Sims Recycling Solutions believes it is important to support local recycling organizations in communities where we provide services. Sims Recycling Solutions co-sponsored the Lower East Side Ecology Center’s Fall Celebration and fundraising event on September 28 with Sims Municipal Recycling. The event was held at Sims Municipal Recycling’s materials recycling facility along the East River…
Sims Recycling Solutions will host the next Basel Convention Environmentally Sound Management Expert Group meeting in San Francisco, Calif. on November 10-12, 2015. Experts representing Basel Parties attending the meeting include the U.S. government (a signatory but not a Party) and various representatives from academia, non-governmental organizations and the private sector. The group will meet…
This month we place the spotlight on Christine Chute Canul, senior program director with Keep Texas Beautiful. How and when did the Keep Texas Beautiful organization start? The organization’s history dates back to 1967 when the state of Texas was preparing for the world’s fair and more than 16 million tourists were expected to visit the state.…
The Basel Convention Conference of the Parties (COP) held in Geneva in May 2015 adopted, on an interim basis, technical guidelines on transboundary movements of electrical and electronic waste and used electrical and electronic equipment. These guidelines mainly describe the distinction between waste and non-waste under the Basel Convention (e-waste technical guidelines). The purpose of…
Patricia Whiting, senior international policy analyst from Sims Recycling Solutions original equipment manufacturer (OEM) compliance team, attended a series of German government-sponsored meetings in late January. These meetings were based around the implementation of the Basel Convention in Konstanz, Germany. They were attended by various experts representing Basel Parties; the U.S. government (a signatory but…
A new year brings a new set of successes and challenges to U.S. states with electronics take-back laws in place. The following outlines current legislative activity in Wisconsin, Michigan, Hawaii and Illinois. For information about legislative activity anywhere in the world, email us at srs.oem.compliance@simsmm.com. WISCONSIN E-Cycle Wisconsin Challenges The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources…
When compared to 2013, shipments for Sims’ 2014 web returns service have increased by 28 percent. Established in 2011, this service originally was offered in one state receiving fewer than 200 shipments per year. It now has expanded to a nationwide service within the United States receiving more than 4,300 shipments. New York’s January 2015…
Pennsylvania The Pennsylvania Recycling Markets Center in partnership with the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (PADEP) hosted a stakeholder meeting on September 12 for recyclers, original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and collection sites impacted by the state’s Covered Device Recycling Act, now in its fourth year of implementation. There are currently more than 300 electronics collection…
Renee St. Denis, vice president of Sims Recycling Solutions, and Patricia Whiting, senior international policy analyst from Sims Recycling Solutions’ original equipment manufacturer (OEM) compliance team, attended the Ninth meeting of the Open-Ended Working Group (OEWG) of the Basel Convention from September 16-19, 2014 in Geneva, Switzerland. There were 272 participants in the meeting representing…
Larry King, legislative analyst with Sims Recycling Solutions, recently attended two meetings hosted by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to talk with stakeholders about issues surrounding the management of unwanted cathode ray tube (CRT) devices. The first meeting, held in September in Washington was invitation only. The second was an open meeting held at…