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More Great Links

• Electronics Industry Alliance: Consumer Education Initiative
• National Center for Electronics Recycling
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Sources

• Electronics Industry Alliance: Consumer Education Initiative
  http://www.eiae.org/faqs/index.cfm
• Electronics Recycling
  http://www.electronicsrecycling.org/
• Plastics Reuse.com
  http://www.plasticsreuse.com/index.aspx
• U.S. EPA: eCycling
  http://www.epa.gov/epaoswer/hazwaste/recycle/ecycling/index.htm