Using cutting edge processes and equipment, the 45,000 square foot Global Electric and Electronic Processing Inc. (GEEP) facility processes more than 30,000 tonnes per year of old computers, televisions, and a wide range of electrical and electronic waste materials for recycling.

Processes and equipment used at the state of the art facility include:

• Centrifugal Separation
• Plastics Shredder
• CRT Processing
• Chain Shredder
• De-Reeler
• Baler

The facility is built and operated at the Edmonton Waste Management Centre by GEEP Alberta Inc – a subsidiary of GEEP Inc, an international e-waste recycler based in Barrie Ontario. It is the first e-waste recycling facility to be built by GEEP Inc in western Canada.

GEEP is a registered processor under Alberta’s electronics program which is administered by Alberta Recycling Management Authority.

What can be recycled at GEEP?:

• small kitchen appliances
• audio and video equipment and televisions
• personal care appliances (hair dryers, shavers, etc. )
• other electrical household tools (vacuums, irons, floor polishers)
• electrical power tools
• telecommunications equipment – telephones, cell phones
• computer and home office equipment
• computer components
• photocopiers, fax machines and similar office electronics
• industrial electrical tools
• specialty equipment containing electrical motors, switches and other components with material value

Where can I take my electronic and electric waste for recycling?

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These days it seems like every company is trying to go green, and we’ll be the first to back those efforts up. To prove how supportive we are, we decided to bring back our “Green Office Tip of the Week” segment this week to offer up our thoughts on how your company can improve its recycling efforts.

In order to do so, we’ve compiled a list of 19 things that your office can, and should, recycle. Recycling is the easiest way to go green. There are businesses around the country that will take pretty much any material from you, and some of them will even pay you for certain items. If you need help finding a place to recycle any of these materials, check out Earth911.com.

• Light Bulbs
• Batteries
• Computers
• Monitors
• Printers
• Televisions
• Cell Phones
• Newspaper
• Printer Paper
• Cardboard
• Aluminum Cans                                      
• Plastic Bottles
• Glass
• Wood, Bricks & Other Building Materials
• Metal Scrap
• Shipping Styrofoam
• Ink Cartridges
• Tires
• Furniture

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GAO Calls for Better Control of Electronic Scrap Exports

The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) has released a report that calls for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to better control the export of harmful old electronics through stronger enforcement and more comprehensive regulation.

Items with cathode-ray (CRTs) tubes are particularly harmful, according to the GAO summary, because they can contain 4 pounds of lead per unit. To prevent the export of these devices, in January 2007 the EPA began regulating the export of CRTs under its CRT rule, which requires companies to notify EPA before exporting CRTs.

The GAO studied the fate of exported used electronic devices, the effectiveness of regulatory controls governing their export and options to strengthen federal export regulation. The GAO also reviewed waste management surveys in developing countries, monitored e-commerce Web sites and posed as foreign buyers of broken CRTs. 

The GAO suggests expanding hazardous waste regulations to cover other exported used electronics; submitting a legislative package to Congress for ratifying the Basel Convention, an international regime governing the import and export of hazardous wastes; and working with Customs and Border Protection and other agencies to improve identification and tracking of exported used electronics. “Options such as these could help make U.S. export controls more consistent with those of other industrialized countries,” according to the GAO.

Article Link:

http://www.recyclingtoday.com/articles/article.asp?Id=7582&SubCatID=20&CatID=8

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LANSING, MI. — The following is a message from the Michigan Senate:

The Michigan Senate today approved legislation that will establish a manufacturer-driven program to increase the recycling of consumer computer electronics without a charge on consumers. Both measures, sponsored by Sens. Patty Birkholz and Valde Garcia, were sent to the governor to be signed into law.

“E-waste recycling is an important program because it allows state residents to properly handle old computer equipment free of charge,” said Birkholz, R-Saugatuck Township. “By recycling these items, consumers can help reduce the amount of hazardous materials being placed in our landfills.”

Senate Bill 897, sponsored by Garcia, and SB 898, sponsored by Birkholz, will require manufacturers of consumer computer electronics to implement a take-back program for the free return of computers and video display devices that they produce. To participate, a manufacturer must first register with the state.

Part of the Senate Republican “Green Michigan Initiative,” the legislation will:

• Outline registration guidelines for manufacturers who opt to be in the program;
• Establish requirements for the electronics take-back program;
• Develop an Electronic Waste Advisory Council;
• Create the Electronics Waste Recycling Fund.

To read the entire article, please follow this link: 

http://www.connectmidmichigan.com/news/news_story.aspx?id=237258

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By KARAMAGI RUJUMBA, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette national

After tracking hazardous waste shipments and dumping around the world, a national environmental group has sounded the alarm about a million pounds of old electronics innocently donated in Pennsylvania.

“When it comes to breaking down electronics, there are no free and environmentally safe recyclers,” said Sarah Westervelt, of the Seattle-based environmental watchdog Basel Action Network.

The group contends that the Western Pennsylvania Humane Society and Allegheny County, Pa., should have known that a free electronics recycling program it set up with EarthEcycle LLC was too good to be true.

The environmental group this week issued a report claiming that EarthEcycle — which collected more than 1 million pounds of old electronics through the Humane Society’s recycling campaign in March and April — ships hazardous waste to countries where it will most likely end up in toxic dumping grounds.

In the EarthEcycle case, operatives of Basel Action Network tracked seven ocean-going containers as they left two warehouses — Levin Furniture in Monroeville, Pa., and another in Homewood, Pa. — and headed for Newark, N.J., and then to Hong Kong and South Africa.

Please read the entire article, follow the link below:

http://www.scrippsnews.com/node/43444

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