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News Releases
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AER Worldwide assists NetApp in obtaining Infinity Award for
Service and Take-Back
NetApp, Sunnyvale, Calif., was honored with the Infinity Arrow Award for Service
and Take-Back by the California Product Stewardship Council (CPSC) during the California
Resource Recovery Association's (CRRA) 34th Annual Conference in Sacramento. The
company claims that for more than five years the program has achieved a landfill
diversion rate of more than 99 percent for all of its products. Customers can either
sign up online for take-back service or call a sales representative. NetApp arranges
for the device to be picked up from the customer's site then works with its recycling
partner AER Worldwide to handle the disassembling, processing and recycling of 58
different commodity materials within the product.
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AER Worldwide at REWAS 2008
"John Dickenson's presentation on the E-Waste Situation and Trends in US and EU,"
John represented AER Worldwide at the "Global Symposium on Recycling, Waste Treatment
and Clean Technology REWAS 2008" which was held in Cancun, Mexico from 12th to 15th
of October 2008. Read more
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GreenBiz Interviews AER
John Dickenson of AER Worldwide speaks with Green Biz Radio.
"When companies dispose of their e-waste, it's not enough just to send it to a recycler.
They have to find out what happens to the e-waste, where it's sent for processing,
who's handling it and how it's processed. AER Worldwide handles e-waste in countries
around the world, working primarily with telecommunications companies and electronics
manufacturers. John Dickenson of AER spoke with GreenBiz Radio about what his company
is doing about the e-waste problem, what business should know when they're getting
rid of their e-waste and how proper disposal can have benefits in addition to helping
the environment." Read more
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AER Special Event
AER and the Oakland A's promote "Greenness"
"As a part of the 'Random Acts of Greenness,' fans will be allowed to drop off e-waste
items such as computer monitors, computers, cell phones, televisions, plasma screens,
laptops and other electronic items outside Gates C and D from 10:30 am to 1:00 pm
on Wednesday, June 4th, 2008. These items will be eRecycled by AER Worldwide, a
global electronics recycling Resource Company." Read more
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AER on ENN
Extended Producer Responsibility and the E-waste problem.
According to John Dickenson, vice president of business development for AER Worldwide,
if more legislation requiring producer responsibility comes into effect than volumes
of e-waste recycling should increase and associated costs should go down, making
financial payback to producers possible and EPR a more common practice in North
America. Read more
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AER Worldwide Presents at Electronics for the Environment
Seminar
The Electronics for the Environment Seminar on May 7, 2008 at the TechMart in Santa
Clara sponsored by JJI Technologies featured speakers from ADaM Solutions, AER Worldwide,
Balazs Analytical Services, JJI Technologies, Papros, Inc., and Thermo Fisher Scientific.
Elizabeth Crowel of AER Worldwide spoke about the current challenges for producers
to become WEEE Compliant and how producer responsibility for end of life products
is expanding internationally. This seminar covered subjects that directly impact
companies involved in the design, manufacture, distribution or sales of electronics
and dealing with REACH, SVHC, CA AB32, RoHS, WEEE, XRF, IPC1752, JIG compliance
issues.
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AER Asia Achieves ISO 14001 Certification
ISO 14001 was first published in 1996 and specifies the actual requirements for
an environmental management system. It applies to those environmental aspects which
the organization has control and over which it can be expected to have an influence.
ISO 14001 is often seen as the corner stone standard of the ISO 14000 series. AER
Malaysia obtained ISO 14001 certification as of July 31, 2007. AER Worldwide has
long been dedicated to demonstrating conformance and ensuring compliance with environmental
laws and regulations. For AER's new and existing clients, ISO 14001 registration
may become a contractual requirement in both the United States and the European
Community. Recyclers that meet ISO 14001 standards maintain a competitive lead in
the electronic waste arena by establishing a concern for the environment. With AER
Malaysia now 14001 certified the facility can expect increased confidence from customers
and profit from the market for green products and services. As each day passes the
concern for the environment increases exponentially, AER Worldwide is dedicated
to leading the market in environmentally sound electronic waste recycling.
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Surface Mount Technology Interviews AER
E-waste Management: Coping with End-of-life
Producers and assemblers gain distinct economic advantages from reusing products,
components, and subassemblies, adds John Dickenson, VP, AER Worldwide, an e-recycling
company. Dickenson predicts increased subassembly reuse in electronic devices in
the near future. Read more
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John Dickenson explains WEEE in detail.
Electronic signals: A year into the EU WEEE Directive.
This summer marks the first anniversary of the EU WEEE Directive's coming into force.
John Dickenson, VP of Business Development at AER Worldwide talks about the WEEE
directive along with the benefits and problems associated with it.
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AER rises to the challenge of the "Zero Waste" initiative.
Stakes Raised to Reduce Waste in Electronics Industry
John Dickenson, vice president at electronics recycling company AER Worldwide, will
discuss AER's approach to Zero Waste - not only for their company's own waste but
also for dozens of electronics' companies waste. "We've narrowed down to only a
few materials that enter our facility and cannot be reused, recycled, or composted,"
says Dickenson. "The best economic advantage, of course, comes from reuse of products,
subassemblies, and components, and we're finding a significant increase-especially
in subassembly reuse." Read more
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