{"id":36075,"date":"2019-12-27T09:00:11","date_gmt":"2019-12-27T14:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.samsung.com\/us\/?p=36075"},"modified":"2023-05-31T16:50:34","modified_gmt":"2023-05-31T20:50:34","slug":"samsung-eri-cta-offer-third-annual-e-waste-recycling-event-las-vegas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.samsung.com\/us\/samsung-eri-cta-offer-third-annual-e-waste-recycling-event-las-vegas\/","title":{"rendered":"Samsung, ERI and CTA Offer Third Annual E-Waste Recycling Event in Las Vegas"},"content":{"rendered":"

ERI<\/a>, the nation\u2019s leading recycler of electronic waste and the world’s largest cybersecurity-focused hardware destruction company, announced today it is joining forces again with the Consumer Technology Association<\/a> (CTA)\u00ae and Samsung Electronics America, Inc. to provide the City of Las Vegas and early CES\u00ae<\/sup> 2020<\/a> attendees with a convenient way to recycle unwanted consumer electronics responsibly. This third annual event will take place on Saturday, January 4, from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. PST at the Salvation Army located at 2035 Yale Street in North Las Vegas.<\/p>\n

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ERI collects e-waste products during the 2019 electronics recycling event in Las Vegas. (Photo courtesy of ERI)<\/p><\/div>\n

\u201cIt is an honor and a privilege to have once again been chosen to be the official electronics recycler for CES \u2013 truly, the must-attend event of the electronics industry,\u201d said John Shegerian, Co-Founder and Executive Chairman of ERI<\/strong>.\u00a0\u201cThis collection effort with our friends at Samsung, CTA and the Salvation Army on January 4th<\/sup> will help promote responsible recycling while preventing unwanted electronics from ending up in landfills. We\u2019re excited to kick off a new decade with such a great example of organizations pooling their resources for the common good.\u201d<\/p>\n

Attendees will be able to dispose of their unwanted electronics in an environmentally responsible way free of charge.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>\u201cSamsung is committed to building on its record of responsible recovery and recycling of e-waste,\u201d said Mark Newton, Head of Environmental, Regulatory Affairs, and Sustainability at Samsung Electronics America<\/strong>. \u201cWith the help of partners like ERI and CTA, we have recycled over 100 million pounds of e-waste throughout the U.S. in 2018 alone, and more than 1 billion pounds since 2008. We continue to expand programs to reach our global goal of taking back more than 15 billion pounds of electronics by 2030.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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As part of the manufacturing take-back program, ERI will recycle all e-waste collected by securely destroying all data from electronic devices in the process. Accepted items include computer equipment, televisions and mobile devices.<\/p>\n

\u201cHelping consumers properly recycle their old tech devices is one of the industry\u2019s key priorities,\u201d said Walter Alcorn, vice president for environmental affairs and industry sustainability, CTA. \u201cEven as tech devices use fewer materials and energy than ever, our industry remains committed to reducing our impact on the environment. CTA applauds Samsung and ERI for holding this recycling event for the city of Las Vegas, home of CES.\u201d<\/p>\n

CTA is the owner and producer of CES, the largest, most influential tech event on the planet.<\/p>\n

About ERI<\/u><\/strong><\/h6>\n
ERI is the largest fully integrated IT and electronics asset disposition provider and cybersecurity-focused hardware destruction company in the United States. ERI\u00a0is certified<\/a> at the highest level by all leading environmental and data security oversight organizations\u00a0to de-manufacture, recycle, and refurbish every type of electronic device in an environmentally responsible manner.\u00a0ERI has the capacity to process more than a billion pounds of electronic waste annually at its eight certified locations, serving every zip code in the United States. ERI\u2019s mission is to protect organizations, people and the environment. \u00a0For more information about e-waste recycling and ERI, call 1-800-ERI-DIRECT or visit https:\/\/eridirect.com<\/a>.<\/h6>\n
About Consumer Technology Association<\/u><\/strong><\/h6>\n
As North America’s largest technology trade association, CTA\u00ae is<\/em> the tech sector. Our members are the world’s leading innovators – from startups to global brands – helping support more than 18 million American jobs. CTA owns and produces CES\u00ae – the largest, most influential tech event on the planet. Find us at CTA.tech<\/a>. Follow us @CTAtech<\/a>.<\/h6>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

ERI, the nation\u2019s leading recycler of electronic waste and the world’s largest cybersecurity-focused hardware destruction company, announced today it is joining forces again with the Consumer Technology Association (CTA)\u00ae and Samsung Electronics America, Inc. to provide the City of Las Vegas and early CES\u00ae 2020 attendees with a convenient way to recycle unwanted consumer electronics […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":27724,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[29719,17570],"tags":[229,22293,20057,20058,50],"blue-badge":[],"class_list":["post-36075","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-corporate","category-corporate-sustainability","tag-ces","tag-ces2020","tag-e-waste","tag-recycling","tag-sustainability"],"acf":{"turn_off_retargeting":false},"fimg_mobile_url":"https:\/\/img.us.news.samsung.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/14102621\/Electronics-Recycling1.jpg","fimg_url":"https:\/\/img.us.news.samsung.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/14102621\/Electronics-Recycling1.jpg","primary_category":{"term_id":29719,"name":"Corporate","slug":"corporate","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":29719,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":0,"count":1027,"filter":"raw","term_link":"https:\/\/news.samsung.com\/us\/category\/corporate\/","term_path":"corporate"},"badge":"Press Release","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.samsung.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36075","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.samsung.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.samsung.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.samsung.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/84"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.samsung.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36075"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news.samsung.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36075\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.samsung.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27724"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.samsung.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36075"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.samsung.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36075"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.samsung.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36075"},{"taxonomy":"blue-badge","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.samsung.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/blue-badge?post=36075"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}