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MRM
recycling making news
June 19, 2008
Oregon State Electronic Waste
Collector program gets under way
MRM leads
the state in manufacturer representation. This is an
opportunity for e-waste collectors to partner with
MRM as an official e-waste collection program.
See the
Oregon state page for
details on how to sign up your organization.
Press
Releases
January 7, 2009
MRM ESTABLISHES NATIONWIDE PROGRAM FOR
RESPONSIBLE, CONVENIENT ELECTRONICS RECYCLING
Panasonic, Sharp and Toshiba to
Utilize MRM Services to Operate Individual
Nationwide Manufacturer Recycling Programs.
MRM, a leading provider of
e-waste recycling management services to
manufacturers, announced that it has established a
national recycling infrastructure that manufacturers
can utilize to provide convenient recycling
opportunities for consumers. Beginning January 15,
2009 the MRM Recycling network will provide
recycling opportunities at 280 locations with at
least one recycling center located in each state,
making it one of the most comprehensive national
recycling networks. MRM will continue to expand its
program and expects to have established at least 800
drop-off locations by 2011.
Consumers can drop off Panasonic,
Sharp and Toshiba brand consumer audio and video
electronics products for recycling at any one of the
280 locations nationwide.
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November 20, 2008
MRM ADDS NEW SITES IN
TEXAS TO ITS RECYCLING INFRASTRUCTURE
AUSTIN, TX
-- Today MRM, announced a new agreement with
Goodwill Industries of Central Texas that
significantly expands MRM’s recycling
infrastructure in Texas. Under the program,
end-of-life televisions from Panasonic, Sharp or
Toshiba dropped off at any one of Goodwill’s 35
locations across 15 counties in central Texas will
be responsibly recycled at no charge to the
consumer.
“MRM is pleased
to work with Goodwill in Central Texas to provide
consumers with convenient recycling opportunities,”
said David Thompson, MRM President. “MRM continues
to focus on enhancing the environmental
sustainability of individual company brands and
product offerings through convenient,
environmentally sound and efficient recycling.”
Products
collected through Goodwill of Central Texas will be
recycled responsibly--in accordance with the MRM
Recycling Ethic* -- by Eco-International in Houston,
Texas.
With the addition
of Goodwill’s 35 locations in central Texas to the
drop-off sites MRM already operates in Fort Worth
and Houston, MRM now offers more recycling
opportunities than any other consumer electronics
manufacturer network in Texas.
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October
30, 2008
MRM LAUNCHES NATIONAL RECYCLING
INITIATIVE
MRM will
begin creating a national recycling infrastructure
that manufacturers can utilize to provide convenient
recycling opportunities for their customers.
Panasonic Corporation of North America, Sharp
Electronics Corporation and Toshiba America Consumer
Products, LLC, will be the first companies to
utilize this expanded recycling service to operate
their individual manufacturer recycling programs.
MRM’s goal is to address America’s e-waste recycling
needs most efficiently by bringing the electronic
product manufacturing community together into a
unified voluntary effort.
This new
initiative will enable MRM to expand its operations
beyond its current compliance management activities
in Minnesota and Texas. Now entering its second year
of operations, MRM has successfully implemented and
currently manages recycling services in these two
states for some 25 individual electronics
manufacturers.
The first phase
of the MRM nationwide ramp-up will kick off in
November with management of electronics recycling
for manufacturers in several additional states,
including California, Connecticut, New Hampshire,
New Jersey, New York, Oregon, Pennsylvania, and
Wisconsin. MRM will continue its expansion until its
services cover all 50 states. Additional details on
MRM’s plans will be available in January 2009.
“MRM is focused
on enhancing the sustainability of individual
company brands and product offerings through
convenient, environmentally sound and efficient
recycling,” said MRM President David Thompson. “This
type of collaborative effort is essential to
providing consumers with convenient recycling
opportunities and to achieving practical, long-term
solutions.”
