Take Back My TV: Collectively Forcing TV Manufacturers To Recycle Our Old TV's

A movement by the Electronics Takeback Coalition called Take Back My TV is encouraging TV manufacturers to take back and recycle old models rather than let them sit in the garbage dump and pollute the earth. With 30 million digital TV's expected to be purchased in the United States by the end of the year, and the earth making it clear she doesn't appreciate the mess we're making here, this is very important. Take a look at the video above. Hopefully it'll stoke your conscience a bit.

For those who don't believe a movement like this would ever be taken seriously be the big manufacturers, you'll also be interested to know that Sony USA has already signed the Take Back pledge with the ultimate goal of recycling one pound of material for every pound sold.

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Posted by Justin Davey at November 28, 2007 1:00 AM