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Exciting changes at SVTC | ||
| SVTC has embarked on an exciting transition - a transition that
will allow us to grow and be even more effective. After providing
strong and steady leadership for more than 22 years, co-founder Ted
Smith has stepped down as Executive Director and is settling into
his new role as Senior Strategist. SVTC is working closely with
CompassPoint Nonprofit Services during this process. CompassPoint
assisted us in hiring Patricia St. Onge as interim executive
director. Until a new permanent executive director is hired in the
middle of 2005, Patricia will be working with the Board and staff to
ensure that our financial and management systems are in top shape
for the hand-off to new leadership. To lean more about SVTC's
leadership transition, click here.
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SVTC and the Computer TakeBack Campaign Set Sights on Apple | ||
| From iPods to iWaste: toxic trash, in your pocket
The Apple "iLife" isn't quite as harmonious as it seems. Lurking underneath Apples beautifully designed digital music players and computers are poisonous chemicals, such as lead, that can cause birth defects and disabilities. Apple should live up to its ethical reputation and take leadership to stop the growing mountain of Apple's own brand toxic electronic waste- 'iWaste'- from poisoning our families and communities. It should develop the best recycling system for its used machines and build cleaner and safer electronic products. After a successful campaign to get Dell Computers to take responsibility for obsolete and discarded electronics, the Computer TakeBack Campaign has moved on to Apple Computers. The campaign launch and opening action is timed to coincide with the MacWorld Expo at the Moscone Center in San Francisco. On January 11, 2005, from 8am-noon, SVTC will be at the expo calling on Steve Jobs, CEO of Apple Computers, to take responsibility for "iWaste." TAKE ACTION: Tell Steve Jobs to clean up Apple's iWaste. | ||
Silicon Valley Toxics Coalition and Computer TakeBack Campaign Participate with eBay to Launch Rethink | ||
| New Initiative Promotes Responsible Computer Recycling
More than half of all U.S. households have electronics items in working condition that are no longer being used, according to a survey commissioned by eBay and the Silicon Valley Toxics Coalition (SVTC) and conducted by the A.C. Neilson organization. The new survey was released January 6, 2005 at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas as part of the launch of Rethink, a new initiative by eBay in cooperation with SVTC, the Computer TakeBack Campaign (CTBC), and other industry, government and environmental partners. To lean more about responsible recycling and the Rethink program, please visit the CTBC website or Rethink. | ||
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