Workshop participants addressed a wide range of issues including technology development, industrial land use and regulatory loop holes and came-up with the following action steps for supporting a US recycling and reuse infrastructure.

• Support a dialogue on computer reuse and refurbishment. Support a continued dialogue about how about computer reuse and refurbishment activities can be improved and integrated into new state and federal recycling policies and programs.
• Acknowledge total cost of municipal recycling collection and consolidation programs.
• Support the development of a funding model that acknowledges the real cost associated with collection and consolidation of electronics.
• Avoid damaging products during recycling collection programs. Support product reuse by handling products in such as way that allows for product reuse.
• Protect land zoned for industrial use. Support US domestic recycling by preserving land zoned for industrial use in urban and suburban areas.
• Verify a recipient countries and ability to technically support used computers. Verify that that developing counties receiving used computers have the technical expertise to refurbished and technically support the refurbished computer and properly recycle the computer at end of life.
• University R & D Partnerships. Develop recycling partnerships with universities for research and development to improve recycling techniques for liquid crystal display (LCD), inkjet and other products.
• Develop strategic recycling partnerships. Increase volumes through the use of strategic partnerships among recycling processors, refurbishers and distributed collection systems.
• Closes state and federal loop-holes for exports. Address state and federal export regulations that are contradictory and un-enforced.
• Support e-waste recyclers certification programs. Develop a widely used and respected certification program that would improve recycling standards and insure recycled materials are being properly handled.