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An interview with recyclers in New York

NextStep Recycling, the nonprofit organization that re-uses and recycles computers and other electronic gadgetry, announced last week that it can no longer accept Styrofoam, also known as expanded polystyrene.

Trash Track relies on the development of smart tags, which will be attached to different types of garbage in order to track in real time each piece of waste as it traverses the city's sanitation system. The goal of the project is to reveal the disposal process of our everyday objects and waste, as well as to highlight potential inefficiencies in today's recycling and sanitation systems. The project will be exhibited at the Architectural League in New York City and in Seattle starting September 2009. MIT SENSEable City Lab project; this is the project web site.

The International Electronics Recycling Conference & Expo is the premier net working event and tradeshow for the fast growing and important electronics recycling industry.

An online resource for facilities that need a simple and cost-effective way to recycle their fluorescent bulbs, CFLs, batteries, ballasts, and electronic waste.

Attorneys for Levin Furniture gave EarthEcycle until Saturday to remove 2 million pounds of used electronic equipment from Levin's Monroeville warehouse, or the retailer will dispose of it.