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With few rules in place, environmental advocates worry that unscrupulous companies are exporting potentially hazardous waste to developing nations where environmental regulations are comparatively lax.
Most Long Island municipal waste managers said they set up e-waste programs to ensure that the products were disposed of in ways that did not harm the environment. "Until a national approach is crafted, this material is coming in, so we need to do the right thing," said Russ Barnett, environmental protection director for the town of Smithtown.
Electronics recycling is booming. Trace Feinstein, president of E-Scrap Destruction in Islandia, got into the field after customers of his document-shredding business kept asking about it. "Most people really don't know what to do with these things," he said.
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Green now has eight goals this season, ranking second on the team to LW Alex Ovechkin. He is all of a sudden among the top two defenders in Washington and is showing why he belongs there. He remains a solid low-end Fantasy option at this time.
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InternetPerils' New Net Can Catch Phishers
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Meebo's 'M' on the Widget Revolution
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Wild Card/Vacation Day 11 of 12
Only two more shopping days until I return to the final days of the City Council campaigns. Then, we'll have fun taking apart the campaigns. Any dirt yet? Any mudslinging. You know, the good stuff. Or is everyone behaving? My wife is now looking over my shoulder -- literally -- so I have to pretend that I'm just checking ball scores. See ya in two days. Here's Wild Card ... .
The Wii Failure, How Apple Beats CES, HD DVD Winner, Product of the ...
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