Electronic Recyclers International Names Rhonda Grady Director of Environmental Protection, Health and Safety.

FRESNO, Calif. -- Electronic Recyclers International (ERI), the nation's leading recycler of electronic waste, has named environmental protection specialist, Rhonda Grady as its Director of Environmental Protection, Health and Safety.

In this new position, Grady will oversee regulatory and environmental audits of ERI's downstream vendors to ensure compliance with environmental regulations and appropriate operating practices that meet ERI's standard of environmental excellence.

Grady brings to ERI more than 27 years of environmental experience in the hazardous waste, solid waste, and recycling industries providing environmental and regulatory compliance support to field operations. She has previously been employed in the environmental departments at Waste Management for 9 u years and Browning Ferris Industries for 17 u years.

Most recently, Grady held the position of Director of Environmental Protection for Waste Management's Eastern Group, comprised of 13 states in the Northeastern United States, where she managed a staff of 26 environmental professionals to support and coordinate environmental program implementation, provide regulatory support and guidance, evaluate applicability of new regulations, and audit, assess and measure environmental performance at over 200 operating facilities.

"Rhonda is one of the premier environmental protection specialists in our country today," said John S. Shegerian, Chairman and CEO of ERI. "She has a tremendous track record of success managing voluntary environmental audits of downstream vendors to ensure the highest possible level of quality and green behavior is being observed every step of the way. We are extremely proud to have her on our team."

"With ERI I feel I've found an organization that is in synch with my career-long efforts to ensure safe and planet friendly environmental operations and policies," said Grady. "It's very rewarding to be made part of a team that is so in touch with its Green DNA and wants to take its environmental responsibility to the next level by ensuring that all the organizations it works with are similarly conscientious."

For more information on e-waste recycling, ERI, and all other recycling needs, please visit www.electronicrecyclers.com or 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.