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1-800-Recycling.com Interviews Sustainable Business Visionaries.


Ray Andrews and Andrew Winston Share Thoughts and Philosophies for National Recycling Week

FRESNO, Calif. -- 1-800-Recycling.com, an interactive nationwide website dedicated to enhancing and simplifying the consumer recycling experience, celebrated National Recycling Day (November 15th) and National Recycling Week by interviewing two of the sustainable business A business is sustainable if it has adapted its practices for the use of renewable resources and holds itself accountable for the environmental and human rights impacts of its activities.  world's leading lights, Ray Anderson The following notable people are called Ray Anderson
  • Ray Anderson (boxer)
  • Ray Anderson (broadcaster)
  • Ray Anderson (musician)
  • Ray Anderson (entrepreneur)
, Founder and Chairman of Interface and author of Confessions of a Radical Industrialist; and Andrew Winston, Founder of Winston Eco-Strategies, author of the newly released Green Recovery, and co-author of Green to Gold.

Both interviews have been posted on 1-800-Recycling.com and feature candid insights and perspectives from their subjects - two of the most prominent thinkers in sustainable business practices today.

In his interview, Anderson discusses how he set an audacious goal for his commercial carpet company - to take nothing from the earth that can't be replaced by the earth - and how he is challenging all of industry to share that goal.

Winston, in his talk with 1-800-Recycling, shares his philosophies on the greening of business and how "going green" actually saves companies money, while yielding dramatically positive effects.

1-800-Recycling.com features an archive of original news articles about green practices for businesses or individuals, recycling, tips, educational information and interviews such as those with Andrews and Winston. Content is updated daily, and for those reading the articles who become inspired, 1-800 Recycling provides its visitors anywhere in the United States a dedicated "Recycling Locator" tool to find a recycling location nearest to them for whatever it is they wish to recycle.

Consumers can also opt to call 1-800-Recycling via telephone for a 24/7 live-operator phone line resource. Both the site and the phone service will be able to direct users to responsible recyclers of electronics, tires, oil, paint, glass, plastic, household hazardous waste Hazardous waste

Any solid, liquid, or gaseous waste materials that, if improperly managed or disposed of, may pose substantial hazards to human health and the environment. Every industrial country in the world has had problems with managing hazardous wastes.
, wood, mattresses, carpet, junk - basically everything that can be recycled.

"We're extremely proud to feature interviews with Ray Andrews and Andrew Winston on 1-800-Recycling.com," said John S. Shegerian, Chairman and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board.  of Electronic Recyclers International (ERI Eri (ē`rī), in the Bible, son of Gad. ), the nation's leading recycler of electronics and e-waste, and parent company of 1-800-Recycling. "They are both distinguished thought leaders in the realm of sustainability and very much aligned with our mission for 1-800-Recycling. We're providing an easy-to-use resource to consumers coast to coast and helping people get in touch with their green DNA DNA: see nucleic acid.
DNA
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One of two types of nucleic acid (the other is RNA); a complex organic compound found in all living cells and many viruses. It is the chemical substance of genes.
, something that has been part of our vision from the start. We look forward to providing further compelling interviews and vital information to the growing audience of Americans who wish to live and work in a way that is responsible to their environment."

For more information on recycling, please visit http://1800recycling.com.

Now the largest recycler of electronic waste in the world, Fresno-headquartered Electronic Recyclers International is licensed to de-manufacture and recycle televisions, computer monitors, computers, and other types of electronic equipment. ERI processes more than 140 million pounds of electronic waste annually in its six locations in California, Washington, Colorado, Indianapolis, Massachusetts and Texas. For more information about e-waste recycling and ERI, call 1-800-884-8466 or visit http://www.electronicrecyclers.com.
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