Electronics

• Organizations
• Resources and Reports
• JTR Grants
  
  

Organizations

• Electronic Product Recovery and Recycling (EPR2) Project
  Promotes environmentally safe, responosible, and cost-effective management of electronic dequipment that has reached the end of its useful life or no longer meets the needs of its original owners. Originally coordinated by the National Safety Council, this project is now coordinated by the National Recycling Coalition.
  
  
• Electronics Industries Alliance
  National trade organization representing the U.S. high technology community involved with technical standards development, market analysis, and other issues.
  
  
• Electronics Recycling Initiative
  A program of the National Recycling Coalition designed to promote environmentally and economically responsible management of electronic products throughout their lifecycle. The program's Web site includes online discussions by electronics recycling experts and an archive of past discussions.
  
  
• Industry Council for Electronic Equipment Recycling
  A cross-industry, international association focused on recycling electronic and electrical equipment.

• Intelligent Manufacturing Systems
  An industry-led international research and development program, bringing together corporations, universities, and governments to develop cutting-edge manufacturing technologies. One research project focuses on developing technologies for recycling plastics and metals from electrical household appliances and communication equipment.
  
  
• International Association of Electronics Recyclers
  Represents the electronics recycling industry including original equipment manufacturers, nonprofit organizations, suppliers, and service providers.

Resources and Reports

• 1998 North Carolina Markets Assessment of the Recycling Industry and Recyclable Materials
  An analysis of recycling markets in North Carolina, this report focuses on the supply and demand for 26 materials in the state.
  
  
• Aftershock of the Technology Boom
  Adobe Acrobat PDF file
  An article from an October 1999 issue of the Minnesota-St. Paul Star Tribune on electronics reuse and recovery.
  
  
• Demanufacturing of Electronic Equipment for Reuse and Recycling
  A Department of Defense project which encourages electronic equipment reuse and recycling.
  
  
• The Educational Technology Conservation Exchange Program
  Encourages learning institutions across the country to collect empty laser and inkjet printer cartridges from their community.
  
  
• EPA Product Stewardship
  A comprehensive source of information on electronics recovery and manufacturing, developed by EPA.
  
  
• Massachusetts JTR Grant
  The Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection received a JTR grant in 1999 to promote electronics recovery in the state.
  
  
• PEP's National Directory of Computer Recycling Programs
  Provides a detailed list of state, national, and international agencies that accept donations of used computer hardware for use by schools and community groups.
  
  
• Plug Into Electronics Reuse
  Institute for Local Self-Reliance report providing contact information on more than 150 computer reuse and recycling operations as well as in-depth profiles of the operating experience of 13 that focus on computer reuse. The table of contents and introduction to the report are available for viewing through the above link; the full report may be purchased through the Institute for Local Self-reliance
  
  
• Recycling Computers and Electronics Equipment
  EPA Region 10's site with links for computer and electronic recovery options, as well as businesses that accept electronic equipment for reuse or recycling.
  
  

JTR Grants

• Massachusetts
  ('98 - CRT Recycling Demonstration)
  
  
• New Jersey
  ('96 - Consumer Electronics Demanufacturing)
  
  
• Rhode Island
  ('95 - Electronics Disassembly Demonstration Project)

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