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  1. Buying new gadgets on Black Friday? Find out how to recycle your old electronics responsibly here: http://www.goodrecyclers.com #ewaste
  2. Resolution: Congress would lead by example in handling its own ewaste without exporting. #ewaste #ecomonday http://tinyurl.com/yhg9pm2
  3. @DIRECTV Cust Svc said to take your ewaste to a school to "see whether this equipment may be of historical value in a teaching environment."
  4. @DIRECTV Why doesn't DirecTV take back and recycle your old outdated equipment? Do you think these toxic components belong in a landfill?
  5. @DIRECTV Your customer service people say you won't take back and recycle my old receivers and dish. Why not? This is toxic #e-waste.
  6. @TheGpaHood But MRM collected all that #e-waste because state laws make them. Nice that they comply with the law, but an EPA award?!!
  7. @TWICEonline You forgot to mention that MRM collected most of that #ewaste because state laws require it. Awards for following the law?!!
  8. RT @JaymiHeimbuch: US Government Officials Ask Electronics Industry to Take Back NYC Law Suit, and Take Back Gadgets http://bit.ly/PNDvT
  9. State and local governments tell electronics industry to stop their legal end-run around state and city #e-waste laws. http://bit.ly/1hyokE
  10. RT @tweetmeme Amazing Race: E-Waste Violators' Best Friend. Contestants join e-waste dumping ground. GreenerComputing.com http://is.gd/41ccL
  11. New report "Greening Consumer Electronics" shows companies like Apple are eliminating toxic chemicals. http://bit.ly/3ra29G #ewaste #Apple
  12. Left in the Flat-Screen Dust: Old-Model TVs Are So Toxic, You Can't Give 'Em Away. Literally. See WashPost story: http://tinyurl.com/toxicTV
  13. More fake recycling of #ewaste. EPA fines huge fake recyler in NJ for exporting monitors to Hong Kong. http://tinyurl.com/fake-sup...
  14. China's Incinerators Loom As Global Hazard. Dioxin from China incinerators ends up here. Fm today's NYTimes. http://tinyurl.com/phec6j
  15. RT @chej Go PVC-Free for Back-to-School - Get New Back-to-School Guide to #pvcfree School Supplies http://cli.gs/5MJEt2 #phthalate
  16. See today's WashPost story on e-waste dumping in Ghana: "Scavenging Hazardous 'E-Waste' for a Few Redeemables." http://tinyurl.com/n8h2ov
  17. @TechnicallyPHL Sadly most schools unwittingly use "fake" electronics recyclers who dump products in poor countries. http://tiny.cc/fake81
  18. RT @huffingtonpost Joan Blades: Outing the Toxic in Our High Chairs. http://bit.ly/g3Or4 More toxic trickery from the bromine industry.
  19. Residents of states with e-waste recycling laws have more options for what to do with their old TVs. Story in NYT: http://tiny.cc/ewaste839
  20. Digital TV conversion e-waste impact: "Ugly e-waste piling up in Utah" says Salt Lake Tribune. http://www.sltrib.com/news/...