The Lincoln community has proven once again they have what it takes to "Think Yellow, Go Green" by recycling 1,200 outdated Windstream Yellow Pages directories, the equivalent of 6,000 pounds -- three tons of outdated directories. The month-long recycling program was supported by the Lincoln Parks and Recreation Department, the local Boy Scouts of America and specialty recycler, Recycling Enterprises of Nebraska, Inc.

The "Three Rs" take on a more modern meaning today as the U.S. Postal Service makes it easier for Post Office Box customers across the country to recycle their mail.

"Read, Respond, Recycle" is the banner under which the Postal Service will reach out to postal customers with a convenient, environmentally responsible alternative to bringing home or discarding their PO Box mail.

Staples is the first national retailer to offer a comprehensive ink and toner recycling program that rewards customers for recycling any brand or type of cartridge, regardless of manufacturer.

Staples, already the preeminent ink and toner retailer and a leader in recycling ink and toner cartridges, will now allow customers to earn $3 back in Staples Rewards on any brand or type of ink or toner just for choosing to recycle these products instead of throwing them away. In 2008, the company recycled more than 22 million ink and toner cartridges. With this program expansion, Staples expects to recycle more than 30 million cartridges in 2009 and become the world’s largest ink and toner recycler.

Electronic Recyclers International, Samsung and Best Buy teamed together last week to provide a free electronic waste recycling event for local Denver area residents. The e-waste drive, sponsored by Samsung and held at the Best Buy in Westminister, Colorado, was a major success – exceeding expectations by resulting in more than 600 cars coming to the event to drop off electronic waste.

HP introduces a program that offers consumers in the United States a simple way to receive cash for their unwanted technology equipment or, if there is no value, to recycle it.

The HP Consumer Buyback and Planet Partners Recycling Program aims to reduce the amount of electronics in landfills by refurbishing technology for further use or safely recycling it.

HP expands its HP Planet Partners print cartridge return and recycling program, along with steps to reduce shipping materials and increase transportation efficiency. HP Planet Partners, part of the HP Eco Solutions program, is designed to offer customers free and convenient print cartridge return options, and now includes HP authorized retail recycling locations for HP ink cartridge and LaserJet toner cartridge collection, in addition to other recycling options.

The "Three Rs" take on a more modern meaning today as the U.S. Postal Service makes it easier for Post Office box customers across the country to recycle their mail. "Read, Respond, Recycle" is the banner under which the Postal Service will reach out to postal customers with a convenient, environmentally responsible alternative to bringing home or discarding their mail.

The Postal Service has a long and proud environmental record, and annually recycles more than 1 million tons of paper, plastic and other materials. The Post Office Box Lobby Recycling program launched here today builds on the tremendous success of similar programs that have been ongoing in the northeast part of the United States for more than 10 years.

GreenandMore.com recently launched their iPod recycling program for up to a $150 store credit towards anything in their online store.

"This is the ultimate opportunity to recycle an old iPod that would either collect dust or add to landfill waste -- and receive a store credit for doing a green deed." says Mercia Tapping, President.

Using an online iPod value calculator, a visitor will know the estimated value of an iPod before choosing to recycle it. If a visitor chooses to accept the deal, an envelope will arrive at a door several days later for convenient mailing of the iPod. The store credit of up to $150 will be sent to the recipient for use, and can go towards the purchase of any eco-friendly items at GreenandMore.com. It's that simple.

Link for details about the iPod recycling program and the online iPod value calculator: http://www.greenandmore.com/ipod-trade-in.html

N.E.W. Customer Service Companies is pleased to announce Sam’s Club has launched ecoNEW, its new online electronics recycling service that helps members nationwide get rid of their older, unwanted, small to medium size electronics through a free, easy-to-use, environmental solution for e-waste recycling. Sam’s Club Members may trade in their older electronics for a gift card which is determined by a recycle trade-in value generated through the website. Sam’s Club’s ecoNEW program accepts LCD monitors, digital cameras, PC desktops and laptops, gaming systems, MP3 players, camcorders, and printers. Even if the product does not qualify for a trade-in value, the program still accepts the product for recycling and provides a pre-paid shipping label.

The ecoNEW program operated by NEW has a “no export and no landfill” guarantee. Electronic equipment received will either be reconditioned or recycled. Some items may be sold into the secondary or used marketplace in whole machine form or disassembled and sold off as usable service parts. Recycled equipment and parts will then be broken down into raw material and used to produce new materials. The parts may become part of NEW’s service repair network that supports more than 150 million customers across the U.S. NEW is the nation’s leading provider of extended service plans and buyer protection programs for consumer products.

Americans discard on average 40,000 cell phones every day or 150 million phones a year. For a society so accustomed to consuming and discarding, ReCelluar is encouraging everyone to "Go Green" and recycle these retired cell phones.

Recycling or reusing cell phones has a significant benefit to environmental efforts. According to the Environmental Protection Agency, producing 150 million cell phones would consume enough energy to power 285,000 homes for a year, and produce more than 258 million kilograms of carbon emissions. According to the U.S. Geological Survey, 150 million phones contains $94 million of precious metals not factoring the cost of recovery including gold, platinum, silver, palladium and copper.

AT&T will work with Cell Phones for Soldiers to drive recycling and reduce e-waste through the next year with a goal of doubling the number of cell phones the charity recycles by next Earth Day. CPFS collects and recycles mobile phones and uses the proceeds to buy free phone cards for U.S. military members and their families.

Since Earth Day 2007, CPFS has collected more than 900,000 cell phones for recycling. AT&T and CPFS have pledged to work together to help the charity collect more than 1.8 million devices by Earth Day 2009. AT&T currently supports the charity's recycling through more than 2,000 AT&T stores in more than 1,100 cities across the U.S. AT&T is expanding that support to include a network of more than 300,000 community volunteers, a national donation drive running through July 2008 and a new online starter kit for donations at www.att.com/recyclewireless.

Com-Cycle is excited to announce Volt Workforce Solutions is sponsoring Com-Cycle Electronics Recycling Events for Sacramento area and Orange County businesses and residents as part of their "Earth Day" support and their company-wide "Go-Green" initiative which encourages environmentally responsible recycling of unused and/or obsolete computers, cell phones, televisions and other electronic devices.

Volt's Com-Cycle Electronics Recycling Event encourages Sacramento area and Orange County businesses and residents to drop off their recyclable electronics, batteries and light bulbs between the hours of 9:00 am and 3:00 pm, on Tuesday, April 22nd at the following locations: