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TCE Featured Reports

 Cheaper than Real Cost Landfilling Powerpoint Overview of the Problems with Landfilling including Health & Environmental Impacts

 Powerpoint on Austin Trash Issues Powerpoint on Austin Trash Issues 3-08

 2006 Municipal Solid Waste in Texas: A Year in Review Annual report on Texas landfills from the state environmental agency

 E-Waste Rules Matter: Making Producer TakeBack Recycling Work Fact sheet on proposed e-waste recycling guidelines in Texas

 How to Recycle Your E-Waste E-Waste Recycling Guide 2007

 Statewide Landfill Review, May 2007 Status of Texas landfills including complaints and violations

 Wasting and Recycling in the United States 2000 GrassRoots Recycling Network report prepared by Institute for Local Self-Reliance - excellent overview of trash system and Zero Waste solutions, even if a little dated.

Electronic Waste

 Ted Smith Testimony Before U.S. House Science & Technology Committee 4/30/08 Ted Smith Testimony Before U.S. House Science & Technology Committee 4/30/08

 Electronic waste recycling – Green Party Electronic waste recycling – Green Party

 Electronic waste recycling – Republican Party Resolution for caucuses

 Electronic waste recycling – Democratic Party Resolution for caucuses

 E-Waste Rules Matter: Making Producer TakeBack Recycling Work Fact sheet on proposed e-waste recycling guidelines in Texas

 How to Recycle Your E-Waste E-Waste Recycling Guide 2007

 Comparison of State E-Waste Laws Comparison of State Laws on Recycling Electronic Waste (as of June 2007)

 Texas Computer TakeBack FAQs Frequently Asked Questions: New Electronics TakeBack Recycling Law in Texas

 Texas Computer TakeBack Overview Overview of HB 2714 and implementation schedule

 E-waste Toxic Time Bomb Ad Ad run in Brazosport Facts on May 13, 2007 supporting e-waste bill and adding TVs

 Brazoria County Fact Sheet Information on electronic waste and landfill legislation for Brazoria County residents

 Texans Want E-waste to Meet Its Maker Fact Sheet on E-Waste Bills & Why TVs Should Be Added

 2007 E-waste and Trash Bills Key Bills on Electronic Waste Recycling and Trash Issues

 10 Reasons Why Electronics Producers should Provide Recycling 2-pager with ten compelling reasons why producers of electronics should provide recycling of their products

 Guide to Greener Electronics 12/06 Guide to Greener Electronics compares the environmental policies and producer takeback policies of producers of computer and cell phones.

 Toxic Sweatshops: Prison E-Recycling October 2006 report on the problems of recycling electronic waste in federal prisons.

 Toolkit for Passing Electronic Waste Producer TakeBack Recycling Resolutions (Microsoft Word version) Toolkit for Passing Electronic Waste Producer TakeBack Recycling Resolutions version 5 (MS Word)

 Electronics Recycling: Which Computer Companies Will Take Back Your Old  Electronics Recycling: Which Companies Will Take Back Your Old Electronics? (as of October 2006)

 Toolkit for Passing Electronic Waste Producer TakeBack Recycling Resolutions in Texas (PDF) Toolkit for Passing Electronic Waste Producer TakeBack Recycling Resolutions in Texas ver. 5 October 6, 2006 (PDF)

 Sample letter to Kip Averitt Sample letter to Kip Averitt on coal plants and e-waste

 Plano Resolution Local Resolution Passed by the City of Plano on Electronic Waste Recycling

 Georgetown Producer TakeBack Resolution Resolution adopted unanimously by the Georgetown City Council on June 13, 2006 calling for producer takeback of electronic waste.

 Apple-Dell-HP Recycling Comparison Chart Comparing Apple, HP and Dell on their recycling programs and policies

 Producer Takeback Resolution Background for Central Texas Producer Takeback Resolution Background for Central Texas

 Dell's Producer Responsibility Statement Dell's Statement in favor of free producer takeback for Dell products and producer takeback legislation.

 The Matrix E-waste sculpture

 Chapter 330 Comments on Electronic Waste TCE comments to state environmental agency on the problem of electronic waste and what other states are doing to address it.

 GAO Preliminary Findings on E-waste The Government Accountability Office, a very credible investigative organization for the U.S. Congress is investigating the problem of electronic waste and what the federal government is doing now and could do in the future to address the problem.

