that Best Buy already does. Over 25,000 people have already sent letters to your company asking for this program, yet all you have responded with is a limited trade-in program. When will you do something to offer all your customers free and convenient recycling for their old electronics?"
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Take the Pledge to vote with recycling in mind!
We need to make sure that elected officials understand that the need for a clean environment and a healthy place to live, work, and play is vital. This includes the 3 R’s – reduce, reuse and convenient recycling, of course. Click here to sign the Pledge!
Summer Organizing Jobs Available at TCE
Positions available in Dallas, Houston and Austin. Gain experience, build your resume and learn the essentials of winning environmental campaigns. Click here for details.
Dallas Residents: Help Push for Responsible Gas Drilling
Natural gas companies wish to begin numerous and widespread “fracking” operations inside Dallas. Drilling companies have already leased 200 sites on land owned by the City of Dallas, representing almost 5,000 acres throughout the western portion of our city. We must ensure drilling will be done in a safe and responsible way -- click here to send the Mayor and City Council a message now!
Austin Residents Where Do the Candidates Stand? TCE is working with lots of local partners to find out where the local candidates stand on environmental issues. You can see the responses to the questionnaire here and watch video from the April 23rd Green Candidate Forum with the Mayoral and the three City Council races here.
Environmentalists wary of potential natural-gas drilling plans in Dallas
A week before the Dallas City Council takes a step toward deciding how to regulate natural-gas drilling, advocates of tight rules pointed Tuesday to a map that shows parkland and Trinity River flood plains included in a city lease to one gas company. (Dallas Morning News)
Methane gas blamed for vibrating houses
Numerous people in Central Texas awoke to vibrations in the neighborhood, stumping local law enforcement for some time. In a statement to the media, fire officials said they believe the source of the strange rumblings can be traced to the Sunset Farms Landfill at 9912 Giles Road. (KXAN News Austin)
How Best Buy makes money recycling America's electronics
Retailing giant Best Buy has seen its recycling take-back program grow from a costly gamble into a fast-growing business that’s making a little bit of money. (GreenBiz.com)
Report shows increase in demand for products made to decrease environmental impact
Going “green” is no longer a fad. Consumers are asking for more environmentally friendly products, and companies appear to be responding to the demand. (Denton Record-Chronicle)
Texas has made little progress in recycling electronic waste
Texans are not effectively recycling their old electronics, according to two new reports. Recycling advocates said Wednesday that two newly released reports show how little progress Texas has made in recycling electronic waste. (Austin Business Journal)
Say Goodbye to Single-Use Shopping Bags in
March 2013
While other Texas cities like Brownsville, Fort Stockton and South Padre Island have all adopted their own versions of a ban, Austin is now the largest city in Texas to have prohibited the use of single-use shopping bags. (KUT News Austin)
Recycling could lead to thousands of Houston jobs
If Americans were to recycle 75 percent of their waste, recycling efforts could create 1.5 million jobs across the country by 2030. About 45,000 of these jobs would be in collecting and processing the waste materials in Texas, a report shows. (Houston Business Journal)
