ERI’s ecycleNYC Program Named ‘Top Project of the Year’ at Environmental Leader Awards
ERI,
the nation’s leading recycler of electronic waste and the world's
largest cybersecurity-focused hardware destruction company, yesterday
received the “Top Project of the Year” honor at the annual Environmental
Leader Product & Project Awards. The award was presented to ERI for the
groundbreaking ecycleNYC (www.nyc.gov/ecycle)
project, a collaboration between ERI and the New York City Department of
Sanitation (DSNY).
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ERI Chairman and CEO John Shegerian receives Environmental Leader 'Top Project of the Year' award for ecycleNYC program, a collaboration between ERI and New York City. (Photo: Business Wire)
The first-of-its-kind ecycleNYC program is the most innovative
electronics recycling program in the country, designed to meet the
unique infrastructure of NYC, where it can serve those residents who
have no access to vehicles. Through the ecycleNYC program, residential
highrise buildings in NYC can enroll at no cost for collection of
electronics directly in their building. ERI takes advantage of NYC’s
dense infrastructure to run efficient routes throughout NYC before
bringing the material back to its facilities where ERI destroys all data
and responsibly recycles the equipment.
The program has seen exponential growth since its launch. Currently 2.3
million New York City residents have access to the program, which has
collected and recycled more than 11 million pounds of e-waste to date.
The program is free to the City of New York and residents and is
fully supported by electronics manufacturers.
ERI and DSNY were recognized for the award because ecycleNYC was
considered by Environmental Leader’s assembled panel of judges to be an
exemplary project.
One judge said of ecycleNYC: “This is a great initiative that has shown
clear benefits to the residents of the city and the environment. With
this being funded by electronics manufacturers and no cost to residents
or the tax base, this is a slam dunk.”
Another judge referred to the program as, “…a smart approach to
collecting e-waste, solving an important set of issues for NYC. The
project is very successful and has the opportunity to be scaled,
especially to metro locations. The impact they had in a short time
period was great. It also has an incredible opportunity for expansion.”
The Environmental Leader Product & Project Awards is a program
recognizing excellence in products and services that provide companies
with energy and environmental benefits, or in projects implemented by
companies that improved environmental or energy management and increased
the bottom line.
Scores were determined by a panel of independent judges headed by Peter
Bussey of LNS Research and also including judges from Advanced Micro
Devices, ATT, Best Buy, C&A, Caesars, Cox Enterprises, Fetzer Vineyards,
General Motors, Harbec, Kellogg, LNS Research, Marriott, MillerCoors,
Newell Brands, Novartis, Oldcastle Inc., Panasonic, Parker Hannifin,
Paul Leavoy/Consultant, Safeway, Sears Holdings Corporation, Sierra
Nevada Brewing Company, Strategic Sustainable Consulting, Tyco Global
Products, Wellborn Cabinet, and Zee Company/Member of the Vincit Group.
With rapid advancements and a continuous rate of change in the field,
sustainability and energy professionals have a notoriously difficult
time knowing what products to choose to help their companies increase
energy, environmental, and sustainability performance. The Environmental
Leader Product & Project Awards give companies a solid base of products,
vetted by experts, from which to choose, as well as a variety of
successful projects to illustrate how sustainability and energy
management is helping companies improve.
"With a highly respected (and critical) judging panel and a strict set
of judging criteria, entrants faced an extremely high bar for the level
of product or project to qualify for an award," said Tim Hermes,
publisher of Environmental Leader parent company, Business Sector Media.
"Those who entered needed to bring their A-game to get even a sniff of
award-nirvana. And they delivered."
“We are humbled to have been singled out for this Environmental Leader
Award by such an esteemed panel of judges,” said John Shegerian,
Chairman and CEO of ERI. “It has been an honor and privilege to have
co-created this constructive collaboration and forged a historic and
successful partnership with the great city of New York and
forward-thinking manufacturers. That we have now recycled more than 11
million pounds of electronic waste from New York City residents for
responsible, effective recycling is a huge accomplishment. Plus, the
program now serves more than a quarter of the New York City population.
It is tremendously rewarding to be able to help so many do the right
thing and responsibly recycle their e-waste – the fastest growing waste
stream in the world today – and keep millions of pounds of toxic
electronics out of landfills!”
Buildings, management companies or residents that want to learn more
about electronics recycling in NYC, can visit www.nyc.gov/ecycle.
For more information on general recycling needs, visit www.eridirect.com,
www.RecycleNation.com,
http://greenisgoodradio.com
or www.urbanmining.org.
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have provided the definitive and objective voice in reporting on
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About the Environmental Leader Product & Project Awards
In its fifth year, the Environmental Leader Product & Project Awards
recognize excellence in products and services that provide companies
with energy and environmental benefits, or in corporate projects that
improved environmental, sustainability or energy management and
increased the bottom line.
About ERI
ERI, the nation’s leading recycler of electronic waste and the world's
largest cybersecurity-focused hardware destruction company, is certified
to de-manufacture and recycle every type of electronic waste in an
environmentally friendly manner. ERI processes more than 275 million
pounds of electronic waste annually at eight locations, serving every
zip code in the United States. For more information about e-waste
recycling and ERI, call 1-800-ERI-DIRECT or visit eridirect.com.
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