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Businesses Run By Women Seeing Bright 2010
January 22nd, 2010 | 
Author: Jan 15, 2010 10:11 pm US/Central
Melissa Newton
ARLINGTON (CBS 11 / TXA 21) ― 2009 was a tough year for many small business owners.
The number of businesses that filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy nearly doubled between June of 2008 and June of 2009, but those owned by women seem to be bucking the trend.
A recent study found that many women-owned businesses actually fared better last year than in previous years.
Cathi Coan started up Techway Services in 2004, and is already on her way to becoming one of the top competitors in her field.
The Women’s Business Council-Southwest surveyed hundreds of their members in Texas, New Mexico, Arkansas and Oklahoma.
“Surprisingly very little reported a downturn in their personal business,” said Chapter President Debbie Hurst.
The Arlington-based non-profit organization helps women grow their businesses. Hurst says, despite the recession, many of their employees escaped 2009 unscathed.
“Many of them had even grown their business in 2009 or at least held steady,” she said.
“I know a lot of women i talk to had to cut two or three head count,” Coan said, “but they remained strong and they held in.”
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Barrie Metals Recognized as Top Canadian Company
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SDB Magazine
http://www.sdbmagazine.com
Published: February 6, 2009
A program recognizing top companies in Canada, has named Barrie Metals, a Barrie, Ont., metals and recycling firm, as one of Canada’s 50 Best Managed Companies. The award, first established in 1993, recognizes excellence in Canadian-owned and managed companies with revenue greater than $10 million. The award is put on by Deloitte and the National Post.
The Barrie facility, which was recognized with the award, is the location for the company’s headquarters and scrap metal division. The company also has locations in other parts of Canada, as well as facilities and joint venture operations in Texas, California, North Carolina, Michigan and by next fall, one in Singapore.
The company specializes in handling and recycling electronic scrap.
This is the third year in a row that Barrie Metals has received the award from Deloitte. According to a spokesman for Barrie, companies that operate in a unique sector, have been growing their business and are well managed are targeted with the award.
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GEEP Tops the 2009 RCO Waste Minimization Awards
Friday, October 23rd 2009
GEEP Tops the 2009 RCO Waste Minimization Awards (pdf)
Barrie, ON – October 23, 2009 – Last night in Toronto, at the 2009 Recycling Council of Ontario’s Waste Minimization Awards Ceremony, GEEP (Global Electric Electronic Processing) Inc. won three awards for excellence in recycling. GEEP was presented with Gold awards in both the Program Operator and Business categories. In addition, GEEP was awarded the highest level of recognition – the Platinum award – in the Sustainable Product or Service category. This is indeed a testament to GEEP’s philosophy of continuous improvement.
Source: GEEP (Global Electric Electronic Processing) Inc.
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Electronics Industry Lawsuit Attacks States’ Rights
Media Center: Press Releases
For Immediate Release: November 5, 2009
Electronics Industry Lawsuit Attacks States’ Rights
State and Local Governments call on Industry to Withdraw New York City E-waste Lawsuit
(San Francisco, CA – November 5, 2009) Government officials from across the country today called on the electronics industry to withdraw its lawsuit against the New York City e-waste recycling law, calling the lawsuit a challenge by the electronics industry to the rights of states and cities to pass producer responsibility laws that hold manufacturers accountable for their products.
In a letter to the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) and the Information Technology Industry Council (ITIC), who filed the lawsuit, state and local government representatives from 18 states expressed their continued support for state and local laws that give the electronics manufacturers responsibility for financing effective takeback services for all the products they are selling in those states.
“This lawsuit isn’t really about the New York City e-waste law,” said Wisconsin State Senator Mark Miller, sponsor of Wisconsin’s new e-waste law, which passed two weeks ago. “This is really about the rights of states and cities to say that the manufacturers of toxic products need to be responsible for their products when consumers are ready to discard them. The outcome of this case could impact producer responsibility laws in all of our states, on a whole host of products.”
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http://www.computertakeback.com/media/press_releases_governments_challenge_CEA_ITI.htm
GO GREEN! Save our planet!
We are happy to announce a one-day Television & Electronic recycling event for the Grosse Pointe communities. Stop putting your electronics at the curb to have it end up in a landfill. “Do the right thing”, by having an international electronic recycler process your unwanted electronics.
Link to PDF:
http://www.local-motion.org/pdf-files/electronic-waste-recycling-06-13-09.pdf
