TOMORROW: EPA to Kick Off Challenge on Safe Management of Used Electronics

Press release:

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
September 19, 2012
TOMORROW: EPA to Kick Off Challenge on Safe Management of Used Electronics 
WASHINGTON – On September 20, 2012, Lisa Feldt, deputy assistant administrator for U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response will join executives from Best Buy, LG Electronics, Panasonic, Samsung, Sharp, Sprint, and Staples at a certified electronics recycling facility in Romeoville, Ill., to announce EPA’s Sustainable Materials Management (SMM) Electronics Challenge. In addition to the companies participating in this event, Dell, Sony and Nokia have also joined the SMM Electronics Challenge.

A live webcast of the event will be available for those unable to attend: http://www.epa.gov/live/

WHO:            

Lisa Feldt, EPA Deputy Assistant Administrator for the Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response

Laura Bishop, Best Buy Vice President for Government Relations

Y.K. Cho, LG Electronics Senior Vice President

Peter M. Fannon, Panasonic Vice President for Corporate and Government Affairs
Mike Moss, Samsung Director for Corporate Environmental Affairs
Jim Cole, Sharp Director of Technical Services and Support
Ralph Reid, Sprint Vice President of Corporate Responsibility

Bob Wolfe, Staples Regional Vice President for Chicago

WHAT: Signing ceremony and press availability

WHEN: Thursday, September 20, 2012, 11:30 a.m. CDT.

WHERE:        
Vintage Tech Recyclers
1105 Windham Pkwy.
Romeoville, IL 60446

Press availability with EPA deputy assistant administrator for the Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response starting at 12:30 p.m. CDT. To participate, please call (888) 217-1175 and ask to join the “Electronics Challenge Signing” call.
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