- Intercon and CEO Brian Brundage featured in Green Manufacturer Magazine and Online
- Federal guidelines needed and Intercon Solutions leading the way - Platts
- Financial News Network and Intercon Solutions
- CEO, Brian Brundage featured on the Epodcastnetwork.com
- Intercon Solutions featured in Adweek
- Intercon Solutions compared to Google and Facebook - MSNBC
- Intercon CEO featured on MSN Careers and Career Builder
- Bit By Bit - Intercon Solutions featured in Recycling Today.
- Intercon Solutions featured on Save my Planet, part of the Live Well National HD Network
- Intercon featured in "This week in Chicago" Time Out Chicago
- Earth911 - What really happens to your ewaste
- Computer User - THE RESPONSIBLE LEADER IN e-WASTE RECYCLING
- Intercon Solutions featured in The Wall Street Journal
- Illinois Passes Lofty E-cycling Legislation
- SkinInc: Intercon Solutions is greening the spa and salon industry
- Maximum PC - The Story of E-Waste and Intercon Solutions
- CBS - Protect against Identity Theft with Intercon Solutions
- ABC Live Green with Hosea Sanders “Truly Green Recycling – Intercon Solutions”
- Recycling Today - Intercon recycles EPS, foam and light gauge plastics
- Intercon Solutions featured speaker at Upcoming Indiana Recycling Coalition Conference
- Spring Cleaning with Intercon Solutions - in Computer User
- Intercon Uses Reverse Engineering to Recycle Styrofoam
- Are You in the Pallet or the Recycling Business? Introducing E-Recycling: The Fastest Growing Segment of the Recycling Industry
- Company designs machine to recycle polystyrene
- MSPAlliance Launches E-Recycling Program for Global Membership
- ABC Action News - Intercon Processes for green awareness and e-waste recycling drive
- Investors Business Daily - Leaders & Success - Intercon Solutions
- Chicago Tonight /WTTW Channel 11 - Intercon Solutions processing for the manufacturing industry
- Deborah’s Place 2010
- Recycling Today.com – Intercon Solutions Receives OHSAS 18001 Certification
- TBO.com – Recycling electronics today
- Intercon Solutions goes to the forefront of Safety
- WGN – DTV Transition Special - Recycling
- Tossing out your old TV, Properly
- Intercon takes giant steps to save the environment
- Intercon Representative Ossie Ally Helps Innisbrook Go Green on Fox 13
- The Recycling Newspaper – American Recycler features Intercon Solutions
- International Herald Tribune / Global Edition of the New York Times / Featured Top Processor - Intercon Solutions
- The Green Way to Throw out E-Waste, NBC National Evening News with Brian Williams
- Chicago Tribune - Old ways of destroying electronic waste are being thrown out
- TV Recycling that is good for environment. ABC 7 - Chicago
- Top Processor Intercon Solutions recycles for Wisconsin
- Computer Clean Up – E-cycling Near You
- SouthTown Star - Intercon handles E-Waste Spring Clean Up Event
- Star Tribune - Minnesota / Intercon is a solution
- Shape Magazine - Green is the new pretty
- Label it: The Earth Day Challenge – Whitley County
- Schererville Community News – What do I do with my old electronics?
- Chicago SunTimes.com - Intercon Solutions nominated for Innovation Award
- Discovery Channel - Things we love to hate
- Chicago Sun Times August 2007
- Intercon Solutions Plans Program to Raise Environmental Awareness
- The News Tribune.com - Every speck of your trash is this company's treasure
- American Recycler - A Closer Look
- Recycling
Today - Disassembly Line
- The Today Show with Lester Holt
- Interactive Media - It's Not Easy Being Green
- May 11th, 2007 - WYCC-TV
- The Norman Transcript.com - Chicago Heights recycler reverses manufacturing
- A Handbook for Earth Friendly Living by Crissy Trask - It's Easy Being Green
- Columbia Tribune.com - Electronics recycler stays ahead of U.S. curve
- Chicago Business.com - On the Other End
of the Line
- Waste News.com - Intercon
Solutions names Travis Griggs wireless recycling chief
- Recycling Today?s Plastics
Recycling Conference - Electronic Recovery
- Electronic waste piling up in
Illinois, around the world
- Office and Commercial Real Estate Magazine - Recycling Electronics
- The Business Connection
- A Message from the President
- E-Prairie.com
- We Recycle Aluminum Cans, Plastic; Why Not Cell
Phones, Computers?
