(re) blog: dialogue with Redemtech

Superfund and E-waste Preventive Medicine

Throughout many years of working with administrative law and relevant regulations, I was referred to once as a regulatory practitioner. When reading any regulation, one of the first things I do is look for relevant application or exemption. Though I never really thought much about them, some people refer to them as loopholes.

How to Destroy the U.S. E-waste Industry, a Few Companies at a Time

In 1998 there were two people who had the same vision for the future of e-waste. One worked very hard to raise money, while the other--a recycling process designer--had successfully demonstrated a new mechanical e-waste-to-resource process. 

A Challenging Economy Shouldn’t Mean Race to the Bottom on the Environment

With credit crunches and lower (and slower) corporate and consumer spending, it’s been a challenging time for all of us over this last year. While things are steadily beginning to improve, I’d nevertheless like to call attention to one important lesson I’ve learned in the last year: that we all have to do our part to speak up for responsible practices in our industry.

Redemtech News Bureau Welcomes New Corporate Social Responsibility News Edition

It was a humble idea born many years ago when I worked for a large Fortune 500 firm. In a meeting of high-level executives that I was covering as an editor for the corporate newspaper, the CEO was surprised when I informed him and the other officers of the company about a major industry news event that had transpired the day before. Intrigued by the news, the CEO complained that he was frustrated because he simply didn’t have time to “just sit down and read the news” to find out what was going on in the industry and the world at large.

Helping People is Goal of Redemtech Partnership with Habitat for Humanity

One of the newspaper’s city editors looked up from her desk and shouted my name. “You cover the religion beat, don’t you?” she said as I approached her desk carrying the first afternoon edition that I’d plucked from the chugging presses on my way back from city hall.
“Sure do,” I replied, rubbing newsprint between my fingers. “Also the city government beat, county courts and the highway patrol.” I looked down at the inky movie review imprinted on my palm. “Oh, and the entertainment beat, too.”
“Great,” she replied, dropping the big, bulky telephone receiver that had been cradled in her hands. “Just got a call. Some church group is moving a house down Bell Avenue. It’s flying down the hill like a runaway train!”

EPA CRT Rule is Just the Tip of the Iceberg

I’m pleased to read about the enforcement action taken by the EPA to curb illegal exports of e-waste to developing countries. It seems I’m hearing about them more often, as well as about NGOs doing their part. But did you know that, pound for pound, CRTs have the least propensity to release lead into the environment of any item in the e-waste heap? I have conducted studies, as others have, and we’ve all come to a similar conclusion: Since the leaded (Pb) funnel section of CRTs is encapsulated within glass, current EPA solid waste lab test falls short.

Stopping the Scofflaw’s Sledgehammer in Mid-Swing

Four people tried to enter a MicroCenter store in Marietta, Ga., through the back door not long ago. The only problem - the MicroCenter store at the Powers Ferry Shopping Center doesn’t have a back door.

The Holistic Approach to IT Asset Management

When you’re a Texas native, as I am, you can’t help but be aware of the stark contrasts between the various states. To Texans, the place is just bigger, friendlier and more receptive to new ideas than other states. There’s also the issue of taxes. In Texas, we like our taxes as low as possible.