The Oregon E-Cycles program, which collects electronic waste throughout the state, is doing so at a faster pace in 2011 than it did in the previous two years of the program, the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality said.
The DEQ, which administers the program, said the state collected 12.2 million pounds of e-waste for recycling in the first six months of 2011. The mid-year collection in 2010 was 11.9 million pounds of e-waste.
The DEQ and electronics manufacturers launched the program in 2009 to give residents a free way to recycle televisions, computers and monitors. Electronics manufacturers finance the program. For more information on the program, call (888) 532-9253 or visit them online.
Source: Waste & Recycling News
By Jeremy Carroll