Targets 'hamper recycling effort'
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UK government policy works against  efforts to improve the nation's recycling record, a report says.
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A new U.N.-led alliance will work out  global scrapping guidelines to protect the environment from  mountains of electronic trash such as computers, phones and  televisions, the group said on Tuesday.
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Socially responsible funds are raking in the assets.
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By Duluth News-Tribune, Minn.  Mar. 8--In an ideal world, every time a new TV set or computer monitor was purchased, an old, junky one would be recycled -- rather than being dumped from Skyline Parkway or tossed into a rural ditch or even forgotten in a basement.
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OSLO, Norway - Arild Tofte and Kaare Heggdal know that recycling pays, but they weren't quite prepared for the jackpot that a scrapped cash machine contained.  It was still full of cash. Enough to buy a house and take a luxury vacation.
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Leading food retailers use too much packaging, with up to 40% unable to be recycled, a report suggests.
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By Kate Arthur, The Pantagraph, Bloomington, Ill.  Mar. 2--Tossing a milk jug into the recycling bin and taking shorter showers means you're making an effort.
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This is where computers go to die a green death. Inside Hewlett-Packard Co.'s cavernous recycling plant in the Sacramento suburbs, truckloads of obsolete PCs, servers and printers collected from consumers and businesses nationwide are cracked open by goggled workers who pull out batteries, circuit boards and other potentially hazardous components.
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By Jake Armstrong, The Record, Stockton, Calif.  Feb. 24--TRACY -- Officials plan to squirrel away some of the city's liquid assets.
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When Office Depot, Inc. stores ran an electronics recycling drive last summer that accepted everything from cell phones to televisions, some stores were overwhelmed by the amount of e-trash they received.
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By The Idaho Statesman, Boise  Mar. 4--Illegal "midnight drop-offs" are plaguing officials at the Allied Waste (BFI) collection site, and they're sending a warning that it's wrong and can be expensive.
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Electronics vendors are working to push through a legislative mandate that will make it easier for consumers to recycle consumer electronics.
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Efforts are to be "redoubled" to tackle teenage pregnancy rates after it was revealed targets are to be missed.
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Hewlett-Packard said that in 2007 alone it recycled 250 million pounds of hardware and printer cartridges â the equivalent of âmore than double the weight of the Titanic.â The colorful comparisons don't end there.
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The wrapping paper isn&#39;t even in the recycling bin. You haven&#39;t snipped the tags from all your new clothes. Ready for another round of shopping?
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By Valerie Rowell  Those looking to clear out some old electronics before spring hits are in luck.  Columbia County will offer another Electronics Recycling Day from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday in the parking lot of the Evans Government Complex on Ronald Reagan Drive.
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The good news about recent proposals from the Justice Dept. [DOJ], regarding the enforcement of intellectual property protection, is that they show the DOJ is committed to recycling.