Environment Magazine

In the last few months a number of initiatives have been put in place by consumer electronics companies to manage the disposal and hopefully recycling of their goods. Two examples are the Japanese consumer electronics companies getting together and, in the US this week, a company called New Corp has introduced a scheme where it will take for recycling consumer goods from retailers and give credits to consumer through the retailer for the purchase of new goods based on the monies earned from recycling.

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N.E.W. Customer Service Companies, a US company that provides extended service plans and buyer protection programs for consumer products, has announced the launch of ecoNEW—a new trade-in and recycling service that helps consumers get rid of their older, unwanted electronics while at the same time providing them with an easy-to-use, environmental solution for e-waste recycling. The tie up of this service with extended warrantiy programme makes alot of sense as the data base created by the sale of consumer products is also the same data base that can be u...