newspaper: [Anti_Bush_Database] Fwd: Toxic TVs? Tell electronics CEOs to take them back

Tell Panasonic, Sharp and Philips to take responsibility for their toxic TVs

Dear Romi,

Take Action!

Tell the CEOs of electronics manufacturers to take responsibility for their toxic waste.

An ocean of obsolescence
On February 17th, 2009, TVs in 21 million American households could become obsolete. From that day forward, TV stations will only broadcast digital signals - rather than the standard analog signals that have been in use since TVs were invented.

Trashed TVs are toxic TVs
Manufacturing TVs requires large amounts of mined metals in the first place, generating massive piles of toxic wastes at mining sites. This planned obsolescence will mean that older TVs will be dumped into trash sites in Africa and Asia, resulting in more toxic wastes and public health risks at the back-end as well.

Tell electronics CEOs to take responsibility for their waste
Please tell the CEOs of major electronics firms to take responsibility for the TVs they make, and the waste that goes with them. While some companies, like Sony, are doing the right thing by implementing responsible recycling programs for their old TVs, most companies are ignoring the problem.

These laggard companies need to know that TV-buying consumers care about these issues. Unfortunately, most electronics manufacturers not only don't have recycling programs - they actively lobby against them.

Take action!
Send a letter to the CEOs of Panasonic, Sharp and Philips - three of the worst offenders. Tell them that it's time to clean up their act and take back their TVs. After all, a pound of copper responsibly recycled from TVs is a pound of copper that doesn't have to be mined.

Thanks for your help!

Sincerely,
Alan Septoff
EARTHWORKS

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