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The Electronics Recycling Coordination Clearinghouse has launched a new online tool allowing manufacturers to register for multiple state recycling programs at once. By visiting eCycleRegistration.org [1], manufacturers can fulfill their registration requirements for the Connecticut, Hawaii, Oregon and Maine e-cycling programs.

Kenya's National Environment Management Authority has announced [2] plans to build an electronics recycling facility to accommodate the inflow of e-scrap into the country. Reportedly, Kenya has seen a dramatic rise in stockpiling of scrap consumer electronics, mobile devices and electrical appliances.

Goodwill of Southwestern Pennsylvania has begun selling "Good-to-Go [3]" computers again. Each Good-to-Go system sells for approximately $200 and includes a refurbished Dell Optiplex desktop, Windows 7 Home Premium operating system, LCD monitor, keyboard, mouse and speakers. The program was originally suspended due to overwhelming demand.

Greene Lyon Group, Inc. has sold its stake in a printed circuit board recycling co-venture to its partner company ATMI, Inc. The process [4] recovers rare earth metals from circuit board scrap. Greene Lyon says it plans to refocus its resources on material recovery technologies for other types of e-scrap, including CRTs.

An investigative article in Mother Jones [5] exposes the environmental consequences of rare earth mining. Rare earth metals are essential to the manufacture of some electronics components, but their mining produces many environmentally-harmful, and sometimes radioactive, byproducts.

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