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URL: /06/05021.htm
Full Work Author: Indiana Institute On Recycling
Abstract: By recovering and reusing waste glass from the TV tube manufacturing process, Thomson Consumer Electronics has substantially reduced its raw material and waste disposal costs. Thomson began to instill the philosophy of reduce, reuse, recycle throughout the organization back in 1991, and has since established pollution prevention, waste minimization, recycling, and protection of resources as core values
Full Title: Environmental Accounting Snapshot: Precision Circuits, Inc.
URL: /02/01321.htm
Length: 2 pages
Date: 1996
Full Work Author: EPA
Abstract: Case study of a circuit board manufacturer considering two investments: (1) New plastic-coated racks used to carry circuit board panels through a plating baths and (2) A new treatment process that produces less sludge and fewer waste streams. Based on Full Cost Accounting the payback of both projects was about one year with an Net Present Value of $100,000.
Full Title: Hazardous Waste Reduction - Additive Circuits
URL: /01/00761.pdf
Length: 2 pages
Date: November 1990
Full Work Author: NY Department of Environmental Conservation
Abstract: This printed circuit board manufacturer added additional sodium hydroxide and formaldehyde to its plating bath overflow to recover 99% of its copper. EDTA was also recovered by precipitation.
Full Title: VOC and Freon Reduction at Galileo Electro-Optics Corporation
URL: /01/00163.htm
Length: 2 pages
Date: 1993
Full Work Author: MA Office of Technical Assistance
Abstract: A manufacturer of fiber optic plates substituted wax for trichloroethylene (TCE) and Freon used in parts inspection. Includes cost savings info.
Fact Sheets |
URL: /12/11100.pdf
Date: 07/1999
Full Work Author: Minnesota Pollution Control Agency
Abstract: This fact sheet discusses how businesses should manage unusable, outdated and waste electronic equipment.
Articles and Reports |
Length: 47 pages
Date: 1999
Full Work Author: Stanford Resources, Inc.
Abstract: Results of the first large-scale survey and analysis of electronic product recycling and reuse in the US in 1997 and 1998. The study addressed personal computers, mainframes, workstations, notebooks, cathode ray tubes and monitors, peripherals, telecommunications equipment and television sets containing CRTs. Stanford Resources, Inc. collected information from 123 recycling and third party organizations that refurbish electronic equipment, along with manufacturers and corporate users of electronic equipment. Topics covered include an overview and analysis of the industry, and data on the sources and destinations of end-of-life electronic products. $95.00 includes shipping and handling. Order on-line http://www.nsc.org/ehc/epr2/baseline.htm, or contact Candace Levitt by e-mail at levitt@nsc.org, or by phone at (202) 293-2270, ext. 476. Discount available for non-profit and government agencies.
Full Title: Electronics Industry Environmental Roadmap
URL: /41/40197.pdf
Length: 260 pages
Date: June 1996
Full Work Author: Pedersen,Steve; Wilson,Colleen; Pitts,Greg; and Statesbury, Bill
Abstract: This 1996 Electronics Industry Environmental Roadmap continues ongoing efforts introduced in 1992 by MCC, working in concert with a diverse group of electronics and information technology manufacturers and their suppliers, and supported by the Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA) of the U.S. Department of Defense under a contract to Wright Labs. This year’s Roadmap updates and expands upon the top priorities from the 1994 Electronics Industry Environmental Roadmap, produced by MCC with the participation and support of a wide range of companies and associations. One objective is to look at the priorities identified in the 1994 Roadmap and, through a review process, select the top priority issues that need attention in the near term. The discussion and recommendations in this document are intended to provide an agenda for a set of activities that can be launched in the near term, executed through a focused program of cross-industry collaboration, that provide a basis for the next generation of environmental management in the electronics industry. Ultimately, the results will manifest themselves at the bottom line—of the corporation, the industry, and the environment.
Full Title: Pollution Prevention Techniques for Electronics and Computer Industry
URL: /21/20432.txt
Date: 6/99
Full Work Author: Center for Technology and Environmental Management
Abstract: The electronics and computer industries have participated in many pollution prevention projects and have been the focus of many case studies. Pollution prevention techniques and processes used by these industries can be grouped into four general categories: . Process or equipment modification . Raw material substitution or elimination . Waste segregation/separation/preparation . Recycling
Sector Notebook |
URL: /03/02546.pdf
Length: 152 pages
Date: September 1995
Full Work Author: US Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance
Abstract: This report profiles the electronics and computer industry, with descriptions of industrial processes and EPA Toxic Release Inventory data. It also discusses pollution prevention opportunities, federal regulations, and compliance and enforcement initiatives.
Web sites |
Full Work Author: North Carolina Division of Pollution Prevention and Environmental Assistance
Abstract: This Web site helps identify methods to properly manage old electronic products and safely divert them from disposal.
Section Title: Pollution Prevention in the Computer and Electronics Sector
Full Title: Compliance Assistance and Pollution Prevention
URL: http://www.epa.gov/region02/p2/computer.htm
Full Work Author: US EPA
Full Title: Electronics Industry Environmental Roadmap
URL: http://www.ce.cmu.edu/GreenDesign/comprec/eier96roadmap.pdf
Full Work Author: Microelectronics and Computer Technology Corporation (MCC)
Full Title: International Association of Electronics Recyclers (IAER)
URL: http://www.iaer.org/
Full Work Author: IAER
Abstract: The International Association of Electronics Recyclers, Inc. (IAER) is the first and only trade association for the electronics recycling industry. Electronics recycling is an emerging industry that is at a critical point in its development, in terms of growth and challenges.
Full Title: The Canadian Pollution Prevention Information Clearinghouse
URL: http://www.ec.gc.ca/cppic/en/search.cfm?txtSearchString=electronics
Full Work Author: The National Office of Pollution Prevention, Canada
Abstract: This site contains a searchable database of pollution prevention information. From the main page, choose the electronics subsection and then search for specific areas of concern. Most documents are available on-line.
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