- Intercon Solutions to Update Facility
- Firm turns recycling practices up a notch
- Fermilab "Best in Class"
for Program to Reduce E-waste
- Public Works Magazine - The cost of e-waste
- DailySouthTown.com
- Electronics recycling
- TechOnLine.com
- Recycling e-waste
- Crain's Chicago Business
- Stamp of approval
- Chicago Sun-Times
- P.C. PC disposal
- Biz
Tech Magazine - Forgotten, But Not Gone
- First Business
- Profit from Old PC's
- Recycling
Today - Intercon Solutions adds plant
- The Star
- Electronic recycler expands with move to Chicago
Heights
- Chicago Sun-Times
- De-Lightful Move
- Solid Waste & Recycling
- Intercon Solutions moves US plant
- Waste News.com - Illinois
e-waste recycler moves to new facility, expands capacity
- RecyclingToday.com
- Electronics Recycler Opens New Facility
- Information
Security & Product Destruction News - Electronics
Recovery
- ICCM Weekly
- Environmental CRM: Toward a Corporate "Recycling
Mindset" for Retired Assets
- UPI Technology
News - Old mobile phones a hazard
- Red Streak - Old PCs
not just high-tech landfill fodder
- Norton E-Zine - Are
Recycled PCs Harming the Earth?
- IAER
Electronics Recycling Newsletter
- Tin Technology
- Making a business out of e-waste
- Fermilab
- Recycle Electronic Waste
- RecyclingToday.com
- Intercon Solutions Launches Online Electronics Recycling
Resource
- CBS2chicago.com
- High Tech Trash
- Waste News - E-recycling
Industry Continues Evolution
- Crain's Chicago
Business - Intercon Solutions Recycling Division
- Business Xpansion
Journal - Recycling Old Computers?
- The Star Newspaper
- Donate or recycle those old computers
- Computer Dealer
News - Canada's e-waste problem needs a cleanup
- TechTarget.com
News - Where old servers go to die
- An intimate look at being "green"
- Brian Brundage, CEO
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COMPUTER CLEAN-UP
E-Cycling Near You
Technology is evolving so quickly that before you finally figure out how to create a Smart Playlist on your new iPod, the next bigger and better version is unveiled. Whether you fall easy prey to technology turnover or not, chances are you have had to dispose of outdated equipment, or soon will.
By Amanda Schmitz
According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), only 15 to 20 percent of personal computers, TVs, cell phones and other electronic devices are being recycled in the United States. Our love for the best tech tools has led to a glut not only in U.S. generated e-waste is shipped to places like Asia and India despite international laws banning the practice. Scrap yards in Asia met a growing demand for e-waste when it was discovered they could extract profitable substances like copper, iron, silicon, nickel and god during the recycling process.
Before the dust gathering on your old computer turns to guilt, you´ll be happy to learn earth-friendly ways to retire your old equipment exist. If your computer is less than five years old (as a general rule) there are several organizations and refurbishings centers that will help you repurpose yor device. If your computer is no longer working or is more five years old you should plan to recycle it.
RECYCLE If your equipment is out-dated, recylce it with a reputable company or non-profit. The first place you should investigate is your computer´s manufacturer. Growing "green" awareness has pushed companies to take accountability for the afterlife of their products. Most manufacturers offer a take-back program for a minima fee Here are more options:
INTERCON SOLUTIONS 1001-59 Washington Chicago Hts. 708-756-9838, ask for Frank Cusimano. Pack and ship your computer to the recycling center or drop off directly; see interconrecycling.com for fees. This is a zero-waste facility and has been featured on Discovery Channel, the NBC national evening news and in PC Magazine.
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