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Houston Press: Local sentiment was so strong against the waste industry that protesters had only to point the finger at McCarty to explain their objections: trucks, stink, pollution, sickness.
Report: from iPod to iWaste?
Apple is compromising brand value and leadership by placing short-term financial gain over
environmental concerns. Learn more in this report!
Environmentalists Bypass Washington to Pressure Corporations
Environmentalists went door-to-door in Austin, Texas, where Dell is headquartered, explaining why they wanted the company to do more to keep old computers, which contain toxic chemicals, out of landfills.
Austin postpones landfill changes
Austin American-Statesman: The Austin City Council has effectively scuttled a contract to turn over operations of the city’s landfill to a private company.
Tech Waste Challenges Earth Day Spirit
Associated Press: The Austin-based Texas Campaign for the Environment is asking Apple to reduce or eliminate recycling fees for consumers and build in-store recycling centers.
Environmentalists Protest Apple’s ‘iWaste’
New York Times: Environmentalists said they’re targeting Apple because the company makes it difficult to replace batteries in its digital music players, and it charges many consumers $30 to recycle their unused or broken computers and laptops.
Power of protest felt by Dell
Austin American Statesman: Environmental groups used a low-tech campaign to get computer maker’s attention on recycling.
Dell, HP expand recycling programs
Associated Press: The world’s two largest personal-computer manufacturers have gotten a little greener. Dell Inc. and Hewlett-Packard Co. announced free programs to encourage U.S. consumers to recycle toxin-filled computers and electronics.
Electronic waste is growing
San Antonio Express-News: Getting rid of obsolete electronics will cost San Antonio taxpayers $56 million by 2015, according to a report released by the Texas Campaign for the Environment.
Study finds suspect chemicals in computer dust
Austin American-Statesman: Dust on computers in government and university offices throughout the country, including one tested at the University of Texas, contained measurable levels of several fire retardant chemicals that are under mounting scrutiny as human health risks, according to a report to be released today in Austin.
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