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All Green Electronics Recycling CEO Arman Sadeghi was featured once again in Recycling Today. The article talks about how the company came to be, what we do, and our plans for expansion.

Here’s an excerpt from the article:

Arman Sadeghi, founder and CEO of All Green Electronics Recycling, Tustin, Calif., has a background in information technology (IT) and was familiar with computers and computer equipment before he started All Green.

Part of what prompted Sadeghi to get into the business, he says, was the 2008 60 Minutes report that exposed sub-standard electronics recycling practices involving the export of obsolete electronics to overseas destinations where unsafe disassembly practices occurred.

“I had never been in the recycling or security side until I saw a report on 60 Minutes,” says Sadeghi. “I wanted to see if it was something I could advance.” Four years later, Sadeghi leads a company with 145 employees, three facilities and several additional sales offices in different parts of the country.

You can read the full article here.

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All Green CEO Arman Sadeghi and several employees were featured on the KTLA morning news today.

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The City of Mission Viejo has been a long time supporter of recycling efforts. Most recently, the Mission Viejo City Council recognized two outstanding Marines for their dedication for making a “green” difference in Mission Viejo.

All Green Electronic Recycling is a full service electronics recycler and collector specializing in providing pickup services as well as hundreds of convenient drop-off locations. All Green Electronics Recycling has collected over one million pounds of electronics and processes up to 100 million pounds of electronic waste (e-waste) per year.

Look for the next drop-off event at the Mission Viejo Library in September 2012.

For more information on what to recycle or for convenient drop-off locations, go to http://www.allgreenrecycling.com .

The legislation for this bill was passed in the Senate and the House of Representatives, the later in a 43-20 vote. It will now go to Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper for approval.

If Hickenlooper signs the bill, Colorado will join 17 other states that have similar laws. If and when the measure does become law, it is estimated to create up to 2,500 new jobs in Colorado.

Similar legislation has failed in previous years because it placed the recycling burden on manufacturers. The current proposal mandates that state agencies arrange for e-waste recycling with certified recyclers.

The law will go into effect on July 1, 2013 if the bill gains final approval.

Way to go Colorado! Let’s hope this bill passes.

For more information click here. ]]> http://www.allgreenrecycling.com/news/e-waste-dumping-ban-passes-in-colorado-legislature/feed/ 0 http://www.allgreenrecycling.com/news/all-green-featured-in-oc-metro/ http://www.allgreenrecycling.com/news/all-green-featured-in-oc-metro/#comments Sat, 03 Mar 2012 01:52:56 +0000 Amy http://www.allgreenrecycling.com/?p=9412 We’re excited to announce that All Green CEO Arman Sadeghi was recently featured in the CEO Centerfold section of the OC Metro. Check out the accompanying video below!

This ban is part of the NYS Electronic Equipment Recycling and Reuse Act, which was signed in May 2010. In April 2011, the first part of the law went into effect. This part requires manufacturers to take back electronics free of charge, regardless of brand.

The second part of the act takes electronics recycling one step further, by prohibiting waste haulers from collecting electronic waste (unless it is designated for reuse/recycling). A third part of the act will go into effect on January 1, 2015 and will prohibit customers from disposing of their electronic equipment in landfills.

Electronics covered by this law include:

You can read more about New York’s law here.

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In conjunction with California schools, we’ve collected over 750,000 pounds of e-waste, which, according to CEO Arman Sadeghi “is twice as much as we expected to have at this point, the halfway point. It looks like we are going to be well over a million pounds.”

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