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Press Room Links Back to Press Room Press Releases News and Articles Newsletters Marketing Material Recent Documents and Media SAMR White Paper (99k) Download SAMR on Television (38m) Download SAMR Promo Video (99k) View SAMR 1.866.509.7267   Contact Information	News and Articles New York City First With Electronics Recycling Law By Environment News Service New York City Council passed legislation Wednesday that makes New York the first major municipality in the nation to tackle the rising tide of discarded electronics in the waste stream. [ Read more ] Is America Exporting a Huge Environmental Problem? By 20/20 Americans bought an estimated $125 billion worth of consumer electronics -- computers, monitors, cell phones, televisions -- this past year. With hundreds of millions of them becoming obsolete every year in this country, what happens to all the stuff we don't want any more? [ Read more ]   [ See all articles ] Hi Tech Trash By Chris Carroll, National Geographic Staff People have always been proficient at making trash. Future archaeologists will note that at the tail end of the 20th century, a new, noxious kind of clutter exploded across the landscape: the digital detritus that has come to be called e-waste. [ Read more ]   [ See all articles ] Elevated Concentrations of Toxic Metals In China's E-Waste Recycling Workshops By ScienceDaily In a case study on how not to recycle electronic waste (e-waste), scientists in the United States and Hong Kong have documented serious environmental contamination with potentially toxic metals from crude e-waste recycling in a village located in... [ Read more ]   [ See all articles ] Caught in the Data Broker Web By Michael G. Williams From the way the business appears, it seems as though online data brokers are content to have private citizens at their mercy. They collect massive amounts of personal information from public records, gather the information into a master file, and secretly sell these “digital portraits” to anyone who has the money. While they say that these services help confirm the identity of your ... [ Read more ]   [ See all articles ] Your Private Life for Sale By Michael G. Williams The Internet used to be a technological curiosity; a garnish atop a budding phenomenon called home computing. Now, it’s a fixture so deeply intertwined in our daily lives that we even have it on our cell phones. The fact that information is power has never been more obvious, but power for whom? Just about anyone who has... [ Read more ]   [ See all articles ] Recycling firm will take electronic items By Mary Jo Hill TELEGRAM & GAZETTE STAFF Usually, shoppers look for bargains when buying computers and refrigerators, but now the city’s health director said residents and businesses are getting an “unbelievably good deal” on the price they will be paying to... [ Read more ]   [ See all articles ] One Small Step for Electronic Waste editorial (NY Times) The sensible way to handle the growing load of electronic waste — televisions, computers, printers and other no longer new technology — is to make manufacturers responsible for their proper disposal. [ Read more ]   [ See all articles ] Engineering a Tough Switch: Getting New Yorkers to Recycle Electronics by John Eligon They are often wedged in closets, collecting dust. Some inevitably end up between banana peels and apple cores in a landfill. In New York City, finding an appropriate final resting place for aging computers, boom boxes and televisions can be an arduous task. [ Read more ]   [ See all articles ] Recycle that old TV by Elizabeth Hurchalla Unfortunately, you can't just drop off the TV at the local thrift store or recycling center and call it a day. Some charities don't accept used TVs anymore since the cost of disposing of broken sets is too high to offset the money they could make by selling working ones. [ Read more ]   [ See all articles ] Green Predictions for 2008 by Michele Alperin One defining characteristic of the 21st century is the speed at which technological advances are making their way into people's daily lives. At the same time, awareness of new technologies has expanded with the huge quantity of information coming in day and night, from the Internet, PDFs, radios, televisions, cell phones, and newspapers. [ Read more ]   [ See all articles ] Researchers Find Way to Steal Encrypted Data by Jon Markoff New Jersey joined nine other states this week in mandating that the makers of computers, televisions and other electronic gear pay to collect and recycle them The measure, signed into law by Gov. Jon Corzine, takes effect in 2010... [ Read more ]   [ See all articles ] New Jersey Law Changes Electronics Recycling by Richard Pearsall New Jersey joined nine other states this week in mandating that the makers of computers, televisions and other electronic gear pay to collect and recycle them The measure, signed into law by Gov. Jon Corzine, takes effect in 2010... [ Read more ] New Jersey Bans Disposal of Electronic Waste by Environment News Service (ENS) Televisions, computers, cellphones and other electronic devices will not be allowed in New Jersey garbage cans and landfills after January 1, 2009 under a new law signed by New Jersey Governor Jon Corzine Tuesday because of... [ Read more ] Pennsylvania Hospital Found Throwing Medical Waste in Landfills by Environment News Service (ENS) The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection today fined the Pocono Medical Center $100,000 for illegally disposing and managing infectious and chemotherapeutic waste... [ Read more ] Victim: $54 Million Best Buy Lawsuit Stupid, but Necessary by Jacqui Cheng $54 million is what Raelyn Campbell wants out of Best Buy for her missing laptop, personal data, and her time. The Washington, DC, resident filed a lawsuit against the company after Best Buy allegedly lied to her for months at a time about the status of her machine, then offered her an insultingly low compensation once it acknowledged the loss. Campbell even says that she knows $54 million is outrageous, but ... [ Read more ] The E-Waste Dilemma - Do's and Dont's What’s Good for the Environment Is Also Good for Your Company by Frances Kirschner E-waste does not belong in landfills because many of the items contain toxic materials. Computers, including laptops, and other electronic equipment contain toxic heavy metals (lead, mercury, cadmium, among others) and toxic chemicals (brominated flame retardants, polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), and hexavalent chromium). Most people are not aware that ... [ Read more ] Hi-Tech Heist How Hi-Tech Thieves Stole Millions Of Customer Financial Records by CBS Do you think twice when typing in your credit card number online, but have no problem handing over your plastic card at a store? Well actually, you may... [ Read more ] China Not Fighting Off E-Waste Nightmare. by Associated Press The air smells acrid from the squat gas burners that sit outside homes, melting wires to recover copper and cooking computer motherboards to release gold. [ Read more ] Destination of "recycled" electronics may surprise you. by CNN Most Americans think they're helping the earth when they recycle their old computers, televisions and cell phones. But chances are they're contributing to a global trade in electronic trash that endangers workers and pollutes the environment overseas. [ Read more ] Nigeria fears e-waste 'toxic legacy' By Liz Carney The accumulation of mountains of electronic waste in Nigeria - increasingly the world's PC dumping ground - has so alarmed the country's government that there is now a national committee to deal with the problem. [ Read more ] Employers must shred personal data By Mindy Fetterman, USA Today Even individuals who employ a nanny or a yardman, for instance, and who have run a credit check must pulverize information before they throw it out. Employers could face state and federal fines or class-action lawsuits... [ Read more ]