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World Recycling Forum: EPR Middle Ground
Posted on November 18th, 2011 No commentsAs the head of environmental management for the Asia Pacific and Japan region for Hewlett-Packard (HP), Annukka Dickens has become familiar with many different extended producer responsibility (EPR) systems for obsolete electronics. In a presentation at the World Recycling Forum, held in Hong Kong in mid-November, Dickens offered an overview of some of the more common system set-ups, as well as the view from a large OEM such as HP about what works and what doesn’t. Dickens said centrally managed systems, in which collectors and recyclers are directly subsidized for the obsolete items they handle, are “typically well-intended and work well with technology that is fairly uniform.” However, she added, because electronic scrap can have such a broad definition in some jurisdictions—from refrigerators to cell phones—this can end up subsidizing forms of recycling that don’t really require the funding.
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Examples of Scam-Job Scam that appears to be from Hong Kong
Posted on May 20th, 2009 No commentsThe Nigerian Scam, in which someone asks for help in transferring money, is now “coming” from countries in Asia. Any email asking for you to help to move money, reship packages, or collect money for a company or person anywhere in the world should be considered a scam.
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Scam Alert: 5/19/09
Posted on May 20th, 2009 No commentsSCAM ALERT: The Nigerian Scam, in which someone asks for help in transferring money, is now “coming” from countries in Asia.
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Online Impersonation and Identity Theft
Posted on May 20th, 2009 No commentsLately, I have gotten many emails and phone calls about online impersonations. Everything from MySpace, Twitter and Facebook accounts to email addresses and craigslist postings.
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