Colorado state agency releases report on computer recycling. (Electronics Recycling).The state of Colorado's Governor's Office of Energy Management and Conservation (OEMC OEMC Office of Energy Management and Conservation (Colorado Governor's Office) OEMC Original Equipment Manufacturer CAGE ) has produced a report that summarizes 15 statewide computer collection events the department co-sponsored last year. The report, "Colorado Computer Recycling Most major Computer manufacturers offer some form of recycling, often as a free replacement service when purchasing a new PC. At the user's request they may mail in their old computer, or arrange for pickup from the manufacturer. Collection Events," summarizes the issues, efforts and data discovered while planning and executing these events. "OEMC wanted to help Colorado citizens and businesses better understand the implications of a growing waste stream by examining market conditions, infrastructure needs and community interest," Rick Grice, director of OEMC, says. Approximately 1,000 households and 200 small businesses and local governments participated in the OEMC-sponsored computer collection events. The collections gathered more than 350,000 pounds of unwanted computer equipment for recycling recycling, the process of recovering and reusing waste products—from household use, manufacturing, agriculture, and business—and thereby reducing their burden on the environment. and reuse reuse - Using code developed for one application program in another application. Traditionally achieved using program libraries. Object-oriented programming offers reusability of code via its techniques of inheritance and genericity. . OEMC helped establish relationships between vendors and local communities. OEMC's competitive bid process selected two vendors to provide collection and recycling services. Waste-Not Recycling of Pierce, Colo., managed four events. Recycle re·cy·cle tr.v. re·cy·cled, re·cy·cling, re·cy·cles 1. To put or pass through a cycle again, as for further treatment. 2. To start a different cycle in. 3. a. America Alliance eCycling Services, the subsidiary of Houston-based Waste Management Inc. that handles electronics recycling, managed 10 collection events. |
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