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Electronic Recyclers receives recycling award.


Electronic Recyclers, headquartered in Fresno, Calif., has been recognized by California's Waste Reduction Awards Program (WRAP).

The program was established in 1993 by the California Integrated Waste Management Board to recognize California businesses that have made outstanding efforts to reduce waste and to send less material to state landfills.

"It is an honor As a verb, to accept a bill of exchange, or to pay a note, check, or accepted bill, at maturity. To pay or to accept and pay, or, where a credit so engages, to purchase or discount a draft complying with the terms of the draft.  and a privilege to be recognized by the state of California for our waste reduction efforts," John Shegerian, Electronic Recyclers' co-founder, 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. , says. "Properly disposing of electronic waste and the hazards it presents to our environment is our day-to-day business. The reason we received the WRAP award is because we practice what we preach preach  
v. preached, preach·ing, preach·es

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1. To proclaim or put forth in a sermon: preached the gospel.

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 and are environmentally responsible in every aspect of our operations."

Electronic Recyclers claims that it is the largest electronics 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.  facility in California that demanufactures, recycles and crushes cathode ray tubes See CRT.

(hardware) cathode ray tube - (CRT) An electrical device for displaying images by exciting phosphor dots with a scanned electron beam. CRTs are found in computer VDUs and monitors, televisions and oscilloscopes.
 (CRTs) found in computer monitors, televisions and other types of video equipment. The facility is capable of processing up to 10 million pounds of electronic scrap per month.
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Title Annotation:ELECTRONICS RECYCLING
Publication:Recycling Today
Date:Apr 1, 2007
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