http://e-stewards.org The Globally responsible way to recycle e-waste Wed, 25 Jan 2012 22:09:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://e-stewards.org/news/films/comment-page-1/#comment-563 e-Stewards & BAN Blog » “Let’s Grow the Jobs Here”: An In-Depth Interview with Jim Taggart, CEO of ECS Refining Wed, 25 Jan 2012 22:09:24 +0000 /?page_id=557#comment-563 [...] The Coalition is committed to growing an essential American industry with a proven capacity to manage the excessive volume of e-waste generated within our borders, creating good jobs and expanded trade. Another key purpose of the bill (HR 2284 / S1270) is to prohibit the export of certain types of hazardous, non-working electronics and e-waste from the U.S. to developing countries whose citizens are dealing with unsafe landfills and suboptimal situations where citizens are de-manufacturing e-waste in their own back yards. [...] [...] The Coalition is committed to growing an essential American industry with a proven capacity to manage the excessive volume of e-waste generated within our borders, creating good jobs and expanded trade. Another key purpose of the bill (HR 2284 / S1270) is to prohibit the export of certain types of hazardous, non-working electronics and e-waste from the U.S. to developing countries whose citizens are dealing with unsafe landfills and suboptimal situations where citizens are de-manufacturing e-waste in their own back yards. [...]

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