“The power of
MRM’s platform is its capacity to help the
electronics industry move beyond individual company
programs that focus on only a single company brand,
often at separate, widely dispersed and costly
collection locations, to make use of a common
efficient system,” said Tricia Conroy, MRM’s
Executive Director. “Our consolidation and
management services make electronics recycling more
convenient and accessible for both consumers and
manufacturers.”
MRM is open to
support the programs of all manufacturers, and
already works with governments, retailers,
non-profits and private waste management companies
to offer consumers convenience, while minimizing the
environmental burden associated with driving long
distances to drop off electronic products for
recycling.
Building on its
commitment to responsible recycling, MRM, in this
first phase of its expansion, will utilize the
services of two leading recyclers—CRT-Processing,
based in Janesville, Wisconsin, and
ECO-International, headquartered in Vestal, New
York. With these recyclers and their collection
infrastructure, the MRM network will encompass over
160 collection sites and several other collection
partners across 10 states.
A list of participating
sites will be available here by November 1.
“MRM looks
forward to working with recycling stakeholders and
electronic manufacturers themselves to make our
expanded services a success,” said Ms. Conroy.
See the complete press release announcing the
launching of a national recycling initiative here.
See Panasonic of America's related press
release here.
See Sharp Electronics related press releases
here.
October 14, 2008
OREGON RECYCLING PROGRAM STARTS EARLY -
MRM AND CRT-PROCESSING ANNOUNCE LAUNCH OF NEW RECYCLING
PROGRAM
PORTLAND, OR
– Based on preliminary approval by the Oregon
Department of Environmental Quality of its new
state-wide Oregon program, the Electronic
Manufacturers Recycling Management Company, LLC
(“MRM”) and
CRT
Processing, LLC, today announced the early
start-up of the MRM Group Manufacturer Plan, three
months in advance of the state-mandated start-up
date.
Working with
21 leading electronics manufacturers, MRM is
scheduled to operate the largest electronic
recycling program in Oregon. The first three months
of the program’s operation will be used to test its
performance, and will be funded by Panasonic, Sharp,
Toshiba and CRT Processing. Beginning in January
2009, financing for the program will come from the
21 participating manufacturers.
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September 17, 2008
MANUFACTURER-LED RECYCLING VENTURE
LAUNCHES NEW WEBSITE TO ASSIST COMPANIES IN MEETING
STATE RECYCLING REQUIREMENTS
Three The Electronic Manufacturers Recycling
Management Company, LLC (MRM), is pleased to
announce a new Web site, which provides details
about the company’s expanding recycling activities.
The MRM Web site – www.MRMrecycling.com – is
designed to assist manufacturers in meeting the
compliance requirements of the 16 recently enacted
state recycling laws, many of which will come into
effect in 2009 and 2010.
Panasonic Corporation of North America, Sharp
Electronics Corporation and Toshiba America Consumer
Products, LLC formed MRM as a joint venture to
manage collection and recycling programs in the
United States. The company began initial operations
in Minnesota in September 2007 to manage collection
and recycling programs in the United States.
The MRM Web site is built around a unique,
copyrighted compliance calendar that provides
manufacturers with a simplified overview of
registration, reporting and collection program
requirements organized by date and state. “The MRM
calendar is designed to put all manufacturer
requirements in one, easy-to-understand format, and
advise manufacturers of the turn-key solutions that
MRM is developing,” said MRM President David A.
Thompson.
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January 7, 2008
TOP ELECTRONIC BRANDS FORM NEW RECYCLING
COMPANY
Three leading electronics brands have established a
new electronic product recycling management company,
Electronic Manufacturers Recycling Management
Company, LLC (MRM), to manage collection and
recycling programs in the United States. The new
company’s first activities are focused on providing
cost-effective services to manufacturers who must
satisfy the recently enacted requirements in
Minnesota for the recycling of used electronic
products.
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