Electronic Waste: New Products, Old Problem

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Think back to the number of cell phones you’ve gone through over the
last 10 years or so. That’s just a tiny fraction of the electronic
waste Vermonters throw out each year. The state has just concluded its
first year of an electronics recycling program, and diverted 4.8 million
pounds of electronic waste from landfills into a recycling program.
Vermont’s e-cycling relies on product manufacturers to fund the program,
which begs the question: what role do consumers have in reducing
electronic waste? We talk with Norm Staunton, state program director of
Vermont E-Cycles
, and Colin Davis of Good Point Recyling, the company that is
contracted to process Vermont’s recyclable electronics.

Also
in the program, the work that Common Cause of Vermont is doing to get
campaign finance information in the hands of voters. The group is
providing a searchable database of campaign finance donations made to
Vermont candidates, and Executive Director Wally Roberts is pushing for
the Secretary of State’s office to take up this service.

And we
continue our lessons in Summer School. This week, paddle boarding. We
get a lesson in standup paddling from Jason Starr at Paddlesurf
Champlain
, and it’s easier than it looks!

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