{"id":3963,"date":"2011-07-21T10:27:37","date_gmt":"2011-07-21T17:27:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/unrbep.org\/?p=3963"},"modified":"2011-07-21T10:27:37","modified_gmt":"2011-07-21T17:27:37","slug":"dell-sony-sprint-vow-to-push-recycling-feds-unveil-e-waste-strategy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/unrbep.org\/dealerportal\/dell-sony-sprint-vow-to-push-recycling-feds-unveil-e-waste-strategy\/","title":{"rendered":"Dell, Sony, Sprint Vow to Push Recycling; Feds Unveil E-Waste Strategy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The three companies have joined an EPA-industry partnership designed to promote environmentally sound management of used electronics. In addition, the CEOs of Dell and Sprint signed a voluntary commitment with the EPA to promote a U.S.-based electronics recycling market.<\/p>\n<p>Under the EPA strategy published yesterday, called the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.epa.gov\/epawaste\/conserve\/materials\/ecycling\/taskforce\/docs\/strategy.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">National Strategy for Electronics Stewardship<\/a> (pdf), the federal government\u2019s purchasing arm will only buy IT products that comply with environmental performance standards, and will ensure that all government electronics are reused or recycled properly.<\/p>\n<p>The strategy also commits the federal government to<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Promote the development of more efficient and sustainable electronic products;<\/li>\n<li>Support recycling options and systems for American consumers; and<\/li>\n<li>Strengthen America\u2019s role in the international electronics stewardship arena.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The collaboration aims to encourage businesses and consumers to recycle their electronics with certified recyclers, and for electronic recyclers to become certified, the EPA says.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA robust electronics recycling industry in America would create new opportunities to efficiently and profitably address a growing pollution threat,\u201d said EPA administrator Lisa P. Jackson.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.environmentalleader.com\/2011\/07\/21\/dell-sony-sprint-vow-to-push-recycling-fed-unveils-e-waste-strategy\/\" target=\"_blank\">Read the complete article at Environmental Leader<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The three companies have joined an EPA-industry partnership designed to promote environmentally sound management of used electronics. In addition, the CEOs of Dell and Sprint signed a voluntary commitment with the EPA to promote a U.S.-based electronics recycling market. Under the EPA strategy published yesterday, called the National Strategy for Electronics Stewardship (pdf), the federal &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/unrbep.org\/dealerportal\/dell-sony-sprint-vow-to-push-recycling-feds-unveil-e-waste-strategy\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Dell, Sony, Sprint Vow to Push Recycling; Feds Unveil E-Waste Strategy<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[7],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/unrbep.org\/dealerportal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3963"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/unrbep.org\/dealerportal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/unrbep.org\/dealerportal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unrbep.org\/dealerportal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unrbep.org\/dealerportal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3963"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/unrbep.org\/dealerportal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3963\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3965,"href":"https:\/\/unrbep.org\/dealerportal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3963\/revisions\/3965"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/unrbep.org\/dealerportal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3963"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unrbep.org\/dealerportal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3963"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unrbep.org\/dealerportal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3963"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}