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Industry Launches Attack on NYC E-Waste Law

July 28, 2009

Posted by Kate Sinding in Living Sustainably

Tags:
e-waste, electronics, electronicwaste, EPR, erecycling, ewaste, extendedproducerresponsibility, newyork, newyorkcity, NRDC, productstewardship, recycling

Last Friday, hiding behind two trade associations, electronics manufacturers filed suit challenging NYC's e-waste law.  The law is based on the producer responsibility, or product stewardship, approach, which holds that manufacturers should be responsible for taking their products back from...continued

Big advances in e-recycling for New Yorkers

April 22, 2009

Posted by Kate Sinding in Living Sustainably

Tags:
computers, consumers, earthday, electronics, electronicwaste, erecycling, ewaste, newyorkcity, NRDC, televisions, TVs

Earth Day presents an excellent opportunity for an update on e-waste recycling initiatives in New York, where things are developing at a fast and furious pace. You may recall that last summer the New York City Council passed landmark legislation...continued

One step closer to all "green" yellow cabs for NYC

July 17, 2008

Posted by Kate Sinding in Solving Global Warming

Tags:
cab, globalwarming, hybrid, newyork, newyorkcity, NRDC, taxi, taxicab

Good news from New York City: Since the last Checker went the way of the old Penn Station, New York has lacked a cab that lives up to New Yorkers’ elevated self-image. Uninspiring Crown Victorias now lumber down Broadway, inadequate substitutes...continued

Kate Sinding
Kate Sinding
Senior Attorney
New York City
I am a senior attorney in NRDC’s New York Urban Program. I am a relative...
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