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PRNewswire
09/13/2007
Sony Kicks-Off First Nationwide Electronics Recycling Program With Waste
Management's Recycle America
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WHO: Sony, in collaboration with Waste Management Recycle America,
LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Waste Management, Inc.,
kicks-off the first national recycling initiative in the U.S. to
involve both a major electronics manufacturer and a national
waste management company.
WHAT: To encourage consumers to recycle and dispose of electronic
devices in an environmentally sound manner, Sony is kicking off
a national recycling program for consumer electronics. The Sony
Take Back Recycling Program allows consumers to recycle all
Sony-branded products for no fee at 75 Waste Management Recycle
America eCycling drop-off centers throughout the U.S. The
program also allows consumers to recycle other manufacturers'
consumer electronics products at market prices, and may include
a recycling fee for some types of materials.
WHEN: Program Officially Kicks Off On Saturday, Sept. 15, 2007
WHERE: Seventy-five Waste Management Recycle America eCycling Drop-Off
Centers throughout the U.S.
A complete list of WM Recycle America eCycling Drop-Off centers
can be found by calling 1-877-439-2795.
CONTENTS: Footage includes the following shots and sound bites:
-- Waste Management staff receiving materials to be recycled
-- Consumer electronics products being moved from the Waste
Management "receiving desk" to the site where the
recycling begins
-- Waste Management staff working on the break-down of parts
-- Waste Management staff working on the separation of parts
from the recycled products
-- Demonstration of where the parts go when they're
separated
-- Sound bites from Sony and Waste Management spokespeople
-- Customers making consumer electronics buying decisions
-- Consumers making purchases of consumer electronics
products
More information about the Sony Take Back Recycling Program is available at http://www.sony.com/recycle.
Technical contact: Ed Heil, Story Teller Media, 952.829.9091
Editorial information contact: Jenny Mehlow, Sony Electronics 858.942.3775
Wes Muir, Waste Management 713.328.7053
PRNewswire -- Sept. 13
SOURCE: Sony Corporation
Web site: http://www.sony.com/news
http://www.sony.com/recycle