 Background on Penske/Zenith Electronic Waste Dumping Case in Travis County Background on efforts by Texas Disposal Systems to remove illegally dumped broken TV tubes.

 Principal Types of Brominated Flame Retardants Description of brominated flame retardants

 Electronic Waste Recycling: A Toolkit for Legislators Toolkit for legislators, informing them of issues related to E-waste and urging support of Extended Producer Responsibility legislation.

 Saying "So Long" to E-Waste The Christian Science Monitor throws its weight fully behind Extended Producer Responsibility and Computer Take-Back.

 HP Product Stewardship Solution HP's public stand on producer responsibility policy for Computer Monitors and Televisions

 Computer Dust Report Samples of dust taken from computer monitors nationwide show high levels of toxic flame retardants.

 Toxic Sentence Some states use prison labor to handle the E-waste problem. This report exposes the unlawful exploitation of prisoners who are exposed to hazardous toxins in the course of this dangerous work.

 About that old computer... The New York Times comes out in favor of "hold[ing] manufacturers responsible for the products they produce" in this editorial on the E-waste problem.

 Wireless Waste: Basel Convention's Next Hazardous Waste Challenge This report details the threat posed by discarded mobile phones inundating the global waste stream, and the unjust transfer of the toxins contained therein to the countries least equipped to deal with the problem.

 Poison PCs & Toxic TVs - Costs and Environmental Risks of Ewaste to Texas Costs of responsibly handling Texas electronic waste and amounts of toxins released if not.

 Comments on "The Effectiveness of Municipal Solid Waste Landfills Controlling Releases of Heavy Metals to the Environment" A rebuttal highlighting flaws in a study by the Solid Waste Association of North America, which attempted to downplay the harmful effects of groundwater pollution from landfill leachate.

 Warning: Biohazard (Brominated Fire Retardants) Sheet of four stickers warning of the dangers of Brominated Fire Retardants on your computer monitor and in your body.

 Warning: Biohazard (Lead) Sheet of four stickers warning of the dangers of lead in your computer monitor and in the environment.

 5th Annual Computer Report Card Evaluation of major computer producers on electronic waste recycling and cleaner product design by the national Computer TakeBack Campaign

 What if the U.S. banned e-scrap exports? Opinion piece on banning e-waste exports

 E-waste Solutions The Bangor Daily News outlines the growing problem of E-waste, and describes legislation recently passed to address the problem in their state.

 MSW Landfills Effectively Control the Release of Heavy Metals A Solid Waste Association of North America press release, in which they purported to have demonstrated the effictiveness and safety of municipal landfills. Presented here for context; rebuttal by Fred Lee is below.

 Poison PCs Toxic TVs 1994 Update Analysis of the costs of recycling and disposal of e-waste through 2015

 Poison PC Toxic TV Chart of E-waste Tsunami Chart demonstrating increasing volume of e-waste.

 Student Group TakeBack Ad Text of Austin Chronicle ad with students groups from 50 states calling on Dell to take back, make it clean and recycle responsibly

 Toxic Chemicals Abundant in Homes Study of Dust in Cape Cod homes finds toxic flame retardants.

 Poly-brominated Diphenyl Ethers in U.S. Mothers Milk Study of brominated flame retardants in U.S. women's breast milk, most of samples from Texas.

 Tale of Two Systems Comparison of conditions and methods used at Federal Prison Industries computer recycling and HP facility

 The WEEE and RoHS Directives: Highlights and Analysis An analysis of recent European Union directives minimizing the use of hazardous materials in electronic waste and regulating their disposal.

 European Union Electrical and Electronic Product Directives An overview of the Directive on Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) and the Directive on the Restriction of the Use of Certain Hazardous Substances (RoHS), both recently adopted by the EU as a means of controlling hazardous electronic waste.

 Growing Threats - Toxic Flame Retardants & Children's Health Review of growing body of evidence on toxic flame retardants used in electronics and other products

 Scrapping the Hi-Tech Myth: Computer Waste in India India is a leading importer of electronic waste from developed countries that don't want to deal with it themselves. Read about the harm that this highly toxic pollution is causing.

 A Citizen's Guide to Producer Responsibility Illustrated guide that lays out the Extended Producer Reponsibility solution to electronic waste.

 Toxins in a Computer Diagram One page diagram of toxins used